Stone Age Workshop

Portals To The Past

Ancient Britain history workshops for primary schools...

Who are we and where do we come from? These timeless questions, and more, are addressed as we explore many of the important developments that helped to make us who we are in this workshop, from the original hunter gathers to early farming communities, ancient technology and coming of the age of metal.

Our workshop leaders are trained bush-craft experts, and have a detailed understanding of ancient technology and how is still used by some societies around the world today. The session consists of a group investigation, where students explore numerous informative displays and artefacts, and get hands-on experience of ancient technology and skills. This is interspersed with interactive discussions on the following sub-topics:

Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods

Early humans ' focusing on Heidelberg man, Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens ' why did the Homo sapiens come out on top?

How they lived and what they hunted

Gender divisions in the hunter gatherer society

What is cave art all about?

Development of Stone tools

Seasonal movement

The Neolithic period

Early farmers and settlements ' the biggest change in human history

The beginning of an organised society

Trade

The age of stone monuments and what were they for?

Burial and belief

The Bronze age

The age of metal ' an important technological development

Beliefs and burials

Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age

Early hill forts and the beginnings of the 'Celtic' way of life

The Iron age

What is a hill fort?

Why did people live on them?

Tribal communities

Why did this way of life end?

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Where we travel to

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Which curriculum topics do we cater for?

Prehistory Workshop

Stone Age Bronze Age Iron Age

Who are we and where do we come from? Our workshop leaders are trained bush-craft experts, and have a detailed understanding of ancient technology and how is still used by some societies around the world today. Early humans ' focusing on Heidelberg man, Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens ' why did the Homo sapiens come out on top?

What size groups do we cater for?

Portals history workshops are designed to cater for up to 100 children, all day, working around your timetable.

Anything else?

Please note, if your school is located in a town or city we will require secure off-road parking for the duration of our visit to your school.

Who are Portals To The Past?

Bringing history lessons to life

We offer exciting, immersive and inspiring history workshops for schools, presented by a charismatic team of 'performing historians' with a deep-rooted passion for their subject.

Hands-on, educational workshops

Drawing upon an unrivalled pool of talented historians, archaeologists and reenactors, we typically visit more than 1,700 UK schools a year to deliver hands-on, educational workshops that leave kids (and teachers) buzzing.

Why choose Portals to the Past?

We are not just 'teachers that get dressed up'. Our multi-talented re-enactors are specialists in their field; true historians with a genuine passion for the past. The Portals team takes great delight in sharing their knowledge and their enjoyment of history with a whole new generation of history buffs.

As seen on film and TV...

Our Time Travellers are very much in demand for their depth of knowledge and enthusiasm for their subject. They regularly take part in historical re-enactments, and have appeared in many films, historical documentaries and on the BBC's 'Horrible Histories'.