A fully-resourced unit of 10 history lessons for KS2, covering the Anglo-Saxon topic. This KS2History planning pack includes 10 detailed lessons plans, each with accompanying pupil resource sheets and Powerpoint slides. The ten sessions in this unit aim to give an overview of the Anglo-Saxon period in Britain and to highlight some of the major changes during this period. There is an emphasis on allowing pupils to consider the sources of evidence that form our understanding of this period of British history. The aims of the unit for pupils are: To gain an overview of the significant people and events during the Anglo-Saxon period in Britain. To contrast everyday life during the Anglo-Saxon period with modern British lifestyles. To consider broader historical themes of invading and settling before a time when Britain was unified under a single monarch. To become familiar with historical sources and accurate vocabulary relating to the Anglo-Saxon period. This pack contains everything you need to teach this unit, including differentiated activity ideas so that it can be adapted to the needs of your class. The Powerpoint text is also editable. The planning pack covers the following lessons: Who were the Anglo-Saxon invaders? Why did the Anglo-Saxons want to settle in Britain? What was it like in an Anglo-Saxon village? What kind of clothes did the Anglo-Saxons wear? How was Anglo-Saxon Britain ruled? Who was Alfred the Great? What was Anglo-Saxon food and drink like? How did the Anglo-Saxons write things down? How did the Anglo-Saxons find out about Christianity? What was the mystery of Sutton Hoo? This pack is brought to you from Ks2history. #lovehistory #maymadness You may also like our KS2 Beowulf Literacy Planning Pack.

UPDATED FOR NEW SPEC. 2025/6. This lesson looks at the structure and features of Anglo-Saxon society. Students learn about earls, thegns, peasant farmers, social status and the earldoms of Anglo-Saxon England. The 20 slide lesson includes: Slide 1: Title slide Slide 2: An outline of the exam questions for this topic Slide 3: Lesson Progress/Learning Aims Slide 4-5: Starter Knowledge True or False Quiz - 12 questions to assess student knowledge about Anglo-Saxon England with answers. Slide 6: Starter Activity - What do the two maps teach you about Anglo-Saxon England? With answers Slide 7-8: Background information about Edward the Confessor, Anglo-Saxon Earldoms and Danelaw Slide 9: Social hierarchy of Anglo-Saxon England activity with answers Slide 10: Background information diagram about Anglo-Saxon society Slide 11-12: Task 1 with instructions and printable table and gap fill activity. Slide 13: Gap fill answers for student self assessment Slide 14: Challenge questions Slide 15-16: Exam Focus - examples of the ‘one feature’ exam question with printable answer sheets Slide 17-18: Learning Review - True or False with answers Slide 19: Lesson fact sheet Slide 20: More from RA Resources All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you. This resource is for personal use only and for copyright reasons should not be copied/amended for commercial use.

Bring the Viking Age to life with this Danelaw resource pack, designed to help pupils understand where the Vikings settled in England and how their rule shaped the country. Perfect for KS2 history lessons on the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons. What’s Included: ✔ Blank outline map of the Danelaw – ready for labelling and activities. ✔ Blank UK map – helps pupils build geographical context before focusing on the Danelaw. ✔ Colour-in worksheet map – engaging activity for pupils to visualise Viking control. ✔ Information panel – key dates, figures, and facts presented simply for KS2 learners. ✔ 4 full-colour detailed maps – showing the Danelaw and key settlements, ideal for teaching, display, or retrieval practice.

In this lesson, students will look at how the influence of the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings can be seen today. They will look at the kingdom of England, how towns have developed, our language and place names as well as our laws, government and religion. They will be tasked to identify which place names are derived from the Anglo-Saxons and which are from the Vikings and will complete a mind map of all the information learnt. All resources for this lesson are provided. This lesson is just 1/6 lessons on the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. This lesson is intended for KS2 but can easily be modified to suit KS3.

