Educational resources for schools
We offer a number of resources for schools and wider learning. Schools and teachers with particular requirements can get in touch at archaeology@york.ac.uk for more information.
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Primary education
Prehistory at Star Carr
Supporting PSHE and SMSC education, as well as history these resources include skills logs and story activities which can be grouped or used individually.
Feeding Stonehenge
We collaborated with others to create teaching resources that support 7 to 11 year olds working scientifically, with six activities set in the context of the Stone Age.
Ancient Dustbusters
Children between the ages of 7 and 11 will benefit from this inspiring programme communicating the importance of air quality and oral health.
What can food remains tell us about how Vikings lived?
These resources are based on the requirement for Key Stage 2 National Curriculum History. Archaeological evidence from the Viking period can be compared with diets in three contrasting locations in the same period.
Archaeology Data Service: primary education
Explore our themes of Prehistory, Roman Britain, Anglo Saxon and Viking and Ancient Egypt and Early Civilisations.
Secondary education
Exploring egalitarianism using prehistory: a digital classroom kit
Using an interactive personality quiz, a virtual tour of reconstructed houses and a ChatBot, students learn what egalitarianism is and how it is reflected in the archaeology of the UNESCO Stone Age site of Çatalhöyük.
Festivals, feasting and animals at Stonehenge
This resource supports the teaching of instrumental analysis, including gas chromatography - mass spectrometry (GS-MS) time of flight mass spectrometry, using the context of archaeology.
Hidden depths
These three lesson plans use Stone Age archaeology to encourage discussion about what it means to be human. Designed to support Key Stage 3 PSHE and SMSC but can be adapted to other levels.
Radiocarbon dating (video link)
Dr Penny Bickle explains how radiocarbon dating works and how it can be used in practice.
Making Stone Age cheese
These resources use the context of feasting at Stonehenge to consider aspects of food processing, food allergies and intolerance, with activities including making cottage cheese.
The science of making Stone Age cheese
Using the context of archaeological science, students investigate the diets of the people of Stonehenge and nearby settlement 4,500 years ago.
Archaeology Data Service: secondary education
Explore our themes of Modern History (WW2), Medieval Britain and Ancient History.
