🌍 Social ScienceUnit 5 of 68 lessons

What are the periods of Prehistory?

Travel back in time! Learn the five periods of history and how we find out about the past, discover how people lived in the Palaeolithic and the Neolithic, see how metals changed everything, and meet the Celts and the Iberians of the Iberian Peninsula.

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Play a history board game

Studying history can be fun! Draw a snake-shaped path of squares on a big piece of paper, add a few ladders and write a question in each square. Throw a dice: if you answer correctly, you stay; if not, go back two squares. Here are some questions to start.

  1. 1What does the word Palaeolithic mean?
  2. 2Name two visual historical sources.
  3. 3Did the Celts use a currency?
  4. 4Name the two main periods of Prehistory.
  5. 5Name the five periods of history.
  6. 6Why is iron better than copper for making tools?
  7. 7When was the French Revolution?
  8. 8Were people nomads in the Neolithic period?
  9. 9Why did the population grow in the Neolithic period?
  10. 10When was the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
  11. 11Who created the Toros de Guisando?
  12. 12Who created the Dama de Elche?

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The Palaeolithic: the Old Stone Age
Lesson 3 · 8 min
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The Neolithic: the New Stone Age
Lesson 5 · 7 min
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Who were the Celts and the Iberians?
Lesson 7 · 8 min