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Iron Age shoes

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Stone Age to Iron Age Britain Iron Age art and culture

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Objectives

History

  • Continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of Britain, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study.
  • Know about changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, including Iron Age Art and Culture.

Design and Technology

  • Use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose.

Lesson Planning

The children research the resources of Iron Age people and create Iron Age shoes from leather and thread.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To understand the resources that were available to people in the Iron Age.
  • To create fit for purpose Iron Age shoes from leather and thread.

Children will:

  • Understand that, in the Iron Age, people had to use simple resources available to them.
  • Understand why the Iron Age shoe was designed this way, and why.
  • Create Iron Age shoes from leather, material and thread .

You Will Need

  • Leather squares (two per child) or thick material
  • Strong thread
  • Hole punch (for leather)
  • Rough cloth and strips of material or leather

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