World History: Statue of Ramesses II
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
![This bust (head and shoulders) comes from a statue of Ramesses II set up at a temple close to the city of Thebes. The whole thing was carved as a single block of granite and weighs over 7 tonnes. [© Trustees of the British Museum]](http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/schools/primaryhistory/images/worldhistory/ramesses/ramesses_bust.jpg "Bust of Ramesses II")
![The colossal statue showed people what a mighty king Ramesses was and was intended to last forever. [© Trustees of the British Museum]](http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/schools/primaryhistory/images/worldhistory/ramesses/ramesses_bust_detail.jpg "Bust of Ramesses II (detail)")
Videos
More to Explore
Links in the BBC
- A History of the World: Statue of Ramesses II
- A History of the World: Listen to the podcasts
- CBBC: Relic - Guardians of the Museum game
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