Who built Stonehenge?

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

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Objectives

History

Continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of Britain, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study.
Know about changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, including Bronze Age religion, technology and travel.

Design and Technology

Make by selecting from a range of materials, according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities.

Lesson Planning

Learn about and understand aspects of the lives of the people alive at the time Stonehenge was built.

Teaching Outcomes:

To think about who built Stonehenge and to investigate and imagine what sort of lives they led.
To use instructions and different materials to erect a burial chamber in the style of the Neolithic people.

Children will:

Understand and imagine people’s lives in the past.
Understand what was involved in creating a burial chamber in the style of the Neolithic long barrow.

Planning

Provided Resources

How to make your own Stonehenge burial barrow

Unit Resources

You Will Need

Air drying clay
Toy people
Square sheets of thick card
Grass cuttings

Weblinks

Reconstruction of a Neolithic face - YouTube clip
West Kennet Long Barrow information for teachers from wessexarch.co.uk