Reading Comprehension Week 1
08 Sep 2022
This Reading Comprehension is due on Thursday 15th September.
Read these pages on The Iron Age and answer the following questions in your Homework/Spelling book in full sentences:
The Celtic Age of Iron
- What material is iron mixed with to make steel?
- Iron rusts when it comes into contact with which two elements?
- Who were the Gauls?
- Why might people have started to use iron instead of bronze to make tools and other equipment?
- Why could there have been iron in Britain earlier than 2700 years ago?
Life in the Iron Age
- Where in the UK is Danebury Hillfort?
- How many years are there in a decade?
- What jobs might people have had in the hillfort?
- What might the burial pit at Danebury suggest about life in the hillfort?
- What does the sword handle suggest about the people of the hillfort?
Once you have answered the questions, you can mark them - here are the answers.