World History: The Hoxne Hoard
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
![This silver pepper pot is in the shape of a Roman lady. Pepper was very valuable at the time and would have been imported all the way from India. [© Trustees of the British Museum]](http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/schools/primaryhistory/images/worldhistory/hoxne_hoard/pepper_pot.jpg "Silver pepper pot")
![This gold body chain found in the Hoxne Hoard is very small and would probably have been worn by a young woman. [© Trustees of the British Museum]](http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/schools/primaryhistory/images/worldhistory/hoxne_hoard/gold_body_chain.jpg "Gold body chain")
![Among the objects found in the Hoxne hoard were these gold chains and finger rings. Pendants would probably have been threaded onto the gold chains. [© Trustees of the British Museum]](http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/schools/primaryhistory/images/worldhistory/hoxne_hoard/gold_jewellery.jpg)
![The silver tigress is an ornate handle which looks to have been deliberately removed from a tall vase. [© Trustees of the British Museum]](http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/schools/primaryhistory/images/worldhistory/hoxne_hoard/silver_tigress.jpg "Silver tigress")
![A collection of 78 spoons was discovered in the Hoxne Hoard. The holes in these two spoons suggest they may have been used like a modern-day straining spoon. [© Trustees of the British Museum]](http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/schools/primaryhistory/images/worldhistory/hoxne_hoard/strainer_spoons.jpg "Spoons from the Hoxne Hoard")
![As well as 78 silver spoons, there were two sets of 10 silver ladles. One set has carved handles and the other set, gilded handles. [© Trustees of the British Museum]](http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/schools/primaryhistory/images/worldhistory/hoxne_hoard/silver_ladles.jpg "Twenty silver ladles")
![These objects found at the Hoxne site are actually ornate toiletries. The ones that end with a comma shape are types of toothpicks. [© Trustees of the British Museum]](http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/schools/primaryhistory/images/worldhistory/hoxne_hoard/toilet_implements.jpg "Ornate toiletries")
![One of these 19 gold bracelets was engraved with the name Juliane. [© Trustees of the British Museum]](http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/schools/primaryhistory/images/worldhistory/hoxne_hoard/bracelets.jpg "Nineteen gold bracelets")
![Inside the box were about 15,000 coins! They were mostly silver but there were some gold and bronze ones too. [© Trustees of the British Museum]](http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/schools/primaryhistory/images/worldhistory/hoxne_hoard/coins.jpg "A collection of coins")
Videos
More to Explore
Links in the BBC
- A History of the World: Hoxne pepper pot
- A History of the World: Listen to the podcasts
- Primary History: Romans
- BBC News: Watching the detectorists
- CBBC: Relic - Guardians of the Museum game
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