Stone Age Boy

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It’s called the Bronze Age because people discovered how to use metals like bronze for the first time. The book ‘Stone Age Boy’ is perfect to introduce children to the Stone Age in an engaging and child friendly way. Learn even more about this fascinating period in history with the facts below.

One day whilst out walking, a young boy trips and falls… into The Stone Age. He meets a Stone Age girl and her tribe. They teach him all about their way of life. He watches them hunt, fish, cook, celebrate, and make clothes, tools and weapons. He wakes up in the modern day, but was it all a dream? a DT/textiles unit of work where children learn and experiment with different stitches to design, create and evaluate a tabard-style Stone Age tunic.Find out about the shelters that were used by stone age people. What materials did they use? How were they constructed? Could you make your own model? Stone Age people cut up their food with sharpened stones and cooked it on a fire . After a good day’s hunting people could feast on meat. But the next day they had to start finding food again! Pupils could be asked to make a list of the ways life in the New Stone Age was different to life in the Mesolithic period: did it change a little or a lot? Stone age people didn’t have plastic or metal. Can you make a list of modern objects that are made using plastic / metal? How would life be different without them?

Satoshi Kitamura's Stone Age Boy is something of a modern classic of children's literature. With its gently unfolding storyline, vivid language and lovely supporting illustrations, it is the perfect thing for engaging the interest of your KS2 class in a variety of topics including but not limited to English and History. The Stone Age in Britain took place between around 15000BC to 2500BC . The Mesolithic period is known as the middle stone age. Find out what archaeologists do. Could you write a job description for an archaeologist? What skills would you need to have? Ancient Egypt code breaker worksheet](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ancient-egypt-worksheet-11874580)Stone age people used spears to catch animals. Could you have a javelin throwing competition and see who can throw the javelin the furthest… or closest to a target? Look at the illustrations of the animals on the inside covers. Use these (and other images if you can find them) to create your own pictures. A great introduction for children about the Stone Age to encourage them to ask further questions and direct their own learning? Why did they paint pictures on the walls? How could we make cave paintings? How and why did they move away from stone? What animals did they eat? How did they make shelters? What would make a good shelter? What can we learn from cave paintings? What do archaeologists do? Education Shed Ltd, Severn House, Severn Bridge, Riverside North, Bewdley, Worcestershire, UK, DY12 1AB Can you find out about other extinct species? When did they live? What caused their extinction? How are they similar / different to other species alive today?