Bronze Age Britain

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The Bronze Age is a historical period that was characterized by the use of bronze and other early features of civilization like ceramics or weaving textiles. In Europe it started circa 3200BC and ended with the use of iron arounnd 600BC.

This is a Bilingual History lesson for 2nd year learners (Klasse 6).

  • The input will be an English video or a short text.
  • The outcome may be a quiz, a worksheet or a poster.
    This will be in English but only the facts matter - language mistakes aren't counted! -- Matthias Scharwies (Diskussion) 07:50, 19. Apr. 2020 (CEST)

smelting copper

You can produce bronze by smelting copper and alloying with tin, arsenic, or other metals. Bronze itself is harder and more durable than other metals available at the time, allowing Bronze Age civilizations to gain a technological advantage.

Which metals are used to make bronze? (copper and tin) (!silver and gold) (!copper and iron) (!tin and aluminium)

Bronze is … (harder than copper) (!so shiny you can use it as a mirror) (!cheaper than copper)

Stonehenge

A bit more difficult, but really funny (if you get the jokes!)