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Stonehenge

Stonehenge. 3000 BC-Present. Mission. My Audience will learn important facts about Stonehenge and will want to find out more about the past. Where and What is it?. English county of W iltshire. Where and What is it?. English county of Wiltshire

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Stonehenge

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  1. Stonehenge 3000 BC-Present

  2. Mission • My Audience will learn important facts about Stonehenge and will want to find out more about the past.

  3. Where and What is it? • English county of Wiltshire

  4. Where and What is it? • English county of Wiltshire • Composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones.

  5. Who built it? • Danes, Romans, Saxons, Greeks, Atlanteans, Merlin and even Aliens. • Druids • Three Tribes • Neolithic agrarians • The Beaker people • The Wessex Peoples

  6. How was it built? • First Stage • Henge

  7. How was it built? • First Stage • Henge • Second Stage • Wood Posts

  8. How was it built? • First Stage • Henge • Second Stage • Wood Posts • Third Stage • Bluestones • Sarsen Circle • Later Refinement

  9. What was it used for? • Mike Parker Pearson • Ritual landscape • Place of the dead • Geoffrey Wainwright and Timothy Darvill. • A place of healing • Both?

  10. What do you think? Do you think this is important to know the past?

  11. For more Information on Stonehenge see these sites: • http://www.aboutstonehenge.info/index.php?pg=who-built-stonehenge • http://www.stonehenge.co.uk/history.php • http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/06/stonehenge/map-interactive

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