About this worksheet
A four-page Year 3 history reading comprehension about Skara Brae, the Neolithic village on Orkney that a storm uncovered in 1850. The text describes the eight stone houses, the box-beds and dressers inside them, and how the farmers lived. Eight questions follow in three sections. Pupils retrieve facts, infer why the houses were joined by covered passages, and explain why the village is like a time capsule. The answer key gives model answers. It covers the England National Curriculum unit on changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age.