This KS2 history resource contains a full 10-lesson unit covering Viking and Anglo-Saxon life, raids, beliefs, and settlement in Britain. Suitable for Year 3 to Year 6, the unit includes lesson plans, activities, and PowerPoints designed to support pupils in understanding key historical events and daily life during this period. Pupils will learn about Viking longships, Norse gods, the raid on Lindisfarne, Anglo-Saxon villages, and the reasons behind Viking migration and settlement. Lessons include opportunities for role play, poetry, drawing, and group discussion. What’s included: ✔ 10 detailed lesson plans ✔ PowerPoint presentations for each lesson ✔ Differentiated worksheets and activity templates ✔ Vocabulary word banks and sentence starters ✔ Printable resources for games, quizzes, and poetry ✔ Links to child-friendly videos and websites Lesson overview / structure: ★ Lesson 1 – Who Were the Vikings? Fact-finding carousel on Viking origins, homes, food, and clothing. Includes a starter discussion and plenary quiz. ★ Lesson 2 – Viking Longships Children label and design longships, learning about keels, sails, and shields. Includes video links and drawing activity. ★ Lesson 3 – Viking Traders and Settlers Interactive trading game to understand Viking motivations for settling in England. Includes role cards and score sheets. ★ Lessons 4–5 – Lindisfarne Raid Poetry Children write poems from both Viking and monk perspectives. Includes planning templates and vocabulary support. ★ Lessons 6–7 – Anglo-Saxon Daily Life Research-based lessons with presentations or posters on Anglo-Saxon homes, jobs, food, and beliefs. ★ Lesson 8 – Viking Daily Life Research Online research task with structured fact sheets and a carousel fact swap activity. ★ Lesson 9 – Viking Gods Art and writing task focused on Odin, Thor, Freyja, and Loki. Includes fact files and drawing templates. ★ Lesson 10 – Viking Values Discussion Open-ended discussion lesson using historical thinking questions. Includes group work and whole-class debate. Why it’s useful: ✔ Fully differentiated activities for all abilities ✔ Includes creative tasks (poetry, drawing, role play) ✔ Supports historical enquiry and critical thinking ✔ Covers both Vikings and Anglo-Saxons in one unit ✔ Includes links to videos and safe research websites Suggested use cases: ✔ KS2 history topic on Vikings and Anglo-Saxons ✔ Year 3–6 classroom teaching ✔ Whole-class discussion and group work ✔ Creative writing and cross-curricular literacy ✔ End-of-topic assessment or display work Search tags: KS2 history | Vikings and Anglo-Saxons | Viking longships | Lindisfarne raid | Norse gods KS2 | Anglo-Saxon village life | Year 5 history unit | Viking poetry | outstanding Viking lesson | KS2 trading game | Viking settlement lesson | Anglo-Saxon research task | Viking gods drawing activity | KS2 history planning

This student booklet contains a series of guided reading activities for the GCSE History: Anglo-Saxon and Norman England (c.1060–1088) topic. It covers the complete Edexcel unit, exploring how England was governed before 1066, how William won the throne, and how the Normans secured and maintained control. The booklet covers three main sections: Anglo-Saxon England before 1066 The Norman Conquest and Securing Power (1066–1075) Norman England and Maintaining Control (1066–1088) There are 11 guided readings in total, each focusing on a key event, development, or turning point in Anglo-Saxon and Norman England. Each reading is followed by 10 guided reading questions designed to build understanding and prepare students for GCSE exam-style topics. Students should: Carefully read each passage before answering the questions. Write answers on the dotted lines provided. Define the key words included with each lesson to strengthen vocabulary and understanding. Create revision flashcards using key events, dates, and individuals to help review learning. This booklet will help students develop a strong chronological understanding of Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, practise exam-style comprehension, and create clear revision notes to support success in their GCSE History: Anglo-Saxon and Norman England (c.1060–1088) exam.

This resource pack includes a wide range of revision activities on A4 which can be used by students in the classroom or at home. The revision pack includes the following activities: Activity 1: A blank timeline covering all of the main eras in the study which students can add key dates to. Activity 2: Anglo-Saxon key individuals match up activity Activity 3: ‘Who are we?’ - Students guess the group by their description. Activity 4: Anglo-Saxon & Norman Key Event Research Sheet Activity 5: William I’s Actions Diagram Fill Activity 6: Anglo-Saxon England Glossary Fill Activity 7: Norman England Glossary Fill (x2 sheets) Activity 8: Statistics Multiple Choice Quiz Activity 9: ‘Use your brain to explain’ activity to help prepare for 12 and 16 mark questions. Activity 10: Two Features Practice Questions Activity 11: ‘What’s the Question’ Activity Activity 12: Battle of Hastings Crossword Activity 13: Anglo-Saxon Quiz Sheet Activity 14: 1066 Quiz Sheet Activity 15: William I’s Control of England Quiz Sheet Activity 16: Norman England Quiz Sheet Where possible, answers have been provided either in the notes section of each slide. Further Anglo-Saxon and Norman England revision resources can be found at: Anglo-Saxon & Norman Timeline:https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12825103 Anglo-Saxon & Norman Fact Sheets:https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12225783 Please note that all images (clipart/vector/illustrations/photographs) are in the public domain and are therefore classed as Creative Commons 1.0 unless otherwise attributed in the notes section of each slide. If you believe there are any errors, please email me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue.

