Starter quiz
- Which three of these tools are used for chopping and cutting?
- axe ✓
- hammer
- knife ✓
- scissors ✓
- screw driver
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- What does an archaeologist study?
- artefacts from prehistory ✓
- experiments in science
- equations in mathematics
- meanings of words in languages
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- What is prehistory?
- a time before humans existed
- a time before written records existed ✓
- a time before the world existed
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- What does the word 'evidence' mean?
- evidence is something that can be used to prove an idea ✓
- evidence is always a written statement or official document
- evidence is always something that is found in the ground
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- In prehistory, there were periods of time when Britain was joined to mainland Europe. What type of bridge joined Britain to Europe?
- a land bridge ✓
- a rope bridge
- a stone bridge
- a wooden bridge
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- Scientists and historians believe different types of humans lived during prehistoric times. What two types of evidence of this is there?
- bones ✓
- footprints ✓
- photographs
- video footage
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Exit quiz
- Which of the pictures shows a Paleolithic hand axe?
- The Paleolithic Era was part of which age in history?
- The Stone Age ✓
- The Bronze Age
- The Iron Age
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- Which two are types of evidence that historians use from the Paleolithic Era?
- footprints ✓
- photographs
- stone tools ✓
- written records
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- Starting with the earliest, put the parts of the Stone Age into the order they happened.
- 1⇔Paleolithic Era
- 2⇔Mesolithic Era
- 3⇔Neolithic Era
- What did Early humans use to make Paleolithic hand axes?
- bone
- flint ✓
- metal
- wood
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- Match the words to the correct definition
- Stone Age⇔a period in time when stone was used to make tools ✓
- prehistory⇔a period in time before written records and writing systems ✓
- Paleolithic Era⇔a period in time often called the Early Stone Age ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The Paleolithic Era took place between two million years ago and ten thousand years ago.
- Many of the types of Paleolithic human who lived in Britain used stone tools, which were often made of flint.
- These tools, especially hand axes, are some of the main sources of evidence archaeologists have for this period.
- Archaeologists have worked out how Paleolithic humans might have used their hand axes.
- Archaeologists think that they probably used them to skin animals for clothing and strip branches for fire and shelter.
Common misconception
All humans living in the Stone Age were Homo sapiens.
Ensure pupils understand that there were different types of humans such as Neanderthals.
Keywords
Paleolithic era - the Paleolithic Era is a time in history, sometimes called the Early Stone Age
Nomadic - someone who doesn't settle in one place to live is nomadic
Hand axe - a hand axe is a prehistoric tool used for cutting
Flint - flint is a type of stone that was used to make tools in the past
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