What do streets and buildings tell us about life in Mohenjo-Daro?
Activities Use a site plan of Mohenjo-Daro to help the children locate important buildings, eg granary, citadel, great bath. Ask the children to compare the plan with a street plan of their locality, considering where the important buildings are located and the distances between buildings. Provide information about houses in Mohenjo-Daro, and what was found in and around them, eg drains, sewers, statues, kilns. Ask the children to find out and write about life in Mohenjo-Daro. Group the results of their enquiries under the headings: ‘Sanitation and hygiene’, ‘Occupations’, ‘Wealth and poverty’. Outcomes • describe how Mohenjo-Daro was organised and make comparisons with a town today • select information from sources • write about key features of Mohenjo-Daro Objectives • that cities have some features in common • about how people lived in Mohenjo-Daro Points to note Mohenjo-Daro means ‘mound of dead’. There are opportunities to link this work with prior learning on place names, eg Unit
