Anglo-Saxon School Assembly or Class Play

Anglo-Saxon School Assembly or Class Play
Cast Size - 30 - easily adapted up or down.
Approximate duration: Around 15 to 20 minutes.
Ever wondered about the origins of your birth place? Why is it something-ton and not something-ham? Or why archaeologists get so excited over some old clay pots …or nails?
Also available set of 5 guided reading play scripts plus quizzes - Introduction, Anglo-Saxon Life, Sutton Hoo Discovery, Beowulf, and Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
SAMPLE TEXT
Arch 1:
Look at this! Phosphate remains. That means there must have been a body here when the ship was buried…so this was actually a grave!
Arch 2:
And with all this treasure we’ve found, the person buried here must have been important!
4. GHOSTBUSTERS THEME MUSIC
(Ghosthunters team rush on, searching for ghost)
Narrator:
Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Who called you lot?
Ghosthunter 1:
Haven’t you heard? There’s a ghost on the loose! Goes by the name of Raewald, King of East Anglia. Died about 625 AD but forgot to take his Kwells (holds up packet of sea sickness tablets) before being buried with his ship.
Ghosthunter 2:
Yes, it’s all very fine having all this gold and silver …but not much good to you if you’re prone to a bit of the ol’ sea sickness.
Ghosthunter 3:
We’re here to give him his tablets so he can at last …Rest In Peace.
Narrator:
Could I suggest you’d stand a better chance of catching this sea-sick ghost if you were a little quieter (beckoning them all off stage). Wait here!

TEACHING ‘COVERAGE’

Unit 6B Anglo-Saxon Assembly
(i) Where Anglo-Saxons came from
(ii) Timeline: 410 AD – 1066
(iii) Alfred the Great
(iv) Runic’ alphabet
(v) Origins of our days of the week
(vi) Place names – Anglo Saxon origins
(vii) Living conditions
(viii) Sutton Hoo: archaeological finds and background