World History: Easter Island Statue
Lesson Plans and Worksheets
Lesson one: Sources
- Lesson plan: Investigating sources - artefacts
- Worksheet: Source analysis
- Worksheet: Dürer's spot the difference
- Worksheet: Animal pictionary
- Worksheet: Emperor Augustus
Lesson two: World trade
- Lesson plan: Causation - exploration and world trade
- Worksheet: Source analysis
- Worksheet: Biographies
- Worksheet: Pirate treasure
Lesson three: Chronology
- Lesson plan: Chronology
- Worksheet: Definitions of time
- Worksheet: News report
- Worksheet: Object cards
- Worksheet: Odd one out
Lesson Four: Local history
Activities
Pictures
![Easter Island is famous for its stone statues of human figures, known as Moai. This statue has the name Hoa Hakananai'a which translates as 'stolen or hidden friend'. [© Trustees of the British Museum]](http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/schools/primaryhistory/images/worldhistory/easter_island/easter-island_statue.jpg "Hoa Hakananai'a")
![The Moai statues end at the hips, and show men with long ears and deep eye sockets. It's possible that they once had coloured eyes. [© Trustees of the British Museum]](http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/schools/primaryhistory/images/worldhistory/easter_island/easter-island_statue_close.jpg "Hoa Hakananai'a (detail)")
More to Explore
Links in the BBC
- A History of the World: Hoa Hakananai'a Easter Island statue
- A History of the World: Listen to the podcasts
- CBBC: Relic - Guardians of the Museum game
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