1066 - The Succession Crisis - Who Should be King of England?

1066 - The Succession Crisis - Who Should be King of England following the death of Edward the Confessor?

- Starter activity, promoting thinking connecting to the theme of the lesson
- Introductory information slides with title, objectives and setting the scene / context
- Hyperlinked bbc video discussing the claimants to the throne
- Chance for reading and recording about the candidates to the throne - fully differentiated for higher, middle and lower ability students
- Extended writing task, with chance for peer assessment
- Election Campaign activity - students choose and promote their candidate, then can debate against others
- Class vote plenary - chance for final debate
- Working timers are included on slides and can be copied to others if desired. One is for 60 seconds, one is for 2 minutes and another is for 10 minutes.