What were they looking for?

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

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Objectives

History

Know and understand how people’s lives have shaped the nation, and how Britain has been influenced by the wider world.
Understand historical concepts such as cause and consequence.
Understand connections between local & regional history, and between short- and long-term timescales.

Geography

Describe types of settlement and land use.
Understand how land use has changed over time.

Lesson Planning

Develop empathy for the Anglo-Saxons as they look to settle down; paint scenes of their villages and plan the important tasks that must be done.

Teaching Outcomes:

To describe what Anglo-Saxon tribes would have been looking for in the lands they invaded.
To understand that the landscape has changed over the centuries and how the Anglo-Saxons changed land use.

Children will:

Explain what Anglo-Saxon tribes would have been looking for in the land they invaded.
Describe how the landscape of Britain was changed by the Anglo-Saxons.
Show empathy with the Anglo-Saxon tribes at the time of their invasion and a few years afterwards.

Planning

Provided Resources

This session does not need any provided resources.

You Will Need

Pencils
Crayons
Paints
Brushes

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