Teaching Stone Age to Iron Age at KS2
This teaching Stone Age to Iron Age at KS2 section contains a series of history lessons on all aspects of the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age, which were judged outstanding by an experienced history OFSTED inspector. They derive from a very detailed medium term plan which contains all the enquiry questions, differentiated objectives, imaginative activities and resources to ensure progression in history.
They also have the all-important rationale which OFSTED are looking for in particular so teachers know the main thrust of the topic. Probably best taught in Year 3 to develop some chronological sequence to our British history studies, this Stone Age to Iron Age topic offers great opportunities to explore in detail two major historical concepts, change and continuity.
It also allow us to keep posing the at all-important question; how can we possibly know what it was like so many years ago before man recorded his thoughts in writing? There is a wealth of artefacts and visual material available: we just need to make it more age-appropriate. It is a very hands-on topic but one that also encourages pupils to think about the spiritual side of life when man was not simply hunting, gathering and farming for survival. Our use of case studies of Star Carr, Skara Brae, Stonehenge, Danebury and Maiden Castle should bring this period alive at KS2.
Planner, assessment tasks and knowledge organiser
Stone Age to Iron Age knowledge organiser – KS2
The earliest known humans arrived in these lands around 900,000 years ago. During this time there were huge changes: the…
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Outstanding Scheme of Work for Stone Age to Iron Age
This scheme of work, judged outstanding by an OFSTED history inspector now links to all the fully-resourced outstanding lessons and…
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Stone Age to Iron Age – KQ1 – Is it true to say that Stone Age man was just a simple hunter gatherer only interested in food and shelter?
This KS2 outstanding history lesson on the Stone Age revolves around the reveal of an object found at Star Carr…
Read MoreStone Age to Iron Age – KQ2 – How much did life change when man learned how to farm?
This session focuses on the concept of change and continuity. Pupils learn of the major changes that came in the…
Read MoreStone Age to Iron Age – KQ2 additional information – Comparing life of hunter gathers with farmers
A simple idea to make the key differences as clear as possible, using just two central questions: how did they…
Read MoreStone Age to Iron Age – KQ3 – What can we learn about life in the Stone Age from a study of Skara Brae?
Start the sessions on Skara Brae with a story and then move onto where it was and when the event…
Read MoreStone Age to Iron Age – KQ3 Supporting information – What can we learn about life in the Stone Age from a study of Skara Brae
More than 5,000 years ago, during the New Stone Age, Neolithic farmers and herders reached a group of islands to…
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Stone Age to Iron Age – KQ4 – Why did they build Stonehenge?
Starter Reveal slide 2 which is of the standing stones at Stonehenge. Can pupils recognise it as clues are revealed?…
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Stone Age to Iron Age – KQ4b – How should we remember the Bronze Age?
Pupils study finds from three separate Bronze sites, including them most recent excavations, to enable them to discover the main…
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Stone Age to Iron Age – KQ5 – What was life like in the Iron Age and how do we know?
Pupils speculate as to what holes in the ground shown in an aerial photograph might be, before annotating an artist’s…
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Stone Age to Iron Age – KQ5b – Dragons Den : Which technological development should our Iron Age settlement get next?
Set the scene. A group of the most important members of the Iron Age settlement have gathered to consider their…
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Stone Age to Iron Age – KQ6 – Iron Age Hill Fort at Maiden Castle
Iron Age Crimewatch AD 50. Who killed the 52 dead bodies at Maiden Castle? Key Question 6 KS2 pupils…
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Stone Age to Iron Age The British Isles has been populated by humans for 750.000 years but only became an…
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Using Fiction: teaching Stone Age to Bronze Age in history at KS2
Using Boy with the Bronze Axe by Kathleen Fidler to help you teach Stone Age to Bronze Age and Skara…
Read MoreHow well do you and your KS2 pupils know the Stone Age to Iron Age topic?
A brief set of diagnostic questions to set your Y3 pupils towards the end of the Stone Age to Iron…
Read MorePrimary History: Teaching From Stone Age to Iron Age
Although not widely taught before it was introduced into the Ks2 curriculum for 2014, this new area of study has…
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