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The Story of the Weeping Camel

Teachers’ notes

The Story of the Weeping Camel educational web resource is aimed at pupils at upper Key Stage 2 (9–11 year olds). It offers teachers a means of working on the film in a curriculum-focused context. Areas of examination within the guide are:

In particular, this resource looks at the way in which the film tells the true story of a family’s life in the Mongolian desert.
The resource addresses the following areas of the curriculum:

Geography (From Levels 3 and 4 of the Geography Attainment Targets as set out in the National Curriculum Handbook for Primary Teachers)

Pupils will:

Attainment target 2: reading

Pupils will:

Personal, Social, Health Education and Citizenship (From the non-statutory guidelines for Key Stage 2 as set out in the National Curriculum Handbook for Primary Teachers)

Pupils will be taught:

Science (From Levels 3 and 4 of the Science Attainment Targets as set out in the National Curriculum Handbook for Primary Teachers) Attainment target 2: life processes and living things

Pupils will:

Music (From Levels 3 and 4 of the Music Attainment Targets as set out in the National Curriculum Handbook for Primary Teachers)

Pupils will: