Do you have evidence that Babylonian children went to school. If not, I think it would be fairer to assume that they were taught by their family members. it is a small point but we often complain when historians get the science wrong ...
Lesley Newson
College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter
Department of Environmental Science and Policy, UCDavis
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Subject: [PSCI-COM] What would you have learned in maths lessons 4,000 years ago? - free online KS2/3 multimedia resource pack
What did children learn in maths lessons 4,000 years ago? How does a
maths archaeologist work? Can you become a Babylonian mathematician?
4,000 years ago, children in school were learning maths just as they do
now. But what maths did they learn and how did they learn it? A free
online multimedia resource pack created by the University of Cambridge's
Millennium Mathematics Project for the Key Stage 2/3 transition shows
how we can find out about an ancient civilisation through the objects
they left behind.
The pack is based around short video clips in which Dr Eleanor Robson
(Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of
Cambridge) explores mathematical history and archaeology and introduces
key concepts in Babylonian mathematics. Each pack includes related
investigative activities and worksheets for students, and teacher
support notes.
This resource pack is aimed at children aged 10-12. We hope that it will
be girl-friendly, without being boy-unfriendly, and that it could be
used as a means of bridging the transition between primary school and
secondary school, perhaps forming part of a Transition Day, or a topic
which could be started in the primary school then completed in the
secondary school.
Find the free multimedia resource pack at
http://motivate.maths.org/BabylonianMaths
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