Life in the Bronze Age | The Story of Britain | BBC Teach

Suitable for teaching 7 to 11s. Life in Bronze Age Britain is explored through the eyes of a family. The impact of copper and tin mining and the development of metal tools are explored. Part three of an 11 part historical animated series, The Story of Britain.

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An exploration of life in Bronze Age Britain through the eyes of a typical family. They learn how copper and tin is mined, and make bronze using a furnace. Metal tools have a huge impact on farming, making it much easier to clear forest and grow more crops. The loom is invented, and woollen clothes first appear. As the population increases, people meet together more, building stone circles as meeting places and sites of religious significance.

This clip is from the BBC series The Story of Britain, a compilation of animated shorts that bring the history of Britain alive. Exploring from the Mesolithic period to the Domesday Book, we meet some of the families who shaped the \'Story of Britain\'. These films are designed to help children understand the chronology of history.

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Teaching History?

This clip is useful as an introduction to the Bronze Age. Students could be asked how to make bronze, and why bronze had such a major impact on life at the time. What differences did it make? Why did people dig so far into the ground to find copper and tin, as at Great Orme near Llandudno?

This will be relevant for teaching History at KS2 or Second Level (Scotland).

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