Journey across millions of years of prehistory with this KS2 Prehistoric World topic for Year 3 and Year 4. This series of 18 lessons across a range of subjects will immerse your class fully in the prehistoric world, exploring and questioning how palaeontologists and archaeologists find out what the world was like millions of years ago. They’ll discover and explore dinosaurs, early man and Ice Age animals, as well as investigating what life was like in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age.   #TheCompleteTopic18lessons This Prehistoric World cross-curricular topic contains 18 detailed lesson plans, each with a corresponding slideshow presentation for the teaching input. It then also has 18 sets of printable resources, including worksheets, picture cards, information sheets, challenges, puzzles and much more! All this means that you have a fantastic half term's worth of topic teaching at the click of a button, so it's great for you, and your class are sure to love it too! A Knowledge Organiser is available to support the learning for the History lessons in this scheme. It is included in the Complete Topic download and the 'ALL History lessons in Topic' download, or it can be purchased individually. If you are teaching a Stone Age topic then have a look at our collection of Stone Age teaching resources. Here you'll find all our Stone Age and Prehistoric resources in one place! #AllARTLessonsinTopic Looking for prehistoric Art lessons for your Prehistoric World topic? We've got four great prehistoric Art lessons all planned and ready for you to download and enjoy with your Year 3 or Year 4 class. Each of these four lessons explores a different type of prehistoric art, exploring artefacts and examples for inspiration before challenging your class to create their own works of art from mysterious stone balls to caveman paintings!     What's included: The Prehistoric World | Art: Dinosaurs The Prehistoric World | Art: Cave Paintings The Prehistoric World | Art: Stone Age Jewellery The Prehistoric World | Art: Stone Age Art #AllCOMPUTINGLessonsinTopic Download this Computing lesson as part of a complete Year 3/4 'The Prehistoric World' classic cross-curricular topic.     What's included: The Prehistoric World| Computing: Ice Age Animals #AllDTLessonsinTopic Download this DT project as part of our complete 'The Prehistoric World' classic cross-curricular topic.     What's included: The Prehistoric World | DT: The Invention of the Needle #AllStoneAgetoIronAgeHISTORYLessonsinTopic We've got the Stone Age to Iron Age KS2 objectives covered in this complete set of seven History lessons exploring the fascinating world of prehistoric Britain. Your class will journey through a million years of prehistory as they explore the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age, discovering how humans first came to Britain, how they lived and what developments were made during each era. Within this Stone Age to Iron Age KS2 History series are seven detailed lessons plans with a corresponding slideshow for each teaching input, packed full of information, facts and questions to challenge your class's historical enquiry skills. Also included in each lesson are differentiated activity ideas and a range of printable resources, such as worksheets, picture cards, information sheets, challenges and quizzes. All the research and planning has been done for you, so all you need to do is sit back and enjoy learning about prehistoric Britain with your class! A Knowledge Organiser is available to support the learning for the History lessons in this scheme. It is included in the Complete Topic download and the 'ALL History lessons in Topic' download, or it can be purchased individually.   What's included: The Prehistoric World | History: What is Prehistory? The Prehistoric World | History: Stone Age People The Prehistoric World | History: Star Carr The Prehistoric World | History: Stonehenge The Prehistoric World | History: The Bronze Age The Prehistoric World | History: The Iron Age The Prehistoric World | History: Stone Age to Iron Age Facts #AllPELessonsinTopic Download this PE lesson to use as part of a complete Year 3/4 'The Prehistoric World' classic cross-curricular topic.     What's included: The Prehistoric World | PE: Stone Age Survival #AllSCIENCELessonsinTopic This set of four Prehistoric Science lessons takes your Year 3 or Year 4 class back to the age of the dinosaurs as they explore how fossils are formed, how to identify and classify dinosaurs, and consider what happened to cause the end of the dinosaurs. If you're looking for Science lessons to fit in with your KS2 Stone Age to Iron Age topic, then these are the perfect way to get the Year 3/4 Science objectives covered whilst still staying on topic. And they're fully planned, resourced and ready to teach!   