Starter quiz
- How long ago did the Iron Age begin in Britain?
- approximately 28 years ago
- approximately 280 years ago
- approximately 2800 years ago ✓
- approximately 280, 000 years ago
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- Who were the Celts?
- a group of people who lived in small farming settlements during the Iron Age ✓
- a group of people from Italy who took over lots of land across Europe
- a group of people who lived during the Victorian Era
- a group of people who lived in large towns during the Bronze Age
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- Put the periods of history in order, starting with the most recent.
- 1⇔Anglo-Saxons
- 2⇔Romans
- 3⇔Iron Age
- 4⇔Bronze Age
- How did archeologists discover that the Celts were skilled craftsman?
- through examining artefacts from the Iron Age ✓
- by reading the diaries the Celts wrote in the Iron Age
- by interviewing the Celtic tribes
- by watching Celtic tribes at work in video footage
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- Celtic art had a very distinctive style using swirls, twists, knots and geometric patterns.
- True ✓
- False
- The Snettisham Great Torc and the Battersea Shield are examples of what?
- Celtic art ✓
- Victorian photography
- Ancient Greek painting
- Iron Age metalwork ✓
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Exit quiz
- Put the events in order, starting with the earliest.
- 1⇔Iron Age
- 2⇔Roman Britain
- 3⇔An Iron Age grave was discovered at Wetwang
- 4⇔Archeologists made a replica Chariot
- In 2001 an Iron Age grave was discovered in the village of ______in England.
- 'Wetwang' ✓
- Match the words to the correct definition
- chariot⇔an ancient 2-wheeled vehicle used in warfare and racing ✓
- coral⇔the hard skeleton of a type of tiny sea animal ✓
- Romans⇔a group of people from Italy that took over lots of land ✓
- Which items were found in the grave in Wetwang in 2001?
- a bronze crown decorated with coral
- an Iron Age mirror ✓
- a human skeleton ✓
- a chariot decorated with coral ✓
- a coral brooch ✓
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- Archeologists made a replica of the chariot found in the Wetwang grave to learn how it was made and test how it worked.
- True ✓
- False
- What do archelogists beleive chariots were used for?
- transporting warriors to and from the battle field ✓
- riding around and launching spears from during a battle ✓
- transporting children to and from school
- farming vegetables and other crops
- a vehicle used in chariot races ✓
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Key learning points
- In 2001 in northern England, a grave was discovered of someone who must have been very important.
- Inside the grave, alongside the bones, were the remains of an Iron Age chariot.
- All that remained of the chariot were its metal parts and highly decorated bronze fittings, some inlaid with coral.
- The grave therefore suggests that chariots were important in Celtic warfare in Britain during the Iron Age.
- When the Romans came to Britain for the first time in the 1st century BCE, they noted that the Celts used chariots.
Common misconception
That the archaeologists used the actual artefacts found in the grave to make the reconstruction of the chariot.
Ensure pupils understand that archaeologists used new materials to make a replica chariot based on the evidence in the grave.
Keywords
Chariot - a chariot was a two-wheeled vehicle pulled by horses and used in ancient warfare
Coral - the hard skeleton of a type of tiny sea animal is called coral
Romans - the Romans were a group of people from Italy that took over lots of land across Europe, Africa and the Middle East
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