Starter quiz
- How long ago was the Iron Age in Britain?
- two hundred years ago (200)
- two thousand years ago (2000) ✓
- two hundred thousand years ago (200,000)
- two million years ago (2,000,000)
- two billion years ago (2,000,000,000)
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- Which period of history came after the Iron Age in Britain?
- Stone Age
- Bronze Age
- Roman Britain ✓
- The Elizabethan era
- The Victorian era
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- Which items do archaeologists and historians use to learn about the Iron Age?
- photographs
- video evidence
- objects from the past ✓
- earthworks ✓
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- Most people in the Iron Age living in Britain worked as...
- 'farmers' ✓
- Which group of people were living in Britain during the Iron Age?
- The Celts ✓
- The Victorians
- The Elizabethans
- The Romans
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- Match the Iron Age item to the correct description.
- Wetwang Chariot⇔a two-wheeled vehicle ✓
- Snettisham torc⇔a piece of jewellery ✓
- Batterea shield⇔a decorative shield ✓
- Ard plough⇔an agricultural tool ✓
Exit quiz
- Match the word to the correct definition.
- archaeologist⇔someone who discovers and researches items that remain from the past ✓
- historian⇔someone who studies and writes about the past ✓
- Something that remains from the past that archaeologists and historians ask questions about is called a...
- 'source' ✓
- Who wrote about the Celtic people living in Britain at the end of the Iron Age?
- The Celts
- The Romans ✓
- The Greeks ✓
- The Iron Age people
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- Which sources do archaeologists and historians use to understand Iron Age Britain?
- artefacts ✓
- Roman writings ✓
- photographs
- speaking to people who were there at the time
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- Match the artefact to the topic of Iron Age Britain that archaeologists learnt about from studying it.
- Batterse shield⇔Celtic art ✓
- coins⇔trade ✓
- ard plough⇔agriculture ✓
- Iron spearhead⇔warfare ✓
- A good explanation of what historians and archaeologists have learnt about the Iron Age will focus on how ______ have been used.
- 'sources' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Archaeologists and historians have learnt a lot about Iron Age Britain from the artefacts that have been found.
- They have used these artefacts alongside other sources, such as Roman writing about Iron Age Britain.
- By using these sources together they have been able to piece together what Iron Age Britain was like.
- Historians and archaeologists rarely rely on just one source, they often try to use lots together.
- A good explanation of what historians have learnt about Iron Age Britain will focus on how sources have been used.
Common misconception
That archaeologists and historians are always right. That information about the past is always factual.
Explain that archaeologists and historians use clues to piece together what they think the past was like. These views and opinions can change over time as more sources or information is discovered.
Keywords
Archaeologist - someone who discovers and researches items that remain from the past is an archaeologist
Artefact - an artefact is an item from the past made by humans
Source - something that remains from the past, which archaeologists and historians ask questions of is called a source
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