Lesson Planning

Learn about Bede’s ‘Ecclesiastical History of the English People’ and ‘The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles’. Write your own Anglo-Saxon Chronicle page.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To understand the important sources for the history of Anglo-Saxon Britain written by Anglo-Saxons.
• To use notes from Session 1 in the Invasions block to create a page for the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

Children will:

• Describe 2 important sources of history of Anglo-Saxon times.
• Understand the importance of these sources to our understanding of the history of Britain.
• Write their own page for an Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.