Here is a selection of family-friendly activities about the archaeology and history of Suffolk. From coins and stories to colouring and wordsearches.
Get creative, get learning, get started...
Anglo-Saxon Coins
Three activities about Anglo-Saxon coins.
Activity 1: Coins and Archaeology
Coins can help archaeologists date a site as they usually had a date or symbol.
Find some coins in your house and describe what you see. What is the earliest and the latest date?
Activity 2: Anglo-Saxon Coins
Here are some examples of Anglo-Saxon coins discovered at Rendlesham. They look similar but the designs are different.
Look at these coins. Can you spot what they have in common and what is different?
Activity 3: Design your own coin
Coins had lots of different designs to show how much they were worth and who the ruling tribe, king or queen was at the time.
Can you draw you own design of an Anglo-Saxon coin.
Colour This...
Here are some hand-drawn illustrations of real archaeological objects found in Suffolk. What colours and patterns do you think they had?
Creative Writing
Activity 1: Write an Anglo-Saxon Story or Poem
Anglo-Saxon stories and poems tell us of great events, heroic stories and brave warriors. Use some of the words in the Activity to inspire your own short story or poem.
Wordsearches
A collection of wordsearches with an archaeology theme.
