Braehead AOC 3301 Education Pack
People in the Past - an Iron Age Settlement at Braehead
Introduction
Braehead Iron Age Settlement is an important and rare survival of a prehistoric site
within the City of Glasgow. It provides a good opportunity to study People in the
Past or People and Place, attainment outcomes in the social subjects component of
environmental studies. This pack can be incorporated into any project focusing on
• Prehistoric Scotland
• Roman Scotland
• Local history
• The environment of the Clyde
• Aspects of the physical and built environment
Using the Braehead Archaeological Education Pack
The material in this education pack is intended for use by teachers and pupils visiting
the excavation of an Iron Age settlement at the Braehead Shopping Centre, Glasgow.
This education resource pack covers “The Ancient World”, one of five recommended
historical areas of study. Its structure and content have been designed in line with
current 5-14 curriculum guidelines. Each section of the pack provides links to the 5-
14 curricular guidelines, suggested activities and pupils’ activity sheets. The pupil
activities in this pack can cover all attainment target levels of the 5-14 curriculum.
This education pack contains materials designed to
• Familiarise teachers with the site before a visit
• Provide pupils with ideas for research of the site prior to a visit
• Provide pupils with suitable on-site activities
• Provide pupils with ideas for evaluating the excavation
This education pack will enable pupils to develop the skill strands of planning,
recording, interpreting, presenting and evaluating. The children will also develop
informed attitudes to Scotland’s cultural heritage and its preservation.
Copyright
AOC Archaeology Group created this education pack in association with their
excavation at Braehead for Capital Shopping Centres plc. The Braehead
Archaeological Education Pack is copyright – AOC Archaeology Group. Teachers
may photocopy and adapt the contents of the pack as they wish, provided it i