Lesson 4: BQ: Did William deserve to be called the Conqueror?
Can you describe the events of the Battle of Hastings.
Can you explain the reasons for the victory.
Can you evaluate whether William deserved to win the battle.
Starter: Comic Strip of Battle of Stamford
Main: Card Sort: Key events of Hastings.
Plenary: Certificate- Congratulations or not?
Lesson 12: BQ: Were the Crusades worthwhile?
Can you identify the events of the Crusades
Can you explain the successes and failures of the Crusades
Can you evaluate whether the conflict was worth it
Starter: Mr Men
Main: Pictionary
GCSE Alert: Source inference
Plenary: Church Board Game
Lesson 13: BQ: Why was Thomas Becket murdered?
Can you describe the event leading to the murder of Thomas Becket
Can you explain why Thomas Becket was murdered
Can you analyse who was to blame for the murder
Starter: Source inference
Main: Complete activities for investigation (Total 8)
Lesson 5: BQ: Did Warwickshire hate their new King?
Can you describe how William conquered Britain?
Can you explain the resistance William met?
Can you explain the resistance William met?
Starter: Describing word for Battles? Literacy alert
Main: Information Relay- Active learning.
GCSE Alert: How useful? How to answer a utility question.
Lesson 16: BQ: King John- Hero or Zero?
Can you describe the events during King John’s reign
Can you explain whether you think he is a good or a bad king
Can you analyse your thoughts on King John’s reign.
Starter: Disney Song
Main: Sources to support Song
Plenary: Create your own song with remaining information
Lesson 11: BQ: To what extent did the ‘wild goose chase’ fail?
Can you identify the events that occurred during The Crusades
Can you explain the reasons that people went on a Crusade
Can you evaluate which was the most important reason for people going on The Crusades
Starter: Clip
Main: Why are you going on a Crusade? Active Learning.
Number events of Crusades
Plenary: Which q can you answer? Differentiated.
Lesson 10: BQ: Are you on Highway to Hell or a Stairway to Heaven?
Can you describe some of the influences the Church had on people’s lives
Can you explain why the church influenced Medieval lives.
Can you analyse how much of an affect Religion had on Medieval Lives Starter: Hobbies
Main: Positives and negatives of church
Plenary: Heads Up- Keywords
What is hell like… in the Medieval Ages?
Can you describe the description of hell those in the Middle Ages were faced with?
Can you explain how this encourage loyalty to the church?
Can you analyse the effectiveness of this vision. Starter: Uncover picture
Main: Hidden picture
Plenary: Create a Sermon.
Lesson 15: BQ: Was King John the worst King of England?
Can you describe the events during King John’s reign
Can you explain whether you think he is a good or a bad king
Can you analyse to what extent John failed.
Starter: 10 events- prioritise
Main: Decision Making Task
Plenary: GCSE Alert- Different interpretations?
Starter: Keyword linking
Main: Key events to order then categories
Plenary: Create your own TnT.
To describe the events which contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War
To explain how different FACTORS contributed to the outbreak of the civil war
To evaluate which factor led to conflict
An introduction into key terms for the English Civil War.
To define the key words you will need to know
To explain some of the causes of conflict
To begin to evaluate the main reason conflict broke out
Do Now: Can you spot kings and queens?
Starter: Image reveal
Activity: Key Term match up
Plenary: Pictionary