AQA GCSE History: Norman Legal System & Law and Order. 3 lessons inc exam work and example answers

3 lessons created for the new AQA GCSE

Lesson 18 begins a homework linking in to the previous section on Norman towns. This is followed by an introduction to the role of the sheriff in Saxon and Norman society and and then a focus on a source related to the legal system. This source will be revisited over the next 2 lessons. There is a short video and information before a focus on the law courts under Saxon and Norman rule - focus here is on change and continuity.

Lesson 19 revisits the image from lesson 18 and focusses attention on a ‘write an account’ question. There is an example paragraph here for students to annotate (paragraph included in PPT). Then, after information on the PPT, the class have to write the second paragraph in response to the exam question.

Lesson 20 focusses on the trials and punishments and starts with a video (link included on ppt). Pupils then focus on the different types of ordeals and punishments before revisiting the image from the previous 2 lessons. This time the image has been added to and class are now asked to consider a ‘how convincing’ question. After class discussion there is an example answer (included in PPT) for pupil annotation and reference.

Lesson is presented in an easy-to-use style and Powerpoint is self-explanatory.

Slides are clear for printing. All tesxtbook references are for:

Hodder: Norman England 1066-c.1100 by Helena Clarke