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The aim of this lesson is to decide who rules in Medieval England - the Crown or the people?

As the lesson unfolds the overriding question becomes more challenging; in the short term the Peasants’ Revolt ultimately failed but the consequences in the longer term for the people were much more positive.

The scene is set with each student taking on the role on a peasant and spokesperson for their village. They complete a grid sheet throughout the first part of this lesson to clarify their significance in the village.

As the demands of the King become ever more unacceptable, they have to make choices, using a quiz to choose the correct actions to take, gaining or losing points in the process. This can be completed as a class or independently.

The second part of the lesson examines what happened to Wat Tyler – piecing together evidence from the King’s supporters at the time.

Ultimately they will write a narrative account of the Peasants’ Revolt using differentiated tasks which give guidance and help if required.

They continue to plot the power struggle between the king, the church, the barons and the people on a graph in a sequence of lessons.

This lesson includes:
Fun, engaging and challenging tasks
Links to video footage
Printable worksheets
Differentiated tasks
Suggested teaching strategies
Homework ideas
PowerPoint format, which can be changed to suit

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Medieval Kings 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 struggle between Church and crown, Magna Carta and the emergence of Parliament. This bundle addresses key historical skills from the outset: What made a successful Medieval Monarch? Why did King Henry II want more power over the Church and why was he forced to publicly say sorry? What were the differences and similarities between the reigns of King Richard and his brother King John? What were the causes and consequences of King John signing the Magna Carta? What was significant about the Peasants’ Revolt or Edward II's promotion of his favourites? 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. Moreover this bundle allows students to understand the methods of historical enquiry, including how evidence is used rigorously to make historical claims on the reputations of King Richard and King John. The lessons are broken down into the following: L1 Medieval Monarchs introduction L2 The murder of Thomas Becket L3 Was King Henry II really sorry? L4 King Richard the Lionheart L5 King John L6 The Magna Carta L7 The siege of Rochester Castle (free resource) L8 The Peasants Revolt L9 King Edward II L10 Bonus lesson - Genghis Khan These lessons are designed to be fun, challenging, interactive and engaging. 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 and who held the power in Medieval England. All the lessons are differentiated and come with suggested teaching and learning strategies and link to the latest interpretations from the BBC and other sources. The resources come in PowerPoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.

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