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2. The Neolithic period and the Bronze and Iron Ages
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Understand
19.
Compare life in a Neolithic village and a Bronze
and Iron Age town. What were the similarities and
differences?
20.
How do we know that social differences increased in
this period?
21.
Why did women begin to lose their influence in
society during the Bronze and Iron Ages?
22.
Why did new male war gods appear in this period?
Make a table of the change in beliefs during the
Paleolithic, Neolithic and Bronze and Iron Ages.
23.
Who eventually took control of the decisionmaking?
Analyse
24.
Look at the illustration and describe the people,
buildings and tools you can see.
25.
More sackings occurred during the Bronze and
Iron Ages due to an increase in wealth. Explain the
changes that occurred in the construction of new
towns as a result. Use the illustration to describe
these changes.
Create
26.
Go to the web page of the
British Museum
. Open
the catalogue, choose two objects from everyday
life in the Bronze and Iron Ages and make a fact file
for each of them.
