Want to find a fun, cross-curricular way to teach short multiplication? This lesson fuses together the history of school and games in the Ancient Egyptian times with the key math concept of short multiplication.

After an input that includes information about schools and games in Ancient Egypt, the children are introduced to the game Senet.

Senet is a popular ancient Egyptian board game, symbolising the soul’s journey through the afterlife and played on a 30-square board. Blending luck with strategy, it is a fantastic game to play with children outside of Maths to build those soft skills like problem solving and reasoning.

Following this, the children are taken through a series of short multiplication problems involving a 1-digit number multiplied by a 2-digit number. There is the option to extend the learning to 1-digit numbers multiplied by a 3-digit number if you wish. After the input, children can play the modified game of Senet, altered to include practising short multiplication.

A fantastic introduction to short multiplication and the addictive game of Senet, which works particularly well if also studying the Ancient Egyptians!

This pack contains:

• Detailed Maths lesson plan
• Teaching Input Powerpoint (20 slides)
• Answer Key for Input
• Senet Board Game
• Senet Number Cards (Maths version)
• Senet Game Instructions

Additional resources needed:

• 2 dice per pair
• 10 counters (5 in each colour) per pair

*** ALSO AVAILABLE at a more challenging level for UKS2 ***

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