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Ancient monuments

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Read the passage entitled The Auld Wives' Lifts and answer the accompanying questions.

Some questions will ask you to undertake some research so make sure that you have access to the internet or a good library.

You will be given a skeleton map which is structured paragraph by paragraph and question by question. You should fill in the answers on the map.

When you have finished completing your map you could:

  • Create a display based on your findings
  • Rewrite the passage, in your own words, using the skeleton map to guide you.
PDF: Ancient monuments challenge (173 KB)
PDF: Auld Wives' Lifts text and questions (352 KB)PDF: Auld Wives' Lifts answers (252 KB)PDF: Auld Wives' Lifts answers mindmap (165 KB)

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