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Anglo-Saxon society

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

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Objectives

History

  • Understand how people’s lives have shaped Britain.
  • Understand historical concepts such as continuity and change.
  • Gain historical perspective by understanding the connections between local and national history, and between cultural, military and social history.
  • Understand how Britain has been influenced by the wider world.

English

  • Participate in role-play and improvisations.
  • Listen and respond appropriately to their peers.
  • Organise paragraphs around a theme.

Lesson Planning

Children will describe the different social groups in Anglo-Saxon society, use role-play to empathise with these groups, and compare the Anglo-Saxon way of life with today.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To empathise with the different classes in Anglo-Saxon society; To compare Anglo-Saxon society with today’s way of life.
  • To work in role as a member of Anglo-Saxon society and write about daily life.

Children will:

  • Describe the different classes in Anglo-Saxon society.
  • Use role play to empathise with past societies.
  • Compare the Anglo-Saxon way of life with today’s society.

You Will Need

  • Anglo-Saxon costumes
  • A digital camera

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