This complete, ready-to-teach KS3 History lesson explores how Iron Age Britons, Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings shaped Britain before 1066. It is ideal for Year 7 pupils studying migration, invasion and early medieval Britain. The lesson is guided by the enquiry question “Did Britain Change Through Conflict or Connection?” Pupils investigate how different groups arrived, settled, fought, traded and lived together. This develops an accurate understanding that change was gradual and that newcomers did not simply replace the people already living in Britain. An engaging historical narrative about Boudica’s rebellion introduces conflict between Roman rulers and local communities. Pupils identify causes and consequences while considering the strengths and limitations of historical evidence. The main activity uses a custom, illustrated information sheet and comparison table. Pupils compare each group’s: Arrival and settlement Everyday life and work Power, beliefs and relationships Legacy and surviving evidence Information is deliberately presented in different orders, encouraging pupils to read carefully, select relevant evidence and organise knowledge independently. Through comparison and extended writing, pupils practise chronology, historical judgement and the second-order concepts of cause and consequence, change and continuity, similarity and difference, and significance. The lesson supports mixed-ability classes through accessible language, defined keywords, bold key information, structured prompts and sentence starters. Challenge questions provide opportunities for deeper thinking, while completed answers and a model paragraph offer instant feedback, self-assessment and clear success criteria. Resources include: Fully editable lesson PowerPoint Custom illustrated information sheets Printable comparison table Boudica historical narrative Structured extended-writing task Model answers and instant feedback Challenge and plenary activities Homework task A complete and visually engaging lesson that builds secure knowledge of Britain before 1066 while developing essential KS3 historical skills.

Knowledge organiser to support the teaching of Vikings and Anglo-Saxons. Includes a timetline, key people, key places and key vocabulary. Great to have on a working wall or display and refer to within lessons, or to stick into children’s books.

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Edexcel GCSE History Anglo Saxon and Norman England Complete Revision Lesson Booklet This is the booklet we use for final GCSE revision lessons, it contains recap of content through lots of exam practice and planning - Features, Explain and Judgement Covers all of the key topics in the specification with a focus on recently untested topics The Succession Crisis, 1066 Norman Conquest & Battles of 1066 Williams Consolidation of Power Normanisation of England Anglo Saxon Resistance & Rebellion Williams Family & Succession Perfect for revision for grades 1-9

9-1 GCSE Edexcel Anglo-Saxon and Norman England 1060-1088 A 25 question multiple choice quiz to revise the AS&NE unit Simple and easy to use for students Tailored for Edexcel, but can be used for AQA, OCR, WJEC, iGCSE Please see my other lessons and resources Feedback welcome :)

