School Packs

Resources for Worcestershire’s High Schools and Colleges

This section of the Unlocking the Past website provides specific learning resources for the use of archaeology in the school curriculum.

Geography of Riverside Settlements

This Geography module explores local archaeological evidence for the arrival of prehistoric communities into the Worcestershire region. It is designed to follow on from lessons which have examined the influence which successive ice ages have had on the physical landscape and, its main theme, is concerned with how river courses and natural resources have shaped human settlement from pre-agricultural times, through to the first farming communities.

 Geography of River Settlements Introduction and Aims  (15KB)

Riverside Settlements – KS3 (Year 8) Geography
with adapted material for KS4 (Year 11) study of Settlements.

 Pre Farming Communities Lesson 1  (1.3MB)

 Pre Farming Communities Lesson 2  (504KB)

 Farming Communities Lesson 3  (460KB)

 Farming Communities Lesson 4  (260KB)

Although the lesson plans target the Key Stage 3 study of Rivers and Settlements, the full resource makes it possible for teacher and pupil to explore the module more deeply, either in set project work, or by returning to it for aspects of the GCSE study of Settlements.

 Glossary for the Geography of River Settlements  (77KB)

Deserted Medieval Villages

Details of the teaching pack on the Kay Stage 3 History Module:

Deserted Medieval Villages - Grafton Flyford (A Case Study)

This whole pack is available as a PDF document or as a set of three Powerpoint presentations, all of which can be downloaded below. To use accompanying teacher's notes open Powerpoint, right click for edit slides, go to view and select notes page.

There is a comprehensive teaching resource for primary schools with local studies for the Romans, Saxons and Tudors at: Return to the Source and a range of resources for the school curriculum at Webquest UK

Web based learning resources and maps