Resources Page
Keep an eye out for new resources you can download.
Get Macromedia Flash PlayerTo play games online, you will need the Macromedia Flash Player. For help downloading and installing it, the BBC's WebWise tutorial is very helpful.
Quick tip!
The Wessex Archaeology Gallery is a quick and easy way to find images to use on your class whiteboard.
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):
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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) |
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4) Time line (PDF, 2.8MB) |
5) Bronze Age picture (PDF, 344KB) |
6) Match the Monument (PDF, 1.7MB) |
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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? Click the graphic on the left to play online (requires Flash).
Download "Match the Pot Sherds" to your computer to play offline (for Windows 98, ME, 2000, and XP)
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.
Make your own prehistoric landscape
Learn about prehistoric landscapes. What animals would have roamed the landscape at the time of Swanscombe Woman, some 400,000 years ago? Play the game to discover the answers.
An extract from a reconstuction of medieval Windsor by Liz James.
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