Thomas Becket - critical thinking, inference, oracy

This is a three-lesson sequence to give students the story of Thomas Becket, within the overall enquiry question of “Why was there conflict between the king and the Church?”
In the first lesson, students consider the arguments put forward by the king and the Church regarding two major issues of the 12th Century - the appointment of bishops, and the power of the Church courts.
In Lessons 2 and 3, students use their inference and oracy skills to study a storyboard of the story of Thomas Becket and tell the story in their own words. They then formulate questions that will help them to understand the story better; and finally read a narrative of the story in order to put the ‘flesh on the bones’.
(Note: the actual murder of Becket has been omitted, so the sequence of lessons ends on a cliff-hanger, allowing you to tell the murder story as you see fit!)
Includes PPT and worksheets, along with detailed teacher notes explaining how I have conducted these lessons.)