How did the Norman Conquest change England - Year 7 scheme of learning

A complete unit designed for Year 7 on The Norman Conquest.

This unit is fully resourced for each lesson, including clearly chunked activities and assessment points at the end of each unit based around a central question.

The following lessons are included (each roughly 1hr to deliver):

1. Who should be King in 1066?
2. The Battle of Gate Fulford
3. The Battle of Stamford Bridge
4. The Battle of Hastings
5. How did William control England: Harrying of the North
6. How did William control England: The Feudal System
7. How did William control England: the development of castles
   8/9) How significant were the changes brought by the Normans?

All units focus on the core skills of history (chronology, causation, change and continuity, historiography, source-analysis and judgement making), and are part of an overall theme for the year (For Year 7 this is ‘The Changing Nature of Power’, for Year 8 it is ‘Progress vs Regress’ and for Year 9 it is ‘Conflict’).

Each unit is also designed to focus on inclusive, social, history where possible. This aims to include the experiences of black people, disabled, LGBT and other minority groups throughout history. This innovative approach is in line with Ofsted’s framework regarding inclusivity in the curriculum and avoids the issue of tokenism within history.

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Note 2: this unit is offered at a discounted rate in comparison to other units owing to the use of resources from other authors - all PowerPoints are still designed by me.