Slides on First Year Junior Cert History

2.  First was the “old stone age” – Palaeolithic
◦ No humans lived in Ireland at this time
 Then the “middle stone age” – Mesolithic – 7,000 – 4,000 BC
◦ First humans in Ireland: Settlement at Mount Sandel, Antrim
 Next was the “new stone age” – Neolithic – 4,000 -2,000 BC
◦ Newgrange and other tombs built
 Next was the “Bronze age” – 2,000 – 1,400 BC
◦ Copper tools and jewellery created
 Final age – the “Iron age” – 1,400 – recent times

3.  Metal: less likely to break than stone
 Can be melted and remelted into different shapes
 Pretty – looks nice for jewellery!

4.  Copper + Tin = Bronze

7.  Light fires against the rock face – rock heats up!
 Throw water against the rock – rock cracks!
 Dig out the ore (rock with copper)
 Melt down the copper by smelting

8. Questions 1-4 P45

9.  Questions 1 to 4 Page 45

10.  Watch the video and answer these questions:
◦ Are the people in the video Historians or Archaeologists?
◦ Why do excavations like these not normally happen?
◦ What are the archaeologists using to dig out the pot?
◦ What do they use to hold the pot together?
◦ What are they going to do to the pot to find out what’s inside it?
◦ How many years ago did someone put the objects into the pot?