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WALT understand how oracle bones were used in divination ceremonies

• Why do you think ‘dragon bones‛ were used in Chinese medicine?

• What special qualities would you expect ‘dragon bones‛ to have?

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WALT understand how oracle bones were used in divination ceremonies

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/classclipsvideo/historyks2thestoryofchinahowweknowabouttheshang/zbvswty

Listen carefully about the use of Oracle bones during the Shang Dynasty - make notes on whiteboard if it will help you!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/history-ks2-the-story-of-china-how-we-know-about-the-shang/zbvswty

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WALT understand how oracle bones were used in divination ceremonies

Have you ever been in a Chinese pharmacy?

Or used any traditional Chinese medicine?

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WALT understand how oracle bones were used in divination ceremonies

Wang Yirong

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WALT understand how oracle bones were used in divination ceremonies

Further study revealed that the ‘dragon bones‛ were in fact oracle bones, which were used in divination ceremonies by Shang priests and kings to foretell events in the future.

Can we clarify what the word 'divination' means?

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WALT understand how oracle bones were used in divination ceremonies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR6Hb5Y_fIU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR6Hb5Y_fIU

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WALT understand how oracle bones were used in divination ceremonies

Read through the events on your tables, can you order the events in

which you think they happened.

We will feedback and discuss to identify the order.

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WALT understand how oracle bones were used in divination ceremonies

Activity: On your sheet, create a comic strip of the events of a divination ceremony

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