Lesson Planning

Learn more about the rule of the Anglo-Saxons, the information we gain from sources such as the Bayeux Tapestry and create your own embroidery.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To use a range of sources to understand that Anglo-Saxon Britain was attacked by different invaders.
• To design and create a piece of embroidery that tells a story.

Children will:

• Explain that during the rule of the Anglo-Saxons other tribes invaded and eventually conquered Britain.
• Appreciate how both The Battle of Maldon poem and the Bayeux Tapestry are sources of information.
• Design and create an embroidery similar to the Bayeux Tapestry.