• 500 BC
• People began to use iron tools and weapons
• Why did they stop using stone and start using bronze?
• Iron tools were even stronger than bronze
• They easily defeated other people they encountered in Ireland
Design• Celtic designs are still
seen in jewellery today
• Pins, brooches and jewellery designs:
Curves and twists Broighter Collar
Disk fastener Ardagh Chalice
Activity 1
• Divide your page into 5 sections as you can see on the right
• Each section will have a different title. The top section is called: Celtic design
• Draw some Celtic designs in the top box under the title
Clothes
• Wealthy Celts wore gold bracelets as well as collars known as torcs
• The léine was the long tunic worn by a Celtic nobleman
• A belt called a crios was usually tied across the tunic
• Woollen cloak called a brat was often worn over it
Activity 2
• The heading for your second box is Celtic Clothing
• Draw a Celtic man in your second box wearing a:– Torc
– Léine
– Crios
– Brat
Religion• The Celts worshipped a
number of gods• Lug: their god of skillful
fighting, poetry and music
• Lughnasa (August) is named after the god Lug
• Gods of the harvest and gods of the earth and land
• Goddesses such as Danu (Mother of the Gods) and Anu
They carved religious idols (Gods)
• To worship Gods• Simple design (They
didn’t know what their Gods looked like)
• Protective stance
• Triple head
• All seeing
Activity 3
• The heading for box 3 is Celtic Religion
• Write three things about Celtic religious beliefs and draw a small idol beside your information
Activity 5
• The heading for your final box is Celtic Warriors
• Draw a Celtic warrior fighting during the Iron Age