Why did William win the Battle of Hastings? KS3 History - Source lesson

Why did William win the Battle of Hastings?

This lesson is suitable for KS3 History students.

It includes a simple yet attractive PowerPoint presentation that includes differentiated lesson objectives, a starter task, a main source task (that is differentiated) and a choice of two written tasks.

The main task comes complete with the answers. There is a choice of written tasks one of which is linked to the ‘why’ interpretations differ (4 mark) question on the AQA GCSE spec.

The lesson teaches students:

• How to analyses historical sources
• How and Why interpretations/sources can differ
• How to link knowledge and source skills in written answers

Duration: Lesson could be taught in an hour or extended over two lesson to include writing, peer assessment and further teacher feedback.

Any feedback people have would be greatly appreciated!