Farming appears

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

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Objectives

History

Develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British history establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study.
Address and sometimes devise historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and difference, and significance.

Design and Technology

Understand and apply the principles of a healthy and varied diet.
Prepare and cook a variety of predominantly savoury dishes using a range of cooking techniques.
Understand seasonality, and know where and how a variety of ingredients are grown, reared, caught and processed.

Lesson Planning

Learn about the coming of farming in the Neolithic and what early farming was like. Make butter from cream and make bread.

Teaching Outcomes:

To find out about Neolithic farming.
To make bread and butter.

Children will:

Identify and compare wild and domesticated animals and plants.
Make bread and butter.
Assess the Neolithic diet and see whether it was healthy.

Planning

Provided Resources

Wild v domesticated plant and animal cards
How to make bread and butter
Neolithic seasonal tasks
Neolithic health

You Will Need

Oven
Flour (spelt would be good)
Water
Extra thick cream
Empty clean jam jars
Marbles

Weblinks

Evidence for Stone Age food and some recipes from ancientcraft.co.uk
A woman grinding on a flat quern similar to a Neolithic one - YouTube clip