The world is ever changing. At the end of the last Ice-Age, about 10,000 years ago, the world was still covered in ice, with many lakes and seas still heavy with ice masses such as glaciers. In addition, the northern quarter of Earth was still frozen over.
The picture to the left is of the world as it would have looked at the end of the last ice age, where our story begins. The map above is of the world as it looks today. Just because the Ice Age has ended, does this mean some sections of the world are not covered in ice? Which countries were frozen over about 10,000 years ago that are not frozen over now?
The picture to the left is of the world as it would have looked at the end of the last ice age, where our story begins. The map above is of the world as it looks today. Just because the Ice Age has ended, does this mean some sections of the world are not covered in ice? Which countries were frozen over about 10,000 years ago that are not frozen over now?
Subject: Geography
Strand: Natural Environments
Strand Unit: Planet Earth in Space
Teaching ideas: Get children to contrast and compare maps of the Stone Age world and the world in which we live today (change and continuity). Encourage questioning and inferring. Why might the world have looked like it did back then? Where would you think might have been the hottest place on earth? Why? Why not? Encourage the children to draw their school yard as it might have looked in the Stone Age. Would it have been covered in snow? Mapping and trail activities themed around the Stone Age. (P.E., history, English oral language lesson)
Strand: Natural Environments
Strand Unit: Planet Earth in Space
Teaching ideas: Get children to contrast and compare maps of the Stone Age world and the world in which we live today (change and continuity). Encourage questioning and inferring. Why might the world have looked like it did back then? Where would you think might have been the hottest place on earth? Why? Why not? Encourage the children to draw their school yard as it might have looked in the Stone Age. Would it have been covered in snow? Mapping and trail activities themed around the Stone Age. (P.E., history, English oral language lesson)