Being archaeologists

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of Stone Age to Iron Age Britain Introduction to Stone Age to Iron Age Britain

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Objectives

History

Understand how our knowledge of the (prehistoric) past is constructed from a range of sources (including archaeological excavation, and the reliability of such sources).
Construct informed responses that involve thoughtful selection and organisation of relevant historical information.

English

Participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role-play, improvisations and debates.
Consider and evaluate different viewpoints, attending to and building on the contributions of others.

Lesson Planning

Carry out a mock investigation to find out how we know about Stone Age to Iron Age Britain.

Teaching Outcomes:

To carry out a simulated archaeological investigation to learn how we know about the prehistoric past.
To debate what the results of the simulated excavation mean.

Children will:

Learn that archaeological evidence is interpreted.
Record an archaeological object and interpret it.
Back up their ideas by referring back to evidence.

Planning

Provided Resources

How to set up a soil-less dig
Geophysical report for the white board
Object recording sheet
Archaeological interpretation of the geophysical plot

Unit Resources

You Will Need

Pointing trowels
Replica objects
One square box for each table
Paper or polystyrene pieces
Buckets

Weblinks

The basic idea of terminology in archaeology for simulated digs from archaeological.org