World History: Pieces of Eight
Lesson Plans and Worksheets
Lesson one: Sources
- Lesson plan: Investigating sources - artefacts
- Worksheet: Source analysis
- Worksheet: Dürer's spot the difference
- Worksheet: Animal pictionary
- Worksheet: Emperor Augustus
Lesson two: World trade
- Lesson plan: Causation - exploration and world trade
- Worksheet: Source analysis
- Worksheet: Biographies
- Worksheet: Pirate treasure
Lesson three: Chronology
- Lesson plan: Chronology
- Worksheet: Definitions of time
- Worksheet: News report
- Worksheet: Object cards
- Worksheet: Odd one out
Lesson Four: Local history
Activities
Pictures
![The obverse (front) of the coin is on the left. It shows an image of a temple (pagoda) and stars. The reverse of the coin shows Vishnu, the Hindu god of creation, inside a circle of dots. [© Trustees of the British Museum]](http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/schools/primaryhistory/images/worldhistory/piece_of_eight/piece_of_eight_pagoda.jpg "Piece of eight")
More to Explore
Links in the BBC
- A History of the World: Pieces of eight
- A History of the World: Listen to the podcasts
- CBBC: Relic - Guardians of the Museum game
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