6. Key Stage 3 Migration to Britain- Who were the First English people?

This is the sixth and final lesson of the Migration to Britain scheme of work and focuses on

. This resource is the entire lesson on a power point and includes:

• A joke and riddle to help settle the students while they write the title and date
• Clear smart differentiated learning objectives
• Starter- students review the reasons why it is important to study migration and decide which they think is most important. Challenge: link what you have learned so far to each reason by giving an example
• Activity 1- students glue the map of countries into their book and identify as many countries that the Vikings visited as they can.
• Activity 2- students read through the interpretation of the Vikings and answer the questions. Students check their work using the answers provided and then discuss whether they agree with the view or not.
• Activity 3- Group discussion on which group of migrants deserves to be named the First “English” people- in groups of 4, each student is assigned/chooses the group that they want to represent. They then have to meet up in a group with students representing the same group and generate the strongest case possible for their group. They then go back to their original group and present their case. The group must agree on which group of migrants deserves the title and why.
• Plenary- students play a game of charades in teams of 4 acting out a key word, idea or concept from the lesson.
• Homework- students use the examples provided to describe the historical context for the 5 questions.