This lesson looks at the trenches and what it was like to fight in them

This lesson builds on content about how William the Conqueror and the Normans changed England. My students have looked at three areas: violence and fear, castles and the feudal system. Students look at a model answer and deconstruct it, a live model is completed and then there are independent activites. There is a literacy focus of noun phrases.

This lesson if the first of 2 lessons on how William controlled England. Students first of all look at problems faced by William and suggest how he could solve these problems. There is a demonstration of the feudal system before students illustrate this in their books and describe the system. They then judge the effectiveness of the feudal system. This lesson is differentiated: Blue (most able), Yellow (able-mid), Green, (least able).