The aim of this lesson is to assess the validity of four claimants to the English throne in 1066.
It also includes a script for those students who prefer a more kinaesthetic approach to this topic.
Each contender is introduced and students have to assess who has the best claim to the English throne, which on the face of it is a difficult choice, which each having a strong argument and motive.
This can also be completed by colour coding thermometers and rating them out of ten before making a substantiated conclusion.
There are differentiated questions to ask the students once this task has been completed.
The plenary asks them to think outside the box and link pictures to the issues and contentions raised.
The resource is differentiated and gives suggested teaching strategies.
It comes in PowerPoint format which can be amended and changed to suit.
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Battle of Hastings Bundle
These eleven lessons are designed to meet the needs of the Key Stage 3 National Curriculum and cover the development of the Church, state and society in Medieval Britain 1066-1509; the Norman Conquest. All the lessons are differentiated and come with suggested teaching and learning strategies and link to the latest interpretations of the conquest from the bbc and other sources. This bundle addresses key historical skills from the outset, from a baseline test to track the students’ starting points, questioning what is history and how to use historical sources. Furthermore key questions are asked in this period; WHo was Alfred the Great? Why was England a good place to invade in 1066? What were the causes and consequences of Edward the Confessor dying? What were the similarities and differences in the claims of contenders to the throne? What was significant about the Battle of Stamford Bridge and how was William the Conqueror able to win the battle of Hastings? These skills are addressed in each of the lessons and allow students to be able to make connections, draw contrasts, analyse trends and be able to create their own structured accounts and written narratives. The lessons are broken down into the following L1 Baseline Assessment Test L2 What is History L3 Historical Sources L4 Roman Britain L5 Alfred the Great L6 The Anglo-Saxons (free resource) L7 Contenders to the throne L8 The Anglo-Saxon and Norman armies L9 The Battle of Stamford Bridge (free resource) L10 The Battle of Hastings L11 Why did William win the Battle of Hastings? ( + Key Word History Display) All the resources come in Powerpoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.
Normans Bundle
These lessons are designed to meet the needs of the Key Stage 3 National Curriculum and cover the development of the Church, state and society in Medieval Britain 1066-1509; the Norman Conquest. This bundle addresses key historical skills from the outset using historical enquiry and evidence: Why was England a good place to invade in 1066 after the fall of the Roman Empire? What was the significance of Alfred the Great? What were the causes and consequences of Edward the Confessor dying? What were the similarities and differences in the claims of contenders to the throne? What was significant about the Battle of Stamford Bridge and how was William the Conqueror able to win the battle of Hastings? Who was William the Conqueror and how did he establish and maintain his rule in England? What were the causes and consequences of Castle building throughout the British Isles? What were the similarities and differences between the role of the Church, monks and nuns and Doom Paintings? What was significant about the Black Death and its effect on the population of Britain and Europe and how dangerous and unhygienic were Medieval towns? These skills are addressed in each of the lessons and allow students to be able to make connections, draw contrasts, analyse trends and be able to create their own structured accounts and written narratives. The lessons are broken down into the following L1 Baseline Assessment Test L2 What is History L3 Historical Sources L4 Roman Britain L5 Alfred the Great L6 The Anglo-Saxons L7 Contenders to the throne L8 The Anglo-Saxon and Norman armies L9 The Battle of Stamford Bridge (free to download) L10 The Battle of Hastings L11 Why did William win the Battle of Hastings L12 William the Conqueror L13 Castles L14 The Domesday Book L15 The Feudal system L16 The Church (free to download) L17 Doom Paintings L18 The Medieval Church (free to download) L19 The Bayeux Tapestry L20 Medieval Towns L21 The Black Death L22 Crime and Punishment L23 The Crusades Due to restrictions placed on bundle resource, please download The Battle of Stanford Bridge and Monks and Nuns in the MIddle Ages separately (which are free resources.) These lessons are designed to be fun, challenging, interactive and engaging. The resources come in Powerpoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change. All the lessons are enquiry based with a key question using a lightbulb posed at the start and revisited at the end to show the progression in learning. They are differentiated and come with suggested teaching and learning strategies and link to the latest interpretations of the conquest from the BBC and other sources.
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Students really enjoyed reading through the script. A nice way to introduce the events of 1066.
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