Invasion

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Maya The Maya in Context

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Objectives

History

Regularly address and sometimes devise historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and difference, and significance.
Undertake an in-depth study of a non-European society that provides contrasts with British history - The Ancient Maya.

English

Participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role-play, improvisations and debates.

Lesson Planning

Take part in role-plays to explore how invasion affected both the Maya and Anglo-Saxon cultures.

Teaching Outcomes:

To compare the Norman and Spanish invasions of Anglo-Saxon and Maya land.
To role-play the invasions.

Children will:

Learn about the Norman invasion.
Learn about the Spanish invasion of Mesoamerica.
Take part in a role-play.

Planning

Provided Resources

The Norman invasion of England
The Spanish invasion of the Americas
Improvising a role-play

You Will Need

You do not need any particular resources for this session.

Weblinks

The Spanish invasion of the Maya lands from inneroptics.net
The Spanish conquest of the Maya and the collapse of Maya civilisation from nichbelize.org
About the Norman invasion of Britain from bbc.co.uk