I hope this may be of interest to some. Do feel free to pass on to
anyone you think might be interested.
TEACHING ABOUT THE MIDDLE STONE AGE
The Star Carr team at the University of York has been busy producing
resources for teachers about the site and the Mesolithic. The classroom
activities have been grouped into three sets of units. Individual units
can be taken from any set and taught as stand-alone activities. We are
looking for teachers who would like to test these resources in the
classroom and let us know what they think of them.
Please contact Don Henson at [log in to unmask]
Set 1 – a skills log to develop basic archaeological skills in the
classroom: finding out information, identifying things, recording
objects, analysing how people lived and telling others about Star Carr.
Set 2 – a set of short stories, “11,000 Years Ago”, about the daily
lives of a Mesolithic family: moving home, making things, food, friends
and strangers, a hint of winter, coming of age, a new life, the bad old
days, boy or girl – animals or plants?
Set 3 – Lessons from the Middle Stone Age, showing how the Mesolithic
can teach useful lessons to help us both live better lives today and
understand the world we live in: the origins of ourselves, change is
inevitable, the living environment, human diversity, healthy eating,
what makes us happy.
Don Henson
University of York
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