Introduction to Stone Age to Iron Age religion and ritual

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of Stone Age to Iron Age Britain Religion and Ritual

Objectives

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).

Lesson Planning

Learn about religious beliefs in prehistory and why a totem pole has appeared in the classroom/field.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To explore the sources of evidence for prehistoric religion.

Children will:

  • Use reasoning to give opinions about a historical object.
  • Make comparisons between objects across cultures.
  • Identify sources of evidence for the past.

You Will Need

  • Cardboard
  • Black pens
  • Brush handle
  • Garden umbrella stand