The Secrets of Stonehenge
Mick Manning and Brita Granström
Frances Lincoln
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Draw a timeline showing when events took place
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Build a model of Stonehenge – clay; cardboard; diorama [in a shoebox]
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Read some myths and legends about the sun and moon from other cultures. Write your own
version.
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Divide class into groups with each taking a different role in the building of Stonehenge –
haulers; woodworkers; masons; cooks; toolmakers; hunters. Research what these jobs would
have involved then make an instruction booklet or poster.
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Write a diary entry for the day the stones were raised
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Draw and label your own picture of the Amesbury Archer including some of his possessions.
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Design a guide to Stonehenge either for modern day tourists or for people when it was built
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Write an article for “The Neolithic Times” about Stonehenge.