Each of these short treasure trails has been devised to fit in with one of the KS2 History Study Units.

They consist of five multiple-choice questions and a link to the website that will provide the correct answer.

For the most part these sites have been selected for the wealth of interesting activities and information they can offer to Key Stage 2 pupils.

Teachers should try to explore the sites themselves before letting the children begin.

Children should be encouraged to linger on each site, not just to skim read for the answer to the clue and dash on!

There are many different ways you can encourage your children to spend longer at each site.

• You might ask them to devise questions of their own as they visit different sites.
• You might provide supplementary activities or tasks yourself.
• You might ask the children to write a critical review of one site each.

At the successful completion of each treasure trail children can be rewarded with a certificate.

Answers & URLs

1. Who is fighting the lion on the jar in Room 4?
Perseus
Theseus
Herakles
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/allsouls/bm/ag1.html

2. Who gave Pandora her box?
Prometheus
Zeus
Epimetheus
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/carolrb/greek/greek1.html

3. What was a krater used for?
It was used for mixing water and wine.
It was a drinking cup.
It was used for storing wine.
http://www.classicspage.com

4. Who guarded the golden apples?
Hera
The Hesperides
Hebe
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Herakles/labors.html

5. The Greek alphabet developed from the Phoenician alphabet. How did they differ? Which statement is false?
The Phoenician alphabet had more consonants than the Greek alphabet.
The Greek alphabet had more letters than the Phoenician alphabet.
The Phoenicians only had three vowels in their alphabet.
http://www.emory.edu/CARLOS/ODYSSEY/GREECE/homepg.html

1. How many forts were there on Hadrian's Wall?
6
16
26
http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/wallnet/wall/wall.htm

2. When Alfred was king of Wessex how did he help to protect his people from being attacked by the Danes?
He ordered fortified towns, called burhs to be built. Every settlement was within 20 miles of a burh.
He made laws that everyone had to obey.
He gave everybody weapons to defend themselves with.
http://bay1.bjt.net/~melanie/akings.html

3. Boudicca was leader of the Iceni tribe after her husband died. What was his name?
Caractacus
Lavengro
Prasutagus
http://www.oldcity.demon.co.uk/norwich/historic/history/history02.html

4. What did a slave called a paedogogus do in Roman times?
He worked in the fields.
He taught the children.
He worked in the kitchen.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/romans/index.htm

5. Which English king was supposed to have been buried at Sutton Hoo?
Edwin
Aethelberht
Redwald
http://bay1.bjt.net/~melanie/akings.html

1. What was the most common mark incised on the carpenter's tools?
W
X
Y
http://www.maryrose.org/jessica/title.htm

2. How many velvet night gowns did Mary Tudor own?
4
3
2
http://www.dnaco.net./~aleed/corsets/mary/maryform.html

3. When the Armada was defeated in 1588 how many Spanish ships returned to Lisbon?
150
105
65
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/education/fact_armada.html

4. What would you buy from a mercer?
Material
Metal
Medicine
http://www.renaissance.dm.net/compendium/home.html

5. Only one of these statements about archery is true. Which one is it?
The best bows were made of yew and had two strings made of hemp.
The law said that every fit man over the age of 24 had to be able to hit a target at 220 yards.
Arrows were made of birch, oak, ash or hornbeam and were tipped with swans' feathers.
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/nettsch/time/tudors.html

1. How much did the population of Birmingham increase by between 1841 and 1881?
200 000
350 000
500 000
http://www.cadburylearningzone.co.uk/history/index.htm

2. What two holiday destinations are shown on the poster?
France and Cornwall
Italy and France
Cornwall and Italy
http://learningcurve.pro.gov.uk/snapshots/snapshot5.htm

3. Why was Florence Nightingale eventually allowed to train as a nurse?
Her parents thought it was a good profession for a woman.
Lord Houghton married someone else.
Florence was very stubborn and insisted!
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/women.htm

4. Where did the passengers have to change trains?
Rugby
Bristol Temple Meads
Gloucester
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/railways.htm

5. What hours did a Sainsbury's employee work on Saturdays?
He worked from 7am until 2pm.
He started between 6 and 7.30am and worked until Midnight.
He began work sometime between 6 and 7.30am and finished at 6pm.
http://www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/museum.htm

1. How long did it take to build Khufu's pyramid?
About 20 years
About 60 years
About 100 years
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html

2. Who was Quetzalcoatl?
Smoking Mirror, the god of the night sky.
Feathered Serpent, the god of wind and knowledge.
The rain god.
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/nettsch/time/alife.html

3. Who gave Hammurabi the code of laws?
Anu
Enki
Shamash
http://www.ee.ucl.ac.uk/~lheagney/mesopotamia/Contents.html

4. Only one of these statements is true. Which one is it?
The sides of the pyramids were inclined at an angle of exactly 51 degrees.
The Great Pyramid was the tallest structure in the world for almost 4000 years.
The Great Pyramid is now 137m high, and is 41m taller than Big Ben!
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/excavation

5. What would the scribes keep in their document boxes when they worked in the fields?
Stationery - papyrus, reed pens and ink.
Instructions for farmers.
Records of harvests.
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/writing/explore/main.html

1. When the Windrush brought the first emigrants from the Caribbean how many stowaways landed in England?
1
3
5
http://learningcurve.pro.gov.uk/snapshots/snapshot11.htm

2. When were clothes first rationed in Britain?
1st September 1940
1st June 1941
1st March 1942
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/nettsch/time/war.html

3. Who was the local ARP Warden?
Mr Clarence
Mr Graham
Mr Greenbury
http://learningcurve.pro.gov.uk/snapshots/snapshot9.htm

4. How long do you cook the mock goose for altogether?
15 minutes
45 minutes
1 hour
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/chatback/english/food/recipes.html

5. Who starred in the film Mary Richardson watched in Coventry?
Bob Hope
Bing Crosby
George Burns
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/chatback/english/memories/stories.html

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