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Stone Age Britain: what do archaeologists think they know about it?

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Why this, why now

This unit examines the archaeological record that exists for Stone Age Britain and introduces pupils to the way in which archaeologists make claims based on this evidence. As the first unit in KS2, it covers the settlement of humans in Britain during the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic eras.

Prior knowledge requirements

  • Ardaydu waa inay yaqaanaan aasaaska maadada.
  • Ardaydu waa inay awoodaan inay raacaan tilmaamo fudud.
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Stone Age Britain: what do archaeologists think they know about it?

This unit examines the archaeological record that exists for Stone Age Britain and introduces pupils to the way in which archaeologists make claims based on this evidence. As the first unit in KS2, it covers the settlement of humans in Britain during the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic eras.

6 lessons
  1. The big picture of the earliest humans in Britain
  2. Life at the end of the last Ice Age
  3. Significant Stone Age artefacts
  4. The evidence of the Paleolithic Era
  5. Settlement during the Mesolithic Era
  6. Skara Brae and life in the Neolithic Era