Early Farming & Skara Brae
History: KS2 National Curriculum, topic 1.3.1
Early Farming & Skara Brae
From Hunters to Farmers
- The final stage of the Stone Age was the Neolithic Period.
- It lasted from around 10,000 BC to 2,500 BC.
- In this period, people stopped being just hunter-gatherers and became farmers.
- Farming helped people settle and build villages.
Village Life
- Late Neolithic people worked together to build homes.
- Villagers shared farming tools and food from the harvest.
- Children learned farming and making tools from adults.
- Villagers made pottery and stone tools for daily life.
Skara Brae Village
- Skara Brae is a famous late Neolithic village in Orkney, Scotland.
- A community of farmers lived there around 5,000 years ago.
- They raised cows, pigs and sheep.
- They ate cheese, milk and meat.
- The houses had beds and storage for food inside.
Test yourself on Early Farming & Skara Brae
What significant change occurred in the Neolithic Period?
What is Skara Brae famous for?
What is the name of the final stage of the Stone Age?
What is correct about the Neolithic Period?