Collins Int. Primary Global Perspectives SB 6 - Look Inside

Early packaging

In prehistoric times, leaves, animal skins or gourds were used to store and transport items. A little later, clay pots and straw baskets were used. In about 2500 BCE, the Egyptians invented glass. It was expensive, so only the rich could use it. They learned how to blow glass to make jars. Around 100 CE, paper was developed in China. This is the oldest example of ﬂexible packaging. Chinese people used paper to wrap medicine and make parcels of tea. In the 1300s, wooden barrels became popular for transporting water and dried foods.

• How were these packaging materials used?

• Why was paper special?

• Who invented glass and paper?

Vocabulary

gourd: a large fruit with a hard shell that can be emptied and then used to transport liquid ﬂexible: something that can bend easily without breaking

c In groups, read another text about packaging. Make notes about when, where, how, who and what packaging people used in the period in your text.

d In new groups of four, share what you have found out about the history of packaging. Make notes on what the other ‘experts’ in your group say.

5 Complete a timeline for packaging up to the present day.

a Share your information with your original group. Copy and complete the timeline.

b What did you ﬁnd out about packaging? 2500 BCE Egyptians make rst glass jars Chinese make rst paper Wooden barrels used leaves, animal skins, clay pots and baskets moved food

The history of packaging

times

Key term

timeline: a way of organising information and events in the order in which they took place, by days or years

How successful were you at making a timeline?

Justify your response. Talking point

Before you go

Why are clothes so hard to recycle?

By Jong-dae Lee

Most recycled bres that are used for clothing come from old bottle tops, not old clothes. Why is that? Most clothes are a mix of yarns and accessories. Even a T-shirt that is 100% cotton contains threads, dyes and labels that are made from di erent materials. Labels, zips and buttons must be separated. is makes the process of sorting clothing slow and di cult. It needs skilled people or specialised equipment to identify the di erent materials. Only 1% of our clothes are currently recycled into new textiles. Scientists are experimenting with other ways to use the bres from clothes, including using it to make glue and building materials. ey are also trying to make all material for clothing more sustainable.

4 Use the Top tips to write a research question that will help you to ﬁnd solutions for sorting textiles for recycling.

5 Read the article on the worksheet.

a What solution to the problem have they found in Prato? How does this make their fabric sustainable?

b Do you think this text is a reliable source of information? How could you check?

c Evaluate this source using the ﬂow chart on the worksheet.

d What are the strengths and limitations of this source? Justify your response. Suggest how useful the source would be for your research question.

Talking point

What have you learned about or what skills have you improved relating to evaluating sources?

Top tips

Before you go

2.1 How do you feel?

1 What is happening in this picture?

2 Act out some emotions.

a Take turns to choose an emotion and act it out. Can the others in the group identify the emotion?

✓ Communication

Research

b How easy was it to work out the emotions? Discuss any that were difﬁcult to identify and why you think that was.

c Look carefully at these pictures and discuss what you notice. Do you all agree which emotion is being shown?

3 Rate your reactions.

a How do these things make you feel? Use the scale to rate your reaction to each statement. You drop and break a plate. Your parents give you a cat for your birthday. A spider crawls up your leg.