Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Stone Age to the Iron Age cover
Main Subject
Key stage
Category
History
Resource type
Teaching pack

Take children on a journey through time to discover how humans first arrived in Britain and how life changed over the course of more than 800 000 years.

This pack comprises a range of lesson ideas and attractively-designed resources, including practical activities, written tasks and games, all culminating in an Iron Age activity day!

What's included?

  • organised into six chronological sections with 21 supporting resources
  • includes introductory activities, main teaching points, plenaries, assessment opportunities and home learning tasks
  • links to the curriculum.

What's inside?

Section 1: Timelines and geographical contexts (pages 3-11)

  • Teaching sequence
  • The arrival of Stone Age man
  • A timeline of Ancient Britain
  • Animals of Stone Age Britain

Section 2: What was life like in the Stone Age? (pages 12-28)

  • Teaching sequence
  • Stone Age survival – a board game
  • How to make a fortune teller
  • A day in the life of Stone Age man – a planning grid

Section 3: Settlements and farming (pages 29-46)

  • Teaching sequence
  • Design a Stone Age settlement
  • A Neolithic visitor
  • The domestication of dogs
  • Stone Age sorting – animal domestication
  • Comparing Stone Age structures

Section 4: Life in the Bronze Age (pages 47-66)

  • Teaching sequence
  • The problem with Stonehenge
  • Carrier bag detectives
  • From the Big Bang to the Roman invasion – British timeline cards

Section 5: The advent of the Iron Age (pages 67-76)

  • Teaching sequence
  • Iron Age shopping
  • Make your own Iron Age roundhouse
  • A cast-iron argument
  • Letter to parents – preparing for an Iron Age experience

Section 6: An Iron Age experience (pages 77-93)

  • Teaching sequence
  • Iron Age activity cards
  • Iron Age recipes
  • The bravest warrior – an Iron Age tale

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