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Introduction
In the unit 'How can we find out about the Indus Valley civilisation?' # learnt about the Indus Valley civilisation from a range of archaeological sources. ^ found out about the characteristic features of the society and period, through ~ own historical enquiry.
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Location
Section 1: Where was the Indus Valley civilisation?

^ has located the Indus Valley on a world map.
^ can identify the environmental and physical features and how these might affect settlement and lifestyle.
^ has measured distances in scale on maps and ^ has made some comparisons with ~ own area.

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When
Section 2: How long ago was the Indus Valley civilisation?

^ can use BC and AD correctly.
^ has sequenced the historical periods ~ has studied from the Indus Valley civilisation to present day.
^ has talked about key features of different past societies and compare them with others ^ has studied.

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Discovered
Section 3: How was the Indus Valley civilisation discovered?
Children:

^ can ask and answer questions about the archaeological discoveries made in the Indus Valley.
^ has asked appropriate and relevant questions about the Indus Valley civilisation.

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Mohenjo-Daro
Section 4: What do streets and buildings tell us about life in Mohenjo-Daro?

^ can describe how Mohenjo-Daro was organised and ^ has made comparisons with ~ local town today.
^ selected information about life in Mohenjo-Daro from a wide range of sources.
^ has written about the key features of Mohenjo-Daro.

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Indus Life
Section 5: What do pictures of artefacts tell us about life in Mohenjo-Daro?

^ could give an accurate and detailed description of one of the artefacts found at Mohenjo-Daro.
^ has selected sources and inferred information that is relevant to ~ topic about the life in Mohenjo-Daro.
^ has used a number of sources to describe an aspect of everyday life in Mohenjo-Daro.
^ has helped to arrange a display and ^ has made a presentation that provides information about an aspect of life in Mohenjo-Daro.
^ has helped to make a presentation that provides information about an aspect of life in Mohenjo-Daro.
^ has helped to arrange a display that provides information about an aspect of life in Mohenjo-Daro.


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Classification
Section 6: How and why do we classify evidence in history?
Children:

^ can work out why artefacts have been grouped together.
^ was able to suggest reasons for why a different classification was possible.

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Communication
Section 7: What sort of written evidence is there of the Indus Valley civilisation?

^ knows the people of the Indus Valley were able to communicate with each other through pictures.
^ has suggested how seals could be translated.
^ has written about how the Indus Valley civilisation used pictures and ^ was able to suggest some reasons why this may have been the case.

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Fish
Section 8: How can the fish ideogram be interpreted?
Children:

^ could pick out what is the same and what is different in two different explanations of the fish ideogram.
^ was able to suggest ~ own reasons why there are different interpretations of the same symbol.

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Summary
Section 9: What have we found out about life in Indus Valley civilisation?

^ was able to select questions about the life in the Indus Valley civilisation and ^ was able to then use the relevant information to answer them.
# has suggested why ^ can answer some questions more fully than others.

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