A series of PowerPoint lessons, worksheets and activities to teach how the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons fought for the Kingdom of England up to the time of Edward the Confessor. POWERPOINTS: 1) ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND AD 780 Life in in England before the main arrival of the Vikings towards the end of the 8th century / How the Anglo-Saxons lived / How the towns were structured / The importance of the monks. 2) VIKING RAIDS AND INVASIONS AD 797 - 783 Timeline / Introduces the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as evidence / The first known attack on Britain by the Vikings / The second attack on Lindisfarne/Holy Island / Viking longships / Viking warriors and equipment / Beginning of Viking settlement in England 3) THE VIKINGS SETTLE & ALFRED FIGHTS BACK AD 866 - 927 Viking invasions and settlement / The Heathen Army / York / King Alfred / Guthrum / Danelaw / Alfred the Great and his fight against the Vikings / Edward the Elder / Athelstan / The Battle of Brunanburh 4) VIKING DAILY LIFE Family life / Clothing / Homes / Daily life / Viking law / Music / Food / Sport / Arts and crafts / Viking beliefs, Asgard and gods, days of the week named after Viking gods / Viking burials 5) ATHELSTAN, ETHELRED AND ANGLO-SAXON LAWS AD 927 - AD 991 Athelstan and government of England / The Witan / Hundreds / Moots / Reeves / Laws / / Punishments / Wergild / Ethelread the Unready 6) THE RETURN AND END OF THE VIKINGS AD 991 - 1066 Further Viking raids / St. Brice's Day massacre / Sweyn Forkbeard / King Canute / Edward the Confessor / Harold Godwinson / William the Conqueror / The Battle of Hastings / The end of the Viking era 7) LOOKING AT EVIDENCE Place names / Viking sagas / Anglo-Saxon Chronicles / Surnames and DNA / The Bayeux Tapestry / Archaeology / Treasure discoveries / Runestones RESOURCES TO PRINT (pdf): Most sheets are open-ended worksheets, with an image and lines for research, reports etc. What I already know about the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings What I would like to find out about the Vikings The arrival of the Vikings The Vikings attack the monasteries Danelaw King Alfred the Great The Heathen Army The Treaty of Wedmore Viking daily life Anglo-Saxon laws Athelstan Ethelred the Unready Battle of Hastings Battle of Stanford Bridge Death of King Harold Edward the Confessor King Harold The Vikings return Bayeux Tapestry Viking place names Viking runes Topic covers x 3 Viking ships Viking warriors Writing border - Edward the Confessor Writing border - Viking ship Plus a copy of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (in Word) Vikings & Anglo-Saxons medium term adaptable plan, with web links.

Four sheets per lesson Part of bundle - see my shop: 10 sets of SEN worksheets on The End of the Roman Era, Chiefs & Kings, Kingdoms, Farming, Gods & Goddesses, Lindisfarne, The Heptarchy, Sutton Hoo, Danelaw & Old English. £5.50 for the bundle - huge saving on buying sheets individually. Simple closed tasks guarantee success Sheet 1: reading of simple paragraph and labelled topic words Sheet 2 writing of scaffolded sentences using topic words Sheet 3 vocabulary exercise involving recognising vowel sound variants Sheet 4 use of picture to generate list and independent sentence Dyslexia-friendly Sassoon font Dyslexia-friendly spacing and font size Low cognitive load Controlled vocabulary using High and Medium Frequency tricky words Topic vocabulary chosen for relevance to this and all history topics in KS1/2 Topic vocabulary chosen for decodability Repetitive format from lesson to lesson builds independence Completed worksheet photos included as guidance for TA and pupil Careful selection of images to avoid anachronistic messages

This complete KS2 history lesson explores why the Anglo-Saxons migrated to Britain and why they chose particular locations for their settlements. The lesson begins with a chronological retrieval activity recapping what happened after Roman rule ended around AD 410. Pupils are then introduced to the concepts of migration, settlement, push factors and pull factors. During the main activity, children sort evidence cards into reasons people may have left their homelands and reasons Britain may have attracted settlers. They then rank the factors according to importance and justify their historical judgement. Pupils also study an illustration of an Anglo-Saxon settlement and make inferences about why communities were often located near rivers, farmland, woodland, grazing land and travel routes. The lesson concludes with an agree-or-disagree question encouraging pupils to consider whether the Romans leaving Britain was the main reason for Anglo-Saxon settlement. The resource includes: an editable lesson PowerPoint; a chronological retrieval activity; child-friendly knowledge notes; push-and-pull factor sorting cards; a sorting mat; an Anglo-Saxon settlement illustration; inference modelling and sentence stems; ranking and reasoning questions; a final historical judgement activity.

Powerpoint: Introduction to the Anglo Saxons Who were the Anglo Saxons? Where did they come from? Word: map of Anglo Saxon migrations PS: I teach in France. This does not follow specific UK guidelines

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In this lesson, students will learn how Anglo-Saxon was ruled by kingdoms and the heirachy of people within a kingdom. They will learn that Britain was split into kingdoms and will look at artefacts to gain more of an understanding about daily life for Anglo-Saxons. They will learn where they lived and how they lived before being quizzed on this knowledge. They will then be tasked to create their own Anglo-Saxon village and present it to the class! All resources for this lesson are provided. This lesson is just 1/6 lessons on the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. This lesson is intended for KS2 but can easily be modified to suit KS3.