Battle of Hastings Events

A full lesson on the events of the Battle of Hastings. Through the enquiry of ‘What happened during the Battle of Hastings’? The aim of the lesson is for students to understand the key events of the battle and reasons why William won. Students do this through guided reading and then creating their own vivid account of what happened through a choice of differentiated tasks, including a storyboard, report or diary. Through challenge questions, students are asked to make their own evaluation as to why William won, focusing on his tactics and skills as a leader. The engaging and visual plenary is a review of students’ progress using a plenary pyramid.

This lesson is a KS3 lesson with clear objectives, a key enquiry question and differentiated resources, including challenge tasks and scaffolds throughout. All information sheets and resources are included on the slides for a download and go lesson. It downloads in a powerpoint format so can be adapted easily.

This lesson includes:

• A retrieval starter
• Guided reading task to get students to understand the events
• Differentiated tasks to consolidate knowledge of the events as a storyboard, report or diary
• A worksheet to start building PEE paragraphs
• A final written task for students to create their own evaluation as to why William won
• A review based plenary to encourage the use of keywords and literacy around the topic