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Travelling with children? Ayutthaya is an easy day trip from Bangkok. This worksheet helps children understand what they're looking at among the ruins — print it before you leave, or take it along to explore the old city together.
What's inside
- 1Things to watch forA tick-list that keeps pupils focused while the film plays.
- 2Let's think about itThree short discussion questions about trade, cities and change.
- 3Quick quizThree multiple-choice questions to check understanding.
- 4The city that traded with the worldA map-and-match task linking trading partners to what they brought.
- 5Design a postcard from AyutthayaA creative task — draw the golden city as it once was, and write home about it.
- 6Your town in the futureA think-beyond task: what would people find if they dug up your town in 500 years?
How to use it — in class or at home
Teachers can build a full lesson around it; parents can dip in and out. The worksheet does the guiding — no expertise needed. It's a warm way into talking about history, trade, and how places change over time.
Watch the film together on the film page (about 3 minutes).
Hand out the printed worksheet, or work through it on the board — or side by side at home.
Use activities 1–4 straight after watching; save the postcard design and "your town" task for quiet time or homework.
Finish by sharing the postcards pupils designed, and their ideas about the future.
Curriculum alignment
The bigger point: Ayutthaya is the subject, but the skill is understanding how any place connects to the wider world, and how the past shapes the present — seeing a modern country as the child of older ones.
- History (KS2): a non-European society that contrasts with British history; how we learn about the past from ruins and evidence.
- Geography (KS2): place and trade — why location by rivers and sea shapes how a city grows.
- PSHE / cultural understanding: respect for world cultures and heritage.
- Spoken language (Y1–6): articulating and justifying answers; considering different viewpoints.
- Art & design: creating an illustrated postcard with purpose.
