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Archaeology Sheet This sheet
describes a number of different fields and asks you to choose
which ones you think would be most likely to have interesting
archaeology hidden underground. It then asks you to decide
which materials you would be most likely to dig up. Lastly you
can draw the grass in on a cross-section to show how tall it
grows over different features, forming lines seen on aerial
photos.
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Roman
Army leave Britain Sheet This
is a multi-activity sheet. Pick the name of the Roman Emperor
who took most of the Roman away; fill in the soldier's speech
bubble; pick the correct statements about towns in this period;
and match the local kings with things they were famous for.
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Vortigern's
Story Sheet This sheet
shows a cartoon strip telling the story of King Vortigern and
the Anglo-Saxons. The speech bubbles, however, are blank and you
must fill in what the characters are saying. You could also cut
up the six pictures prior to presenting them to those doing the
activity and ask them to put them in the correct order. Same as
Saxon Arrival Story Sheet. Not
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British
Attacked
Sheet
This is a multi-activity
sheet. It shows a map of
the countries bordering the North Sea and asks you to name the
different groups of people found there in the Dark Ages and draw
arrows showing how some came to Britain. It also asks for the
three Fs that brought the Saxons to Britain: Floods, Fighting
& Friendship. And there is a pick the Saxon and the Briton
lineup. Same as the Saxon Arrival Sheet.
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Letter
to Aetius Sheet This sheet
suggests a scenario from Vortigerns' reign and asks you to write
a letter about it to Consul Aetius.
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Mount
Badon Activity Sheet
This sheet shows a map of
Britain marked with possible locations for King Arthur's
victorious Battle of Mount Badon marked on it. You are given
some clues as to the kind of area historians think it might have
taken place in and asked to choose your favourite candidate. and
explain why.
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British
Warrior Sheet
This sheet shows a
British warrior on his steed and asks you to draw in various
missing parts of him and his costume. |
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British
& Saxon Costume Comparison Sheet
This sheet shows a
British and a Saxon warrior and asks you to look for differences
between what they are wearing. Same as the Saxon & British
Costume Comparison Sheet.
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British
Finger Puppets Sheet
Make six of your very own
British warrior finger puppets with this easy-to-use cut-out
sheet. Same as Knights of the Round Table Finger Puppets
Sheet.
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Dark
Age Venn Diagram Sheet
This sheet shows twelve
different people from the Dark Ages. By looking at their
costumes and weaponry, you must work out which person goes in
which section of the triple-circle venn diagram on the next
page. You can write their names onto the existing diagram or
create a giant one, cut out the pictures and stick them on.
Not available as a free
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Gildas'
Britain Sheet
This sheet shows a map of
the kingdoms of Western Britain and tells you what Gildas wrote
about them. You are then asked to try and work out where each
kingdom is located. Includes clues and teachers' notes. |
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Houses Sheet
This sheet shows two
ancient houses: one Saxon at West Stow in Suffolk and one British at
Gwithian in Cornwall. You are asked what
differences you can see between the two. Same as the British
Houses Sheet.
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Crannog
V Hillfort Sheet This sheet shows
pictures of an island fort (or crannog) and a hillfort. The
British lived in both, but you must list the advantages of each
and decide which is best.
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British
Great Hall Sheet This sheet shows a
British lord's great hall, both inside and out. You are asked to
look at the internal picture and list the things that went on
inside.
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Sub-Roman
Sudoku Here the
story of a British King and his new warriors turns into a game
of sudoku as you are challenged to lay out their kit in the
proper manner.
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Tawl-Bwrdd
Game Sheet
This sheet has a game
board and rules for playing the ancient Welsh game of Tawl-Bwrdd
(known in English as Taefel). Same as the Anglo-Saxon Taefel
Game Sheet. |
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Dark
Age Pottery Sheet
This multi-activity sheet
tells you all about pottery imports to Britain from miles away.
Check out the map and work out the distances. Complete the decoration
and work out what it tells us about the owners.
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Ogham Sheet
This sheet shows the
Ogham alphabet as used in Ireland and the Western parts of
Britain. Can you make up some messages? Can you translate those
from your friends?
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British Food Sheet
This sheet shows pictures
of lots of food items. You must identify which ones were eaten
by the Britons in the Dark Ages. Same as the Anglo-Saxon Food
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Celtic
Church Sheet
This sheet shows a
typical Dark
Age Celtic church (excavated at Glencoyndale in Cumberland) and
a hermit at his hermitage (on St. Govan's Head at Bosherston in
Pembrokeshire). There is a short piece of text about the subject
and you have to fill in the missing words.
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Celtic
Monastery Sheet
This sheet shows a Celtic
monastery, based on one in the Scilly Isles with beehive cells
and rectangular chapel. Work out which areas fit the descriptions
and fill in the blanks describing what is going on there.
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Celtic
Manuscript Sheet
This sheet shows an
illuminated page in the Celtic style from Rhigyfarch's Psalter,
written at Llanbadarn Abbey in the 11th century. You can colour
it in and use the old-style alphabet to fill in a prayer or
other message.
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Lichfield
Gospels Sheet
This sheet shows part of
the magnificent surviving carpet page from the 8th century
Lichfield Gospels which originated at Llandeilo Fawr Abbey. You
must identify the animal and the parts of its body. Then why not
have a go at finishing the picture?
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Celtic
Monument Sheet
This sheet shows a Celtic
memorial cross (the Cunobelin Stone from Margam in Glamorgan).
You must give it an inscription on the blank panel, turning your
name into Latin using the instructions.
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