Resources Page
Keep an eye out for new resources you can download.
Quick tip!
The Wessex Archaeology Gallery is a quick and easy way to find images to use on your class whiteboard.
Virtual Tours
- A virtual tour of the archaeology along the South Dorset Ridgeway (produced by Wessex Archaeology for Dorset AONB)
The Avebury Monuments Teacher's Kit
The Avebury Monuments Teacher's Kit will help schoolchildren heading for Avebury and the surrounding monuments make the most of their trip to the World Heritage Site. It is a downloadable resource for teachers of Key Stage 2 and 3 pupils. As well as information sheets for teachers there are on-site investigation sheets, puzzles, maps, treasure hunts and other games and activities to help pupils to learn about the history of these historical sites in an entertaining and engaging way.
How do heritage sites inform us about our local area in prehistoric times? (Years 3/4)
This is an adapted unit on the Innovating with History site which complements QCA/DfES history scheme of work Unit 18: What was it like to live here in the past? It has been produced and piloted in partnership with English Heritage and local schools.
Download the Scheme of Work (PDF, 74KB)
Teachers’ Notes for Activities 1-9 (PDF, 160KB):
1)Play the archaeologist game online! Or simply download and print out the activity sheet (PDF, 1.6MB) |
2) Skeleton game (PDF, 804KB) |
3) Dustbin game (572KB) |
4) Time line (PDF, 2.8MB) |
5) Bronze Age picture (PDF, 344KB) |
6) Match the Monument (PDF, 1.7MB) |
7) What did I look like? (PDF, 1.4MB) |
8) What am I? (PDF, 1.3MB) |
(PDF, 1.7MB) |
Other Activities and Games
Can you help archaeologists to match the broken pieces of pot together?
Download "Match the Pot Sherds" to your computer to play offline (for Windows)/
Flint
Learn about flint tools and flint knapping in our Flint activity sheet (PDF 2.7MB)
Decorate a pot
The Amesbury Archer was buried with 3 pots, archaeologists call them Bronze Age Beakers. Print out your own Beaker (PDF, 30KB), then choose the patterns you like the best to decorate it.
An extract from a reconstuction of medieval Windsor by Liz James.