Druids

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

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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

Become more familiar with and confident in using language in a greater variety of situations, for a variety of audiences and purposes, including through drama, formal presentations and debate.

Lesson Planning

Research whether the druids were real, and, if so, what they did. Debate the results of research and then re-enact a possible druidic ritual.

Teaching Outcomes:

To explore evidence for Iron Age druids.
To make Iron Age druidic objects.
Take part in a role-play of an Iron Age religious ceremony.

Children will:

Have opinions, based on evidence, about Iron Age religious belief.
Make art inspired by Iron Age objects.
Take part in a role-play about Iron Age religious beliefs.

Planning

Worksheets

Image from Gundestrup cauldron
Source packs about the druids
Making druidic objects

You Will Need

Gold card
Florist's wire
Green paper
Cardboard
Alice bands
FiMo™ or air-drying clay

Weblinks

Information about the druids from bbc.co.uk
Longer article about druids from museum.wales