GCSE History - Anglo-Saxon & Norman England: William Victory Battle of Hastings (Lesson 10)

** In this lesson, students will use knowledge of the events of the battle to help explain the reasons for William’s victory at the Battle of Hastings. **

They will then be helped to complete a 16 mark exam question.
Slide 1: Learning Aim and Key Terms
Slide 2: GCSE Learning Outcomes
Slide 3: Recap - Students need to decide if the 12 key terms or linked to the Norman army, the Saxon army or both.
Slide 4: Recap - The answers are revealed on the board.
Slide 5: Starter - Students in pairs and given the role of a Norman or Saxon soldier. They have to explain why they have won (Norman) or lost (Saxon) to each other.
Slide 6: Example exam questions given with a lesson focus on the 16 mark question.
Slide 7: Explanation of the task on slide 8
Slide 8: Organisation task - students read through the various reasons for William’s victory and use the key provided to categorise them.
Slide 9: A differentiated version of slide 8.
Slide 10: An alternative or additional worksheet where students can make their own notes to summerise the main reasons why.
Slide 11: Extension Task - a 16 mark style statement is given to promote higher level thinking.
Slide 12: Instructions about how to answer the 16 mark question.
Slide 13: A handout for students to use to give sentence starters and explain each step of the writing process to them.
Slide 14: Just for fun Hastings cartoon.
Slide 15-16: Fact sheets for the lesson which can be used as a revision tool, recap sheet or solely for the lesson itself without the need for the text books.

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