Lesson Planning
Take part in a role-play of an assize court.
Teaching Outcomes:
- To take part in a role-play of an assize court.
Children will:
- Take part in a role-play.
- Understand how an assize forest court worked.
Manor courts and Assizes
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 should 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.
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
- White sheet
- Paper
