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National Curriculum: Prehistory Units 1 Subject: History – Prehistory Grimes Graves, Norfolk Cross-curricular links: English – imaginative writing Key Learning Objectives Pupil Activities Resources Assessment for learning To draw conclusions from evidence To write imaginatively To understand change over time Phased excavation reveal + discussion, as in previous lessons. 1–2. What do you think these dips in the ground were? Flint working waste is found around their edges. 3. Half excavated. Ideas now? 4. Base. Ideas now? How were the people getting down? 5. What were they removing? Flint to make axes and other tools. Why would they need axes? Forest clearance for fields. How old are the mines? Use the Archaeologist’s Fact File sheet to find artefacts like those in 5. 6–7. How did they dig the mines? Red deer antlers. 8. Imagine working down this mine. Write an imaginative account of climbing down and working in the tunnels with just a small animal fat candle and an antler pick. Why were the mines abandoned? Invention of bronze (copper and tin combined) to make metal tools. PowerPoint (numbers refer to slides). I can use archaeological evidence to work out how long ago something was in use. I can understand that change means once important places were no longer needed. The Prehistoric Society is a registered charity (no. 1000567) and company limited by guarantee (no. 2532446). Registered Office: University College London, Institute of Archaeology, 31–34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY. Date updated: 9/2017.
