Comparing Pots

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Comparing Pots
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In this room you will find pots from different
periods of History. We can use them to compare
different groups of people who lived in the
Kettering area. 1. Look carefully at the pots,
then fill in this table
Period Size Shape Decoration Co
lour Thickness Quality Purpose Skill
2. In your opinion, which period produced the
best pottery? Explain. 3. Do we have enough
information to be sure that this period had the
best potters? Explain.
4. Draw the two most interesting designs that you
have seen on these pots.
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Comparing Pots
.
In this room you will find pots from different
periods of History. We can use them to compare
different groups of people who lived in the
Kettering area. 1. Look carefully at the pots,
then fill in this table
Period Bronze Age Iron Age
Romans Saxons
Size Shape Decoration Colour Thickne
ss Quality Purpose Skill
2. In your opinion, which period produced the
best pottery? Explain.
3. Draw the two most interesting designs that you
have seen on these pots.
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Comparing Pots
.
In this room you will find pots from different
periods of History. We can use them to compare
different groups of people who lived in the
Kettering area. 1. Look carefully at the pots,
and the descriptions under this table. Draw
arrows to show which period each description
matches.
Bronze Age Iron Age
Romans Saxons
Red. Pictures of people and hunting scenes stand
out from the bowls. The bowls have bases and
rims. Smooth.
Grey/black. Some patterns pressed into the
clay. Rough. Different shapes. Some contain
ashes of people.
Brown. Tall. Zig- zag patterns. Rough. Collars at
the top
Grey. Swirly patterns. Rims at the top. Exact
shapes
2. In your opinion, which period produced the
best pottery? Explain.
3. Draw the two most interesting designs that you
have seen on these pots.
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Comparing Pots. Session notes Aim to look
carefully at and consider historical artefacts
to compare styles Introduction Whole
group seated Question/answer Show two pots fom
different periods and ask questions - What are
they? - What were they for? - Compare colour
- shape - texture
- size - decoration
- thickness -
quality Which is best? 5-7
minutes Activity sheet Groups of 5 Using
bowls in cases, fill in sheets. Start each group
at different case Possibly have each group
filling in one sheet together to encourage
discussion. 15 minutes Feedback Whole
group seated Which period had the best
potters? 5 minutes Resources Activity
sheets demonstration bowl/pots