Write an archaeological dictionary

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Stone Age to Iron Age Britain Introduction to Stone Age to Iron Age

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Objectives

History

Develop the appropriate use of historical terms.

English

Apply growing knowledge of root words, prefixes and suffixes to understand the meaning of new words that they meet.

Lesson Planning

Children investigate some of the special terms used in archaeology and create a dictionary to help their research.

Teaching Outcomes:

To research the meanings of words used in archaeology.
To create a class dictionary.

Children will:

Break down words into constituent parts to understand their meaning.
Create a dictionary entry.
Understand and use some vocabulary that archaeologists use

Planning

Provided Resources

Writing a dictionary entry (differentiated)
International phonetic alphabet

You Will Need

You do not need any particular resources for this session.

Weblinks

Guide to archaeology from bbc.co.uk
Glossary of archaeological terms from buckscc.gov.uk
Analysing parts of a dictionary entry from superteacherworksheets.com