Stone Age Britain - Unit Assessment

The Year 3 History unit assessment on Stone Age Britain is designed to evaluate students' knowledge of this prehistoric period. The assessment, created by Focus Education (UK) Ltd, comprises a series of multiple-choice and open-ended questions aimed at testing the understanding of key concepts related to the Stone Age. Questions range from identifying the oldest period between the Neolithic, Palaeolithic, and Mesolithic Ages, to recognizing Stone Age sites such as Skara Brae and Stonehenge. Students are also asked to sequence historical periods correctly and define terms like 'hunter-gatherers'. The assessment covers the significance of inventions like the wheel, the discovery of iron ore, and the role of hill forts in different ages.

Further, the assessment delves into disciplinary knowledge by requiring students to analyse images of Skara Brae and deduce information about the inhabitants' lifestyle. It also challenges students to discern reliable sources of evidence for understanding Stone Age life, distinguishing between options such as information from archaeologists and contemporary photographs of Skara Brae. The exercise helps students to critically evaluate historical evidence and understand how historians and archaeologists reconstruct the past. The assessment is structured to encourage analytical thinking and a deeper grasp of how we learn about ancient civilizations, specifically focusing on the Stone Age period in Britain.