KS3: Hastings to Magna Carta (Scheme of work)

The Rise and Fall of the Angevin Empire: Hastings to Magna Carta

Lessons:

1 of 8 - Who Should be King, 1066?
2 of 8 - The Battle of Stamford Bridge
3 of 8 - The Battle of Hastings
4 of 8 - How does William keep control?
5 of 8 - The Sons of William I
6 of 8 - Empress Matilda and the Anarchy Wars
7 of 8 - Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II
8 of 8 - How important was the Magna Carta?

• This scheme of work is designed with year 7 in mind. The reading age of the reading material / tasks is 10 - 11, with more specific historical terms explained as part of the lessons.
• All lessons can be taught by specialist or non-specialists, the content and tasks are well organised even if the teacher is not familiar with the time period.
• All lessons are SEND friendly, with short numbered tasks to complete that do not overload the pupils with too much information at once.
• Lessons are designed to work as a chronological story, from Emma of Normandy to King John, this makes it a lot easier for pupils to follow the events of early medieval England and France.
• The Rise and Fall of the Angevin Empire has been a really useful scheme of work to explain the reasoning and logic behind the Hundred Years War and the War of the Roses. It also follows on brilliantly from previous units of work of England’s history of migration.