Starter quiz
- Which of these phrases refer to the past?
- last year ✓
- yesterday ✓
- a week ago ✓
- next week
- in five years time
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- Put the times in chronological order.
- 1⇔five years ago
- 2⇔one year ago
- 3⇔a month ago
- 4⇔a week ago
- How did humans live during the middle Stone Age?
- in permanent houses made from bricks
- in temporary shelters made from wood and animal skins ✓
- in natural shelters like caves
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- What material were tools made from in the Stone Age?
- metal
- plastic
- stone ✓
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- Which statement is correct?
- Throughout the Stone Age, no humans lived in Britain.
- Throughout the Stone Age, several different types of humans lived in Britain. ✓
- Throughout the Stone Age, only one type of human lived in Britain.
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- During the late Stone Age humans in Britain were often __________.
- farmers ✓
- hunter-gatherers
- traders
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Exit quiz
- When did the Stone Age end in Britain?
- approximately two million years ago
- approximately four thousand years ago ✓
- approximately two thousand years ago
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- Why did the Stone Age end in Britain?
- People began to make bronze. ✓
- People began to make plastic.
- People began to use stone.
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- Bronze is made by melding two metals. Which two metals are melded to make bronze?
- copper and tin ✓
- copper and gold
- tin and iron
- tin and gold
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- Copper and tin are extracted by ______ their ores.
- 'smelting' ✓
- Match the word to the correct definition
- melding⇔mixing or combining two things together ✓
- mining⇔extracting something from under the ground ✓
- smelting⇔heating a metal ore to extract the raw metal ✓
- Which statement is correct?
- Copper and tin ore were both very rare.
- Tin ore was traded a lot because it was much rarer than copper ore. ✓
- Both copper and tin ore were very common.
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Key learning points
- The Bronze Age began nearly 4000 years ago in Britain.
- This took place because many humans across the world began to make bronze.
- Bronze is made by melding the metals copper and tin to combine their properties.
- The Bronze Age began at different points for different civilisations.
- Copper is common but tin less so; tin had to be traded to make bronze.
Common misconception
Bronze is a natural resource (metal) and not man-made.
Ensure children understand that bronze is a product that was made by humans.
Keywords
Bronze age - the Bronze Age is a period in history when humans used bronze
Ore - rock or soil from which metal can be obtained
Smelting - smelting is the process heating a metal ore to extract the raw metal
Melding - melding is mixing or combining two things together
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