Prehistoric Landscapes

by MAT
Time Period: Prehistory, Bronze Age to Medieval
Type:
Audience: KS2, KS3
Theme: Submerged Landscapes, Climate and Coastal Archaeology

This resource is designed to provide pupils with an introduction to landscape transformation through time. It focuses on how specialists can study the evolution of Prehistoric landscapes through time and how they are able to understand what an area looked like in the past. Pupils will be introduced to the concept of interdependency between nature and humans. They will be shown how humans both influence and are influenced by their surroundings.

The resource also provides students with a table describing key-concepts about the social and cultural traits of Prehistoric communities. All of these concepts are explained using a local case-study, Bouldnor Cliff, a submerged Mesolithic settlement located near Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight.

Find out more:

Find out more about Landscapes Through Time and Climate Change:

  • An educators’ guide, pages 31-35
  • Auroch Puzzle
  • The Hamble River Activity Book, page 9

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Curriculum Links

KS2

GEOGRAPHY Formation, World features
HISTORY Comparisons, Methods, Critical thinking, Stone Age to Iron Age, Local history

KS3

GEOGRAPHY Formation, World features, Human and physical geography
HISTORY Comparisons, Methods, pre-1066, Local history

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