Looking at an example of a hill fort

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

Objectives

History

  • Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.

Geography

  • Read and generate four and six-figure grid references.

Lesson Planning

Research into life in Danebury in the Iron Age and find hill forts using grid references.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To explore what life was like at Danebury hill fort.
  • Locate hill forts on local Ordnance Survey maps. Record the grid reference for the hill fort.

Children will:

  • Follow and generate four or six-figure grid references.
  • Generate questions about a historical topic.

You Will Need

  • Ordnance Survey map of Ancient Britain
  • Ordnance Survey Explorer Map 131