

Introduce children to the fascinating world of Stone Age art through this engaging series of lessons that explore prehistoric cave paintings, sculptures and jewellery. Pupils will investigate how early humans expressed themselves creatively and develop their own artwork inspired by ancient techniques and materials.
Each Stone Age Art lesson comes with a detailed plan, a set of informative and engaging PDF slides for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and printable resources for your class's independent activities.
A Knowledge Organiser is available to support the learning in this scheme. It is included in the Complete Series download or can be purchased individually.
This Art scheme is part of our Stone Age to Iron Age Topic Bundle, which also includes ready-to-teach Science, History and English schemes - perfect for cross-curricular teaching!
The Lion Man Sculpture
In this first Prehistoric Art KS2 lesson, children are shown an image of the 40,000-year-old Lion Man figurine, and are encouraged to ask and answer questions about it.
After finding out about the origins of this amazing piece of art, children are challenged to develop and use their observational and shading skills to recreate an image of the sculpture.
This Prehistoric Art KS2 pack is ready-to-teach - it comes with a detailed plan, a set of informative and engaging PDF slides, a range of printable resources and differentiated activity ideas.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Lion Man Picture Sheet
- Shading Techniques Help Sheet
- Differentiated worksheets
- Lion Man Pieces Cards
Cave Paintings
This Stone Age Cave Paintings KS2 Art lesson will teach your class everything they need to know about Stone Age cave paintings and how they can create their very own replicas. Your Year 3 or Year 4 children will explore many different cave paintings that have been found all around the world, considering the themes, patterns and colours in the images they see. They will find out how prehistoric people made their paints and think about why these paintings were created.
Once they have a good understanding of Stone Age cave paintings, they will then have the chance to create their own cave paintings in a variety of ways and using different media.
A detailed plan, a set of engaging PDF slides for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and printable resources are all included in this Stone Age Cave Paintings KS2 Art pack.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Animal Templates
- Cave Paintings Instructions Sheet
- Hand Art Instructions Sheet
Designing Stone Age Jewellery
In this Stone Age Jewellery KS2 Art lesson, your class will find out about prehistoric jewellery, and what materials were used to create it. They will discuss the function of prehistoric jewellery, and compare it to modern-day use.
Children are then challenged to design their own Stone Age-inspired jewellery using given bead styles, or design decorations for a stone pendant with symbols found in prehistoric cave paintings.
This Stone Age Jewellery KS2 Art pack is ready to download, and includes an easy-to-follow plan, a range of printable resources and activity ideas, as well as engaging and informative PDF slides for the teaching input.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Jewellery Design Sheets
- Pendant Design Sheet
- Pendant Design Ideas Sheet
Making Stone Age Jewellery
After recapping on their design ideas and choices, children will be shown how to create the different styles of beads from clay. (If the alternative activity is chosen, children are shown an example of how to decorate a stone pendant with paints and symbols.)
In their independent activities, they follow their designs to create their own piece of jewellery. Children are also challenged to compare Stone Age jewellery with examples from the Iron and Bronze Ages, and discuss how it has changed and evolved over the different time periods.
A detailed plan, a set of engaging PDF slides for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and printable resources are all included in this Making Stone Age Jewellery KS2 Art pack.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Bead Instruction Cards
- Jewellery Instruction Sheet
- Pendant Instruction Sheet
Art Mysteries of the Stone Age
Stone Age art is full of mysteries that your class can explore together in this fascinating Art lesson for Year 3 and Year 4.
Firstly, your class will explore the mysterious stone balls of the Stone Age, thinking about what they might have been used for and how they might have been carved using only simple tools. They can then have a go at creating their own from clay. Alternatively, they can look at the mysterious Stonehenge before creating some Stonehenge art of their own, using silhouettes and colourful backgrounds. Of course, if you can't decide, you can do both activities over two lessons!
This Stone Age Art pack is ready-to-teach - it comes with an easy-to-follow plan, a set of informative PDF slides, a range of printable resources and differentiated activity ideas.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Stone Ball Picture Cards
- Challenge Cards
- Museum Plaque Sheet
- Stonehenge Silhouette Template
- Stonehenge Instruction Sheet
This Year 3/4 Art Knowledge Organiser has been created to complement our World Art and Sculpture strands. It is designed to support your children’s understanding of key vocabulary linked to this scheme of work. Relevant vocabulary and artistic skills have been identified to encourage children to apply their knowledge around this topic.