Lesson Planning
Learn about writing using runes, and about the Anglo-Saxon books written by monks. Write a message with runes and design your own Anglo-Saxon image.
Teaching outcomes:
- To understand that the Anglo-Saxon languages were originally written in runes and write simple sentences using runes.
- To colour in or design and colour creatures from the Lindisfarne Gospels and/or The Book of Kells.
Children will:
- Explain that early Anglo-Saxon writing used runes.
- Describe 2 examples of Anglo-Saxon books written by monks in Latin.
- Colour in or design and colour an illustrated image from the Lindisfarne Gospels or The Book of Kells.