Travel & the Beaker Culture
History: KS2 National Curriculum, topic 1.3.3
Travel & the Beaker Culture
Boats
- Bronze Age people travelled across rivers and seas on boats.
- Boats helped people cross rivers and seas.
- The boats were long and made out of wood.
- Travel helped people explore new lands and ideas.
Horses
- Bronze Age people learned to tame horses.
- They invented the wheel around 1,000 BC.
- Wooden carts pulled by horses were used to transport people and goods.
- Bronze Age people developed war chariots.
Beaker Culture
- The Beaker people lived in Britain about 4,500 years ago.
- Beaker culture formed part of the late Stone Age and early Bronze Age.
- They made pottery shaped like a bell.
- They buried their dead with tools and ornaments.
Test yourself on Travel & the Beaker Culture
What is significant about the Beaker culture?
In what prehistoric age did people learn to tame horses?
What were the boats in the Bronze Age made of?