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Introduction to the Mesolithic

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Stone Age to Iron Age Britain From hunter-gatherers to farmers

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Objectives

History

  • Develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British history.
  • Address and sometimes devise historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and difference, and significance.

Design and Technology

  • Use research to inform the design of functional products that are fit for purpose.

Lesson Planning

Research the fascinating Mesolithic hunter-gatherer way of life.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To generate questions and hypotheses about what people hunted and gathered in the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods.
  • To understand the materials that would have been available for Mesolithic people to build with.

Children will:

  • Locate the Mesolithic and Neolithic on a timeline.
  • Generate questions about historical periods.
  • List some of the materials and technologies people had available in the Mesolithic.

You Will Need

  • Laptops and headphones to watch the video of Pat Hadley
  • Printed posters of 10 things you should know about the Mesolithic (from weblinks)

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