m2006 Winning Entry - George Hastwell School
Class 3, from this Cumbrian special school for students aged 2 – 19, worked very hard investigating what life was like in the ancient Indus Valley.
The children answered questions by shading in maps and adding details to illustrations. They researched information on the BBC Indus Valley website.
With helpers they created a “big” book, using ‘Inclusive writer’ software with dual symbol and alphabet.
The project included illustration, collage, clay and card modelling, a power point presentation, and a class display of all their work.
They tackled key questions in the QCA scheme of work, plus “why did the Indus Civilisation disappear?”. 
Their work exemplifies the topic's potential for differentiated learning of the NC History objectives; learners must engage directly with (archaeology) evidence available as there are no narrative sources! Thus they carefully observed photos of artefacts, shown by their drawings and excellent art work, models of animal figurines and pottery, and interpreted artefacts through these activities.
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