Students examine William’s creation of the Marcher Earldoms and his reward system for establishing control over England following the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
This lesson has been updated in line with the amended specification and exam questions ready for the 2025/6 examinations (GCSE History Edexcel).
The 22 slide PPT lesson includes:
- Slide 1: Learning Aim and Key Terms
- Slide 2: GCSE Learning Outcomes & Progress
- Slide 3-5: Recap about the submission of the Anglo-Saxon Earls - students have to fill in the missing words from the list provided and answers given. Includes printable worksheets.
- Slide 6: Starter discussion questions and prompts about how William will establish control over England in 1066.
- Slide 7: Starter activity 2 - questions to prompt student ideas about how William can establish power with answers provided.
- Slide 8: Basic background information about William’s coronation and the opposition/threats during the event.
- Slide 9: Background information and map showing the location and features of the Marcher Earldoms
- Slide 10: Background information to explain the reasons for William’s creation of the Marcher Earldoms.
- Slide 11-13: Task 1 -Creative writing activity to produce a speech from William explaining his creation of the Marcher Earldoms and how he will reward his followers. This includes two differentiated printable worksheets.
- Slide 14: Additional Task - A printable comprehension style worksheet
- Slide 15: Challenge questions
- Slide 16-17: Learning Review - 8 questions about the key people and places from the lesson with answers given.
- Slide 18-19: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of the ‘One feature’ question with printable worksheet
- Slide 20: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of the 12 and 16 mark extended writing questions
- Slide 21: Lesson fact sheet
- Slide 22: More from RA Resources
All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.
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