Lesson Planning

Children will learn about King Offa of Mercia, his dyke and his coinage. They will retell the story of the founding of Hereford Cathedral.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To find out about King Offa of Mercia and appreciate that the major earthwork that he built can still be seen today.
• To create a comic strip about the death of King Ethelbert of East Angles and the founding of Hereford Cathedral.
• To design an Anglo-Saxon coin & to illustrate the founding of Hereford Cathedral, (using no anachronisms).

Children will:

• Talk about King Offa of Mercia.
• Describe Offa’s Dyke when it was built and what remains of it today.
• Design a coin like Offa’s.
• Retell the story of the founding of Hereford Cathedral.