The Stone Age to Iron Age Resource
Pack contains a complete unit of
work with full lesson plans
and pupil resources:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

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Full Unit of Work:

1. Introduction: What does Prehistory Mean?

This lesson introduces the period of British history from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. Pupils will make a timeline to set this period into the wider context of British History and they will discover how we break up this period into distinct Ages.

 

 

 

2. Prehistoric Britain: Wasn’t it just a bunch of cavemen?

This lesson invites pupils to address their preconceptions of what people were like in the Stone Age. Pupils will discover some of the major achievements of Stone Age society and they will begin to study what early cave art was like, with an opportunity to design their own cave art.

 

 

 

3. Examining the Evidence: What kind of sources
tell us about the Stone Age?

   This lesson addresses the question of how we can know about a period of British history with a lack of written primary sources of evidence. Pupils will be introduced to the concept of making deductions from evidence and they will fill in a table to show what information different artefacts give us about the Stone Age.

 

 

 

      4. Neolithic Farmers: What was life like at Skara Brae?

 In this lesson pupils will find out how things changed in Britain in the Stone Age when people began to settle in farming communities like Skara Brae. 
This lesson allows pupils to conduct their own research online and helps them to systematically organise their notes so that they can make a presentation. 
 

 

 

         5. Better than Stone: What was so good about bronze?

This lesson looks at the implications of the discovery of bronze and the process of how it was made. Pupils will find out why bronze was so important and they will make a flowchart to record the process of how it was made.

 

 

 

6. Burying the Past: What do grave goods tell us about the Bronze Age?

 In this lesson pupils will study how artefacts found in bronze age burial sites can give us information about what life was like in this period.

This lesson also introduces the idea that not all artefacts survive over time and invites pupils to research some important British archaeological sites. 

 

 

 

7. No Place Like Home: What was life like at an Iron Age hill fort?
Pupil will discover what life was like in an Iron Age hillfort in Britain.
This lesson encourages pupils to engage imaginatively with this historical setting and reflect on how life in this period might have been different to life today, making a storyboard to record their ideas. As an extension activity pupils are challenged to find out about archaeological sites like Maiden Castle.

 

 

 

 

8. Picturing the Iron Age:What was Iron Age art like?

 Pupils will consider what kind of artefacts tell us about life in the Iron Age. They will investigate the designs found in Celtic art and use these ideas to make their own Celtic design.

 

 

 

 

 

9. Summing Up: What have we learned about this period of history?

This lesson is designed for pupils to reflect on what they have learned about this period of history. There is an assessment activity and an assessment framework is provided.