Anglo-Saxon court

Topics Year 3
This unit is part of Crime and Punishment Courts

Objectives

History

  • Study an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066 such as crime and punishment from the Anglo-Saxons to the present.
  • Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources, and evaluate the reliability of each of these sources.

English

  • Become more familiar with and confident in using language in a greater variety of situations, for a variety of audiences and purposes, including through drama, formal presentations and debate.

Lesson Planning

Understand how Anglo-Saxon law courts worked in order to take part in a role-play of an Anglo-Saxon court.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To take part in a role-play of an Anglo-Saxon court.

Children will:

  • Take part in a role-play
  • Understand how Anglo-Saxon law courts worked

Provided Resources

  • Character sketches for roles in the role-play

You Will Need

  • Device for recording video if you want children to create the summative video in session 6
  • Safety pins/badges