KS3 KS2 History: King William Conqueror Domesday Book Norman Conquest

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This lesson examines William’s use of the Domesday Book as a method to take further control of England.
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Worksheet 1: An A4 fact sheet all about the Domesday Book

Worksheet 2: A student task sheet including various levels of questions.

Main PowerPoint Presentation:
Slide 1: Title slide – To explain the role of the Domesday Book during the Norman Conquest of England
Slide 2: A Think and discuss task about the methods the UK government today uses to collect information about its people
Slide 3: A fill in the missing term activity based on William’s actions during the Norman Conquest so far – answers revealed
Slide 4: An illustration of a scene of the Domesday survey – students given inference based questions from it
Slide 5: Background information about the Domesday survey
Slide 6: Background information about the Domesday survey questions
Slide 7: An alterative online research task about the Domesday Book data today and UK Census
Slide 8: A short clip from BBC Teach about the Domesday Book
Slide 9: How to structure an answer to a question about the importance of the Domesday Book
Slide 10: A creative writing optional task
Slide 11: Learning Review – 10 questions from the lesson
Slide 12: Learning Review – answers revealed to the 10 questions

UPDATE 2023: 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.