My village around history

“My village around history” goal is to analyze how people’s ways of life have changed throughout history by directing observing the places where they settled and the material remains found at these sites.

This resource include 8 posters / slides on 8 different periods in Prehistory and Ancient History and clear instructions on how to develop a research project called “The footprints of our past. Where did we live?”

The posters cover the following periods:
1.My Paleolithic Camp
2.My Neolithic Village
3.My Bronze Age Settlement
4.My Sumerian Village
5.My Farming Village in Ancient Egypt
6.My Greek polis
7.My Celtic Village
8.My Villa Rustica in Ancient Rome

The research project: «The footprints of our lives. Where did we live?» includes a presentation of the project, its clear aim, the evaluation criteria, the recommended timescale and suggestions about the organization and research of the project.

This research project is optional, you can use the posters independently to develop your didactic units on Prehistory, Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, the Celtic culture or Ancient Rome and display people’s ways of life and housing.