Must Farm

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of Stone Age to Iron Age Britain Homes and Everyday Life

Objectives

History

  • Develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British history.
  • Address and sometimes devise historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and difference, and significance.
  • Understand how our knowledge of the (prehistoric) past is constructed from a range of sources (including archaeological excavation, and the reliability of such sources).

Art

  • Improve mastery of art and design techniques.
  • Produce creative work, exploring their ideas and recording their experiences.

English

  • Use spoken language to develop understanding through speculating, hypothesizing, imagining and exploring ideas.
  • Participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role-play, improvisations and debates.

Lesson Planning

Research the Bronze Age settlement at Must Farm and make replica objects from the site to use as props in a 'freeze the scene' photograph. Also learn how to weave.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To learn about what a Bronze Age settlement looked like.
  • To make replica objects for a Bronze Age house.
  • To plan a tableau in groups.

Children will:

  • Create a replica historical object using appropriate materials.
  • Demonstrate understanding of Bronze Age life by making a Bronze Age scene.
  • Work with a group to plan a tableau.

You Will Need

  • Cardboard
  • Clay
  • Linen
  • String
  • Willow rods
  • Metallic card
  • Pears soap
  • Playdough