Lesson Planning

Investigate the food and drink of the Anglo-Saxons, design a week’s menu and cook some of their recipes.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To understand why many Anglo-Saxon settlers came to Britain and to describe their farming methods.
• Contrast the diet of Anglo-Saxon settlers with what we eat today and design a meal for an Anglo-Saxon family.

Children will:

• Describe the food and drink that the Anglo-Saxons grew, raised, hunted and prepared.
• Explain some of the difficulties Anglo-Saxon farmers experienced.
• Discuss how healthy the diet of Anglo-Saxons was.