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Ancient Civilisations (KS2)

Dive into the world of ancient civilisations with our go-to resource bank, Quick Teach. Explore the key features of ancient societies like Ancient Sumer, Egypt, and the Indus Valley – uncovering remarkable artefacts, fascinating timelines, and groundbreaking inventions. Our KS2 resources make bringing these early cultures to life easy, helping children understand these ancient civilisations’ innovations and contributions to the modern world. Perfect for busy teachers, our collection provides everything you need to create dynamic and informative lessons in no time!

These lessons and resources are available either as part of a topic-related whole project within the broader Cornerstones History Curriculum through our Maestro platform, or as individual stand-alone lessons on our Quick Teach platform.

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Ancient Civilisations

This project teaches children about the history of three of the worldโ€™s first ancient civilisations: ancient Sumer, ancient Egypt and the Indus Valley civilisation. Children will learn about the rise, life, achievements and eventual end of each civilisation.

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Looking for a full history curriculum?

If you’re looking for inspiring lessons and resources across the whole history curriculum, then the Cornerstones History Curriculum offers everything you need for single or multi-year groups, with a collection of projects designed by subject experts to support teachers and subject leaders at every level of subject knowledge.

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Quick Teach

Not everyone needs a whole subject curriculum. If you’re only looking for some extra ideas and resources to add to what you’re already doing, we can help with that, too. Quick Teach gives you precisely that and is available to individual teachers as part of a low-cost monthly subscription or to whole schools as part of an annual subscription. Packed with age-appropriate lesson ideas, plans and resources, we can help you across various subjects and topics.

Individual lessons

  • Ancient Civilisations
  • Ancient Egypt
  • Ancient Sumer
  • Indus Valley
  • World history
  • Year 4
  • KS2