CIRCLES OF
STONE
ACTIVITY SHEET
STONEHENGE AND PREHISTORIC JAPAN
Hello and welcome to Stonehenge
We are yuru-chara (ゆるキャラ), cute mascots which are popular all over Japan. We have been specially created for the Circles of Stone special exhibition. Head to the exhibition to find us and start this activity sheet.
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Big Rock (Daiganseki)
COUNT TO FIVE
Little Clay (Minichi) and the Pebbles
In the exhibition, the Pebbles will teach you how to count to five in Japanese. Find the phonetic spellings of the numbers in Japanese and write them in the table below, or try saying them out loud. 1 One
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2 Two
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3 Three
三
4 Four
四
5 Five
五
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ARCHAEOLOGIST
William Gowland was an archaeologist who carried out excavations (digs) in Japan and Britain more than 100 years ago. Look at the objects on display that were collected by Gowland and list two of the artefacts below. 1 2
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DOGU
Clay figurines, called dogu (土 偶) in Japanese, have been found at Jomon settlements and stone circles. They may have represented goddesses or spirits and been used in rituals and ceremonies.
Imagine you were making a dogu to leave as an offering or a gift to someone important. How would you decorate it? Draw the outline of a dogu when you get home and then decorate it.
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WORD SEARCH
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Look up above the display cases in the exhibition to see some words that have been translated into Japanese and drawn in traditional Japanese calligraphy.
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Can you find these words in the word search?
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Figurine 土偶
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Flame 火焔
Circle 環状
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House 家・住 居
Pottery 土器
Burial 墓
Axe 斧
Hunting 狩猟
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TIMELINE
Leave Circles of Stone and look around at the rest of the exhibition. On the wall near the models of Stonehenge you can see a timeline. Find and write down the dates of when these important events occurred. Stonehenge stones were set in place:
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NO WRITTEN RECORDS
Nobody knows for certain what Stonehenge was built for. We know that it is aligned with the midsummer sunrise and the midwinter sunset but there are no written records to tell us why it was built or how it was used. What do you think Stonehenge was built for? Write your ideas below.
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Sun 太 陽・日
TYPES OF STONE
Outside, near the Neolithic houses, you can see TWO large pieces of stone. They are the same types of stone used to build Stonehenge. Select the correct name of the two types of stone from the list below:
Great Pyramid at Egypt was built:
Bluestone
Granite
Colosseum, Italy was built:
Greystone
Sarsen
Easter Island heads were erected:
ANSWERS 1 Ichi, Ni, San, Shi, Go 2 Hammerstone, flint tools, pottery, fragments of sarsen and bluestone, arrowheads, stone axes 5 2500BC, 2500BC, 500AD, 1000AD 7 Bluestone, Sarsen
When were you born? Try our interactive Stonehenge game at www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/ stonehenge/school-visits/education-game
An English Heritage partnership project with the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. Generously supported by the Ishisbashi Foundation.
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