Lesson Planning

Learn about the background of hill forts. Use maps to identify some well-known and local hill forts.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To introduce the historical background of hill forts, explore the range of different types of hill forts and their distribution.
• To explore where hill forts are built and why they were built in those locations.

Children will:

• Understand the differential distribution of hill forts across the country.
• Identify features on a map using a key.
• Transfer features from one map to another of a different scale.