Norman Landownership Changes - Anglo-Saxon & Norman England - GCSE History Edexcel - Lesson 18

This lesson covers the changes to landownership as a method of control used by William after 1071.

This lesson has been updated in line with the amended specification and exam questions ready for the 2025/6 examinations (GCSE History Edexcel).

This fully resourced 19 slide lesson contains:

• Slide 1: Title slide - Changes to Norman Landownership after 1070
• Slide 2: Lesson outcomes and progress tracker
• Slide 3: As you enter map activity - students compare how land was divided into larger earldoms in 1066 and by 1087 it was divided into much smaller areas of land.
• Slide 4: Long-term recap discussion about Anglo-Saxon resistance and control.
• Slide 5-7: Recap - gap fill covering the main facts about Anglo-Saxon resistance. Answers and printable worksheets included.
• Slide 8-9: Task 1 - Landownership key term activity with answers
• Slide 10: Task 2 - 4 discussion based questions about Norman landownership.
• Slide 11: Task 3 - Printable worksheet
• Slide 12: Challenge questions
• Slide 13-14: EXAM FOCUS - Examples and printable worksheet covering the ‘One feature’ question.
• Slide 15: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of the 12 and 16 mark extended writing questions.
• Slide 16-17: Learning Review true or false quiz with answers
• Slide 18: Lesson fact sheet based on the most recent GCSE specification.
• Slide 19: More from RA Resources

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