Were hill forts on hills?

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

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Objectives

History

Address historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and difference, and significance.

Geography

Use the symbols and key of Ordnance Survey maps.

Lesson Planning

Make a 3D contour model of a map section with a hill fort.

Teaching Outcomes:

To research whether all hill forts were on hills.
To make a 3D contour model of a section of map with a hill fort on it.

Children will:

Read contour lines.
Answer historical questions using map-reading skills.

Planning

Provided Resources

How to read contours

Unit Resources

You Will Need

Old cardboard boxes
Photocopies of an Ordnance Survey map of your local area
Photocopies of Ordnance Survey: Explorer map 131 showing Danebury and Woolbury hill forts

Weblinks

Reading contour lines from ubp.buckscc.gov.uk
A list of ten must-see Iron Age hill forts from heritagedaily.com
Hill forts in the UK from digitaldigging.net