Lesson Planning

Find out what kinds of animals hunters killed in the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic, what plants they gathered, and make a prehistoric stew.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To find out about earlier Stone Age food production and cooking.
• To cook a stew similar to what might have been eaten in the earlier Stone Age.

Children will:

• Use background knowledge to make deductions about Stone Age flora and fauna.
• Follow a recipe.
• Use background knowledge to make deductions about Stone Age cooking.