World History: Sutton Hoo Helmet
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
![The helmet was found at Sutton Hoo and is 1,300 years old. It was reconstructed from pieces found at a burial site. [© Trustees of the British Museum]](http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/schools/primaryhistory/images/worldhistory/sutton_hoo_helmet/ship_burial_helmet.jpg "Sutton Hoo Helmet")
![Each eyebrow ends in a boar's head. A dragon head is between the eyebrows. Together, the nose, eyebrows and dragon make the shape of a bird with its wings spread out. [© Trustees of the British Museum]](http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/schools/primaryhistory/images/worldhistory/sutton_hoo_helmet/ship_burial_helmet_detail.jpg "Sutton Hoo Helmet (detail)")
![This is a replica of what the helmet may have looked like. Panels on the helmet are decorated with battle scenes and animals. [© Trustees of the British Museum]](http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/schools/primaryhistory/images/worldhistory/sutton_hoo_helmet/replica_helmet.jpg "Sutton Hoo Helmet (replica)")
Videos
More to Explore
Links in the BBC
- A History of the World: Sutton Hoo helmet
- A History of the World: Listen to the podcasts
- Primary History: Anglo-Saxons
- BBC Suffolk: The Anglo-Saxon finds at Sutton Hoo
- CBBC: Relic - Guardians of the Museum game
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