5. Education, TV, and Museum web sites
The British Museum re-opened its Hotung gallery, 2017, including superb cabinet display of all its large hitherto unseen Indus collection. Schools can book virtual visits. Interview with the curator and lots of photos
Teaching History with 100 Objects The BM's collection of Indus Seals.
BBC TV Programme:Mohenjodaro with Mortimer Wheeler made in 1957
Superb b/w footage of Mohenjodaro and artefacts. Sir Mortimer Wheeler explains his later discredited Aryan invasion theory with panache! UK online viewers only.
The Lahore Museum Rediscovering Harappa Exhibition Catalogue
Pdf P.35-71 Superb artefact, site photos, maps, modern art and master potters replicas
National Museum India Delhi
Scroll down to Collections: Pre-historic. Slides, some distorted: female figurine, bull, charming monkey figurine, buggy style cart, bronze girl statue. Gallery: tiny faience squirrel, monkey figurine with baby.Online Teaching Resources powerpoint and activity pdf have good photos. Labels bull figurine as 'toy', not a usual interpretation
Good photos also Wikipedia scroll to Harappan Gallery.
BBC Bitesize Indus Valley. Could do better Only two 3 minute clips from BBC's 2006 Primary History TV progs, sadly. A cartoon of a child touring the city has conjectural, not factual description of market trading and an imaginary scenario about seals being used no archaeologist has put forward. An oversimplified resource confusing inference with fact and repeating mistakes from previous BBC online resources. Neither assisting enquiry or for revision for Yrs 5/6, the best age group to benefit from the topic.
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