Celts

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/celts

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the key linguistic families?Goidelic (Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx) and Brythonic (Welsh, Cornish, Breton)
2. What is the prominent classical sources?Julius Caesar, Strabo, Polybius, Diodorus Siculus
3. Who were the Celts?The Celts were a group of Iron Age peoples who lived in many tribes across Europe. They shared a common language, art style, and love for nature.
4. Where did the Celts live?They lived from the Iberian Peninsula and Gaul to the British Isles, Central Europe, and even Anatolia. Their homes included hillforts and large towns called oppida.

Ethno-linguistic Group: A population sharing a common language and cultural identity, often with shared ancestry.
Oppida: Large, fortified Iron Age settlements serving as centers for trade, administration, and defense.
Druids: The educated priestly class of ancient Celtic societies, responsible for religious rites, law, and scholarship.
La Tène Style: A distinctive phase of Celtic art characterized by abstract, curvilinear, and often zoomorphic designs.