Through the Ages: Stone, Bronze & Iron Age – Complete Unit

A comprehensive, fully-resourced unit of work covering the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age for pupils aged 7–11. This complete bundle includes lesson PowerPoints, interactive Promethean flipcharts, differentiated worksheets, topic planning documents and a full set of art activities — everything you need to teach prehistory from first inquiry through to a hands-on archaeological dig experience.

Developed and refined over multiple years of teaching, this unit takes pupils on a journey from early Stone Age hunter-gatherers and cave art, through the Bronze Age and its trade routes, to Iron Age hillforts and the first encounters with the Romans. The unit culminates in a classroom ‘Bin Dig’ activity where pupils experience real archaeological thinking — analysing artefacts to draw conclusions about the past.

What’s included (41 resources):

Through the Ages – Lessons 1–6 (Y5/6):
• Lesson 1 – Stone Age research challenge (worksheet + PPT + 2 flipcharts)
• Lesson 2 – Hunter-gatherers: types of land (worksheet + 3 flipcharts)
• Lesson 3 – Bronze Age (worksheet + flipchart)
• Lesson 4 – Iron Age Hillforts (PPT + worksheet + 2 flipcharts)
• Lesson 5 – Archaeologist intro + Bin Dig findings worksheet + marking template
• Lesson 6 – Dig planning (photos doc + 3 flipcharts)

Tribal Tales – Weeks 1–7 (Y3):
• Topic planning overview + Y3 plan PDF
• Week 2 – Stone Age: PPT, research notes PPT, comparison worksheet
• Week 3 – Types of Land worksheet
• Week 4 – Bronze Age: PPT, debate worksheet, ordering sheet
• Week 5 – Stone Age Farming PPT + Roman-Celt comparison worksheet
• Week 6 – Archaeologist PPT + template pic sheet + Bin Dig worksheet
• Week 7 – Dig plan document

Art Activities:
• Cave painting examples, mammoth outline for collage, Stone Age sketching, Stonehenge silhouette template, display writing

Curriculum links: History KS2 – Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. Covers chronological understanding, archaeological evidence and historical enquiry.

File formats: .pptx/.ppt/.pps, .flipchart (Promethean ActivInspire), .docx, .pdf