What's included: The Prehistoric World | Science: Fossil Formation The Prehistoric World | Science: Identifying Dinosaurs The Prehistoric World | Science: Dinosaur Classification The Prehistoric World | Science: The End of the Dinosaurs #Lesson1ArtDinosaurs This fun and informative dinosaur Art lesson for KS2 children will help your class explore what dinosaurs looked like, including their size, shape, colour and skin texture, and how we know so much about this. They will then be challenged to use this knowledge and their sculpture skills to create a 3D model of a dinosaur, or make a dinosaur skeleton. The slideshow presentation provided for the teaching input will show children some handy hints and tips for creating their own dinosaur art masterpieces and will give them the tools they need to let their creativity roam free!   What's included: Lesson plan Slides Activity ideas Dinosaur Challenge Cards 3D Dinosaur Instruction Sheet Dinosaur Skeleton Sheets Dinosaur Skeleton Instruction Sheet #Lesson2ArtCavePaintings This Stone Age cave paintings KS2 Art lesson will teach your class everything they need to know about Stone Age cave paintings and how they can create their very own replicas. Your Year 3 or Year 4 children will explore many different cave paintings that have been found all around the world, considering the themes, patterns and colours in the images they see. They will find out how prehistoric people made their paints and think about why these paintings were created. Once they have a good understanding of Stone Age cave paintings, they will then have the chance to create their own cave paintings in a variety of ways and using different media.   What's included: Lesson plan Slides Activity ideas Animal Templates Cave Paintings Instructions Sheet Hand Art Instructions Sheet #Lesson3ArtStoneAgeJewellery This Stone Age jewellery KS2 Art lesson will fascinate your class as they learn about the earliest jewellery in the world. Your Year 3 or Year 4 children will explore examples of Stone Age jewellery, exploring why people starting using beads and what beads were made from, including shells and teeth. Your class will then design and make their very own Stone Age jewellery by creating different shapes of beads from clay. Alternatively, they can decorate a stone pendant with symbols found in prehistoric cave paintings.   What's included: Lesson plan Slides Activity ideas Jewellery Design Sheet Bead Instruction Sheet Jewellery Instruction Sheet Pendant Design Sheet Pendant Instruction Sheet Pendant Design Ideas Sheet #Lesson4ArtStoneAgeArt Stone Age art is full of mysteries that your class can explore together in this fascinating lesson for Year 3 and Year 4. This Stone Age Art KS2 planning pack gives your children two choices for artwork they can make for themselves. Firstly, they will explore the mysterious stone balls of the Stone Age, thinking about what they might have been used for and how they might have been carved using only simple tools. They can then have a go at creating their own from clay. Alternatively, they can look at the mysterious Stonehenge before creating some Stonehenge art of their own, using silhouettes and colourful backgrounds. Of course, if you can't decide, you can do both over two lessons! What's included: Lesson plan Slides Activity ideas Stone Ball Picture Cards Challenge Cards Museum Plaque Sheet Stonehenge Silhouette Template Stonehenge Instruction Sheet #Lesson5ComputingIceAgeAnimals Show your class three 'facts' about Ice Age animals that lived in Britain during the Stone Age as the starting point to get them considering the information they find on the internet. They will think about how search engines work and how search terms can be used effectively, before thinking about how they can verify if the information they find online is correct. They are then given some information on a simple Word document to check (and correct if necessary) before being challenged to present their verified information on Ice Age animals in an engaging way.     What's included: Lesson plan Slides Activity ideas Differentiated Ice Age documents Animal Cards Differentiated worksheets #Lesson6DTTheInventionoftheNeedle In this DT lesson, your children will find out how sewing developed in prehistoric times, from the use of awls to the creation of needles. The slideshow presentation for the teaching input demonstrates the importance of the invention of the needle and looks at Stone Age clothes and Stone Age shoes. Children are then shown some handy step-by-step tips for sewing their own prehistoric needle pouches. In their independent learning, children can then create their own needle pouches (with the help of both left- and right-handed sewing sheets) or they can create their very own replica Stone Age shoes!   What's included: Lesson plan Slides Activity ideas Needle Pouch Template Needle Pouch Instruction Sheet Stitch Instruction Sheets (for left-handers and right-handers) Prehistoric Shoe Instruction Sheet #Lesson7HistoryWhatisPrehistory What is prehistory? This is the question that is posed t