The Neolithic Stone Age: Stonehenge and Skara Brae

Sophie (age 7) and Ellie (age 5) tell of the Neolithic Stone Age. We visit Skara Brae, explore Stonehenge, and see how Stone Age people moved from hunter-gathering to farming.----more----

This is the third of our Stone Age episodes. Our first episode was about the Paleolithic period when Stone Age people lived during the ice age. In our second episode we explored the Mesolithic period after the ice age when people were still hunting and gathering and moving from place to place. Now in the Neolithic period Stone Age people start to invent farming. This starts in the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East. But it begins to spread across the world. The population grows with all the extra food that farming makes. But it is not all good because now famine can devastate communities. Now people have more reasons to work together – so for example to cut down trees or build paths. But it also means that there is more war.

We go to Skara Brae to learn about one of the most extraordinary Neolithic discoveries. We explore the eight Stone Age huts and learn about what it tells us about the lives of the Stone Age people who lived in Skara Brae.

Finally, we explore Stonehenge. We explore why it might have been built We debunk the idea that aliens helped build Stonehenge. Rather, we show how Stone Age people could have built Stonehenge.

We then reflect on the great achievements of Stone Age people, a people who built homes like at Skara Brae and built great monuments like Stonehenge.

If you liked this episode then you might like our Mesolithic episode:

Apple: https://link.historystorytime.com/Apple-Mesolithic

Other: https://link.historystorytime.com/Mesolithic

Or you might like our Paleolithic episode:

Apple: https://link.historystorytime.com/Apple-Paleolithic

Other: https://link.historystorytime.com/Paleolithic

This whole three part series as a strong link to Key Stage 2 (KS2) of the National Curriculum.

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