Lesson 6

Reading

1. Read the report and look at the photos.Where are the stone circles and what do you think they can tell us?

The stone circles are in Senegal and Gambia. They can tell us about the people who made them and how they lived.

2. Read the report again and answer the questions.

1. How many stone circles are there? There are more than 1,000.

2. How old are the oldest stone circles? They are around 2,300 years old.

3. How long were people making the stone circles? They were making them for more than 1,800 years.

4. What does the money from tourism help the local people to do? It helps them to look after the stones.