The Silk Road

#TheCompleteSeries5lessons

Each ready-to-teach early Islamic Civilisation KS2 Geography lesson contains a detailed lesson plan with differentiated activities, an engaging slideshow and printable resources to support the children's learning.

This scheme is part of a Topic Bundle - perfect if you want to teach Early Islamic Civilisation as a cross-curricular topic!

#Lesson1ThecitiesoftheearlyIslamiccivilisation

In this first lesson, your class consider a variety of political, physical and historical maps relating to the early Islamic civilisation and learn how to locate and chart cities on a map.

Children will apply their cartography skills by charting the locations of key Islamic cities onto a map of the territory of the Umayyad Caliphate (c.730 CE) from given latitude and longitude references. If you fancy something different, why not explore the digital map-making option with your class?

This lesson pack comes with everything you need to develop your children's map skills, including: a detailed lesson plan with differentiated activities, informative slideshow and engaging, printable resources.

#Lesson2TheroundcityofBaghdad

In this second session, children will explore a range of maps to recap their purpose and features as well as to find out more about the round city of Baghdad.

Children will learn about calculating scale and practise their technical drawing skills in order to produce an accurate, to-scale map of the round city of Baghdad. There is an option to carry out this activity as an outdoor, team-building version if you prefer.

This ready-to-teach lesson pack has everything you need to support your children's learning, including: a detailed lesson plan with differentiated activities, an informative slideshow and printable resources.

#Lesson3TradealongtheSilkRoad

This third session gives children the opportunity to find out about the network of trade routes known as the Silk Road.

Children will learn all about the Silk Road network and discover what goods and ideas were exchanged along its routes. They will consolidate their knowledge by taking part in a highly engaging trading activity.

This ready-to-teach lesson pack has everything you need to support your children's learning, including: a detailed lesson plan with differentiated activities, an informative slideshow and printable resources.

#Lesson4PhysicalandmanmadefeaturesoftheSilkRoad

In this session, children use atlases or Google Earth to locate key trading cities and physical features of the Silk Road.

Children will combine their locational knowledge with their cartography skills to produce an accurate map of the northern route of the Silk Road. A digital map-making option is available along with detailed Teacher Notes.

This lesson pack comes ready-to-teach with a detailed lesson plan, informative slideshow and differentiated, printable resources.

#Lesson5BiomesalongtheSilkRoad

In this final session, your class will explore what a biome is before identifying and investigating the key biomes found along the routes of the Silk Road.

Children will use their understanding of the climate, landscape, flora and fauna of different biomes to consider the challenges that traders face when travelling through these biomes.

This ready-to-teach lesson pack has everything you need to support your children's learning, including: a detailed lesson plan with differentiated activities, an informative slideshow and printable resources.

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Curriculum Objectives covered

• describe and understand key aspects of human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water
• use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied
• use the eight points of a compass, four and six-figure grid references, symbols and key (including the use of Ordnance Survey maps) to build their knowledge of the United Kingdom and the wider world
• use fieldwork to observe, measure, record and present the human and physical features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs, and digital technologies
• identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and time zones (including day and night)
• describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycle