Welcome to an exciting, colourful new resource from Historic England! This comprehensive teacher’s kit will provide you with all you need to know about the history of the World Heritage Site at Avebury in Wiltshire, with plenty of suggested activities to do before, during and after your visit.

Each section can be downloaded free of charge. The activity sheets are aimed at pupils at key stage 2 and key stage 3 and, if you wish, you can use the images in the image bank to create your own activities. You can use them on your whiteboard too.   All the images are copyright cleared for educational use.   This pack was produced for Historic England by Wessex Archaeology.

  1. Your Visit: Information for teachers visiting Avebury and an introduction to the Avebury Monuments Teacher’s Kit
  2. History of the Avebury Monuments: A brief history of the Avebury monuments and their landscape – for teachers and older pupils
  3. Information sheet for Avebury Henge and West Kennet Avenue – for teachers and older pupils
  4. Information sheet for Silbury Hill – for teachers and older pupils
  5. Information sheet for West Kennet Long Barrow – for teachers and older pupils
  6. Information sheet for the Sanctuary – for teachers and older pupils
  7. Information sheet for Windmill Hill – for teachers and older pupils
  8. Investigate Avebury Henge and West Kennet Avenue: Pupil sheet for use on site at Avebury Henge and West Kennet Avenue
  9. Investigate Silbury Hill: Pupil sheet for use on site at Silbury Hill
  10. Investigate West Kennet Long Barrow: Pupil sheet for use on site at West Kennet Long Barrow
  11. What did I look like 4,000 years ago? – pupil activity sheet: use archaeological evidence to work how this Bronze Age person might have looked
  12. Puzzle Objects - pupil activity sheet: these prehistoric objects have lost their labels, can you sort them out?
  13. Moving the Stones – pupil activity sheet: put the pictures in order to show how the huge stones at Avebury were moved into place
  14. A Search for Buried Treasure for KS3 pupils: practise map-reading skills with a treasure trail around the Avebury Monuments
  15. A Search for Buried Treasure for KS2 pupils: practise map-reading skills with a treasure trail around the Avebury Monuments
  16. Timeline jigsaw – cut out the historical periods, mix them up and try putting them in the right order
  17. Glossary of words about prehistory and archaeology which may be unfamiliar

For the image bank that accompanies this pack follow this link.

Downloads

1 Your visit 2 Monument history 3 Avebury info 4 Silbury Hill info 5 West Kennet info 6 Sanctuary info 7 Windmill Hill info 8 Avebury 9 Silbury Hill 10 West Kennet 11 What did I look like? 12 Puzzle objects 13 Moving stones 14 Buried Treasure KS3 15 Buried Treasure KS2 16 Timeline 17 Glossary