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Activity: Stone Age Food
According to most books about the British Stone Age, everybody ate a long list of a few dozen different types of mammal and bird (many...


Activity: Stone Age Sculpture
Looking at pictures of Stone Age 3D art - Venus figurines and clay animals, the first 3D figurative art. Then making a copy of one in...
Prop: TTS Replica Hafted Hand Axe
TTS school suppliers sell various stone age props, including a smart replica hafted hand-axe which is a bargain at around £10. It is...
Cresswell Crags: Review
A review of the facilities at Cresswell Crags
Visit: Cresswell Crags
March 2020: We went to Cresswell Crags to see the cave art. We did two tours, the Ice Age life one and the cave art one itself, then...


Documentary: A History of Ancient Britain (Series 1)
A BBC documentary series presented by Neil Oliver. There are four hour-long episodes, which cover the Ice Age, Mesolithic, Neolithic and...


Book: The Great Flood (Terry Deary)
This is one of a set of four short books set in the Stone Age by Horrible Histories author Terry Deary. The Great Flood is set just as...


Book: The Great Cave (Terry Deary)
This is one of a set of four short books set in the Stone Age by Horrible Histories author Terry Deary. The Great Cave deals with...


Book: The First Drawing
I bought this book partly because it is commonly used in schools as part of the KS2 "Stone Age to Iron Age" module.


Book: The Stone Age: Hunters, Gatherers and Woolly Mammoths.
This is a very accessible book written in a semi-cartoon format with lots of humour and asides. The main story is a discussion of stone...


Book: Stone Age Boy
A story about a modern boy who accidentally goes back in time and lives with the family of a stone age girl called Om for several months....
"Ice Age" at West Midlands Safari Park
Our first day trip was a visit to the Ice Age animatronic attraction at West Midlands Safari Park, to set the scene around the first...


Film: Ice Age (Blue Sky, 2002)
Ice Age is the first film in a large franchise - at the time of writing there are five films and several short animations, with a sixth...


Book: Look Inside the Stone Age (Usborne)
Look inside the Stone Age is a book in the popular Usborne "Lift the Flaps" series - although the content is aimed at primary school...


Film: Brother Bear (Disney)
Brother Bear is one of the lesser-known Disney films. It tells the story of "a boy who became a bear, to become a man". There is also a...
Book: Stig of the Dump by Clive King (1963)
Stig of the Dump is a British children's chapter book about a boy called Barney who makes friends with a caveman called Stig. Stig lives...
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