Thematic Knowledge Organiser Year 3 Giraffes
Spring One Key Questions:
History: Key Changes and Events
What does prehistory mean?
How did hunter-gatherers survive
The village of Skara Brae is built in Orkney. The people 3000 BC
who live there
in the Stone Age?
are beginning to farm their own food and
build homes instead
of travelling from place to place.
BC 2100 BC 1800 BC 1200 BC
‘Bell Beaker’ culture arrives in Britain. These people are named for their distinctive decorative pottery.
‘Celtic’ culture begins to arrive in Britain and tribal kingdoms
weapons, instead of bronze. The first hillforts are constructed.
AD 43
What was life like in an Iron Age hill fort?
What was Iron Age art like?
The Stone Age: Mesolithic period - People began to settle into
BC – (Before Christ) Used to show the years before Jesus AD – (Anno Domini) Used the show the years after Jesus Chronology / chronological – In time order starting with the Nomad / nomadic – A group of people that move from place to place in search of food and shelter
the Bronze Age?
things from the past like bones, pottery and buildings.
earliest time
What do grave goods tell us about
Palaeolithic period - People were nomadic hunters.
was born
Archaeologist – An archaeologist digs up and studies
was born
How did bronze replace stone in the
in Orkney, Scotland. It was occupied around 3000 –2500BC.
Cave paintings – Early humans may have used art as a way of Communicating. Drawings of animals on cave walls are common.
The Romans invade Britain.
Key Vocabulary:
Why are there so many mysteries
Skara Brae – A stone built Neolithic settlement
Bronze Age?
The first large copper mines are dug.
Iron begins to be used in Britain to make tools and 800 BC
tools.
develop.
What was Skara Brae? about Stonehenge?
Bronze begins to be used in Britain to make weapons and
Wiltshire, England. It was built in 3000BC.
What kind of sources tell us about the Stone Age?
Construction starts on Stonehenge in Wiltshire. It will take around 1000 years for it to be finished.
2500
What was Stone Age cave art?
Stonehenge – A prehistoric monument in
farming villages.
Settlement – A place where people establish a community
Evidence – Things you find out from research that give you clues about what life was like in the past.
the largest Iron Age hillforts in Europe built around 100BC. It is located in Dorset, England.
Neolithic period - Tools were developed, canoes were invented.
The Bronze Age: People discovered how to get metal out of rocks. Bronze replaced stone as the best material for making tools.
Hunter-gatherer – A member of a nomadic group who hunt or harvest food that grows in the wild
Maiden Castle – One of
Other Theme Subjects: Science – Rocks and Fossils
Art and Design – Stone Age Jewellery
The Iron Age: Iron replaced bronze as the best material for making tools and weapons. People lived in tribes, often settlings in hillforts.
Design Technology – Constructing a castle.