Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for England planning and resources

This resource come with a 7-lesson plan all about the Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England.

The sequence of lessons: hook, chronology lesson, gathering information, making sense of the information, children draw their own conclusions, check their understand and then the final outcome.

This unit follows on from the children already knowing about the Anglo-Saxon settlement in Britain. These lessons allow the children to think critically if the Vikings were raiders of traders.

It comes with key skills for each lesson: chronology, significance, historical enquiry and interpreting historical sources for each lesson there is also key vocabulary and resources clearly highlighted.
This planning also comes with clearly differentiated resources. Only exception is if you want to use a physical timeline and artefacts, but other options are offered.

On the planning grid there is also the option to assess the children as you move through the lessons according to the skills if you so wish.

Finally, there is a cover sheet with skills that can be stuck into the pupil’s books at the beginning of the topic.