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The Stone Age was a time in prehistory when humans made and used stone tools. (Prehistory is the time before people invented writing.) Early humans began using stones as simple tools about 2 million years ago. Humans used mainly stone tools until about 10,000 years ago.
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This collection contains curriculum relevant videos, quizzes and games to help Years 3/4 and P4/5 History students with: knowledge of everyday life in the Stone Age. a timeline of prehistoric...
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Our handy Stone Age timeline prints easily across three separate sheets of A4 which you tape together on the back. It runs from 15000 BC (from which cave paintings in France are dated) to 2500 BC when people began using metals to give children a broad sense of the period. The timeline is broken into sections marked by different colours so that chil...
Having a period of time presented visually like this Stone Age timeline caters to the different ways children learn and remember. There’s a good mix of detailed text and memorable illustrations to help children place significant changes chronologically.
It’s a very difficult question to answer! The earliest well-dated image of a wheeled vehicle dates from between 3500 BC to 3350 BC so we can assume that the wheel was invented before or around this time - until an earlier depiction of a wheel is found!
Explore the timline of Stone Age. From the dawn of our species to the present day, stone-made artefacts are the dominant form of material remains that have survived to today concerning human technology.
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Jan 30, 2023 · In this video you will learn interesting information about the stone age and the lives of early peoples. Plus, discover a creative activity at the end of the...
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The Stone Age had three different periods. The first one was the Paleolithic Period when people first found stone tools and started making them. The Mesolithic Period was when people made better tools than they did before.
Teaching your children about the Stone Age? You're sure to get off to a smashing start with this Stone Age timeline pack. You will find a teaching presentation with starter and main lesson activities, as well as three sets of cards showing the changes in Britain during the Stone Age.
