Normans 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 Norman Conquest.

This bundle addresses key historical skills from the outset using historical enquiry and evidence:

Why was England a good place to invade in 1066 after the fall of the Roman Empire? What was the significance of Alfred the Great? What were the causes and consequences of Edward the Confessor dying? What were the similarities and differences in the claims of contenders to the throne? What was significant about the Battle of Stamford Bridge and how was William the Conqueror able to win the battle of Hastings?

Who was William the Conqueror and how did he establish and maintain his rule in England? What were the causes and consequences of Castle building throughout the British Isles? What were the similarities and differences between the role of the Church, monks and nuns and Doom Paintings? What was significant about the Black Death and its effect on the population of Britain and Europe and how dangerous and unhygienic were Medieval towns?

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.

The lessons are broken down into the following
L1 Baseline Assessment Test
L2 What is History
L3 Historical Sources
L4 Roman Britain
L5 Alfred the Great
L6 The Anglo-Saxons
L7 Contenders to the throne
L8 The Anglo-Saxon and Norman armies
L9 The Battle of Stamford Bridge (free to download)
L10 The Battle of Hastings
L11 Why did William win the Battle of Hastings
L12 William the Conqueror
L13 Castles
L14 The Domesday Book
L15 The Feudal system
L16 The Church (free to download)
L17 Doom Paintings
L18 The Medieval Church (free to download)
L19 The Bayeux Tapestry
L20 Medieval Towns
L21 The Black Death
L22 Crime and Punishment
L23 The Crusades

Due to restrictions placed on bundle resource, please download The Battle of Stanford Bridge and Monks and Nuns in the MIddle Ages separately (which are free resources.)

These lessons are designed to be fun, challenging, interactive and engaging. The resources come in Powerpoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.

All 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.

They are differentiated and come with suggested teaching and learning strategies and link to the latest interpretations of the conquest from the BBC and other sources.