Local history

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of Invaders and Settlers: Anglo-Saxons Settlements

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Objectives

History

Understand how people’s lives have shaped Britain.
Understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, and cause and consequence.
Gain historical perspective by understanding the connections between local and national history, and between short- and long-term timescales.
Understand how Britain has been influenced by the wider world.

Geography

Use maps.
Understand some aspects of human geography including place names that describe the settlement.

Lesson Planning

Consolidate your archaeological understanding of Anglo-Saxon evidence and place names. Carry out research into the meaning of local place names near you.

Teaching Outcomes:

To find evidence in their locality about the Anglo-Saxons.
To understand that many places were named during Anglo-Saxon times, and that these names described the place in some way.

Children will:

Explain that most of our knowledge of the Anglo-Saxons is based on archaeological finds.
Understand that place names are often very old and can tell us what the area was like many years ago.
Research local place names.

Planning

Provided Resources

Place name prompt sheet

Unit Resources

You Will Need

Local ordnance survey maps & town plans
Visit to local museum
Visit from archaeologist

Weblinks

Research the meaning of your place name from nottingham.ac.uk
Dig It Up: Anglo-Saxons game from bbc.co.uk
Report on recent finds from bbc.co.uk