Prehistory

Explore Prehistory with your class, discovering how people lived in and near Plymouth during this period, using this history resource for Key Stage 2.

Dive in to the text to harness yourself with insider knowledge on the subject, focus in on the images to discover new details with your class, and then play and create using some of the suggested activities for inspiration.

Key Stage:: Key Stage 2

Curricula:: History,; Local History

Topic:: Pre-History

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School visits

Prehistory: The Bronze Age at Whitehorse Hill

Witness your students become archaeologists, discovering the remarkable Bronze Age burial at Whitehorse Hill on Dartmoor. What can the uncovered artefacts tell us about people 4,000 years ago?

World War II and the Blitz in Plymouth

Can your students become detectives? Use real objects and archives to uncover the truth of how the Blitz impacted Plymouth.

Sir Francis Drake and the Spanish Armada

The Spanish Armada have been sighted off the English coast! Enhance your student’s knowledge about Sir Francis Drake and the Spanish Armada by exploring our key objects and archives connected to this fascinating and complex part of history.

Loan Boxes

Explore: Prehistory - Stone Age

Explore tools and weapons made form flint, stone and wood, used by people during the Stone Age.

Explore: Prehistory - Bronze Age

Explore tools and weapons made from bronze, used by people during the Bronze Age.

Explore: Plymouth Evacuees

Discover what life was like for children evacuated from Plymouth during the war. Hundreds of children were evacuated from Plymouth during World War II. Encounter these individuals and imagine their lives with this collection of photos and documents.

Museum Gallery Archive

You can download this PDF resource to use with your class.