Author: Amanda McGarrigle

History—Term 2
Stone Age/Hunter Gatherers
(Link with ‘POR text
‘Wolf Brother’’ By Michelle Paver)

Background Information
Pupils should continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study.
They should note connections, contrasts and trends over time and develop the appropriate use of historical terms.
They should regularly address and sometimes devise historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and difference, and significance.
They should construct informed responses that involve thoughtful selection and organisation of relevant historical information. They should understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.

In this unit the children will…
Study and research ‘Hunter Gatherers’ in the Stone Age period
Understand the key differences in attitude between ‘Hunter gatherers’ in Torak’s World (Stone Age) and the more modern ones
Find out how Stone Age ‘Hunter Gatherers lived—what they ate, how they hunted, how they cooked, what clothes they wore, what their homes were made from, what their tools and weapons were made from and how they were used.
Find about the art that ‘Hunter Gatherers’ made— jewellery, cave paintings etc
Compare what it was like to live in the Stone Age times to now—What are the similarities and differences
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z82hsbk/articles/z34djxs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FwR97NBUC0 https://www.michellepaver.com/creating-a-stone-age-world/

By the end of this unit….
All children will:
Show chronological understanding by placing events, people and changes into correct periods of time.
Show knowledge & understanding of events, people and changes
recognise that the past is represented and interpreted in different ways
ask and answer questions, and to select and record information relevant to the focus of the enquiry
communicate their knowledge and understanding of history in a variety of ways
Most children will:
place the changes in the period within a chronological framework
make appropriate use of dates and terms; demonstrate knowledge and understanding about the everyday lives of children in the Stone Age period
show how some aspects of the period have been interpreted in different ways
select and combine information from a range of visual, textbook and documentary sources
communicate their knowledge and understanding of changes to children’s lives in the Stone Age times in organised and structured ways
Some children will:
describe reasons for and results of particular events
use their knowledge and understanding of the Stone Age period to make links with other societies and periods
select and combine information from a range of sources to reach substantiated conclusions

The children will explore:
A Stone Age timeline
What are Stone Age ‘Hunter Gatherers ?
Stone Age tools and weapons used for hunting
Design a Stone Age tool or weapon (D.T link)
How they lived
Similarities and differences between then and now
Stone Age Art/Cave paintings

Key Vocabulary
Stone Age hunter-gatherers had to catch or find everything they ate. They moved from place to place in search of food. Early Stone Age people hunted with sharpened sticks. Later, they used bows and arrows and spears tipped with flint or bone.
Paleolithic Age—Second part of the Stone Age that lasted until the end of the last Ice Age
Neolithic Age—Last part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC
Hunter Gatherer—A member of a culture that obains food by hunting, fishing and gathering plants
Agriculture—the practice of cultivating the land or raising animals to produce food
Wooly Mammoth, scavenging, weaving, building shelters