Stone to Iron age tips
Much more than meat munchers and berry chewers
Why the Bronze Age diet was more varied and sophisticated than we first thought A new study from the University of York has suggested that, far from simply hunting and…
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Top tips for planning your KS2 history studies – Stone Age to Iron Age
The British Isles has been populated by humans for 750,000 years but only became an island when the ice sheets melted about 8,000 years ago. It was only with the…
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Keeping your teaching of Stonehenge up-to-date
Just when you thought you knew all there was to teach about Stonehenge suddenly a major discovery turns much of what we had blithely assumed on its head. We now…
Read MoreTop Tips for teaching….Stone Age to Iron Age
Stone Age to Iron Age The British Isles has been populated by humans for 750,000 years but only became an island when the ice sheets melted about 8,000 years ago….
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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 Brae to KS2 Although this book is now nearly 50…
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 Age topic to check on their understanding of the key…
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 the potential to be one of the most exciting to…
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All content on Keystage history is written and quality assured by Neil Thompson, a former history teacher, county history adviser and Ofsted inspector with more than 30 years’ experience in history education.