Lesson Planning
Learn about the background of hill forts. Use maps to identify some well-known and local hill forts.
Teaching Outcomes:
- To introduce the historical background of hill forts, explore the range of different types of hill forts and their distribution.
- To explore where hill forts are built and why they were built in those locations.
Children will:
- Understand the differential distribution of hill forts across the country.
- Identify features on a map using a key.
- Transfer features from one map to another of a different scale.