Later Anglo-Saxon kings

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, 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.

English

Read for a range of purposes.
Ask questions to improve their understanding of a text.
Retrieve and record information from non-fiction.
Participate in discussion about books.

Lesson Planning

Children will describe the last few Anglo-Saxon Kings of England and learn about the Domesday Book.

Teaching Outcomes:

To find out about the last few Anglo-Saxon kings and understand why the survey for the Domesday Book was ordered by William the Conqueror.
To research information about and in the Domesday Book.

Children will:

Describe the last few Anglo-Saxon kings of England.
Explain why the survey for the Domesday Book was undertaken.
Find information about and within the Domesday Book.

Planning

Provided Resources

The Last Anglo-Saxon Kings sheet
Page from the Domesday book
The survey for the Domesday book

Unit Resources

You Will Need

You do not need any particular resources for this session.

Weblinks

Domesday game from nationalarchives.gov.uk
‘Focus on Domesday’ booklet and quiz from nationalarchives.gov.uk
Domesday Book postcode finder from opendomesday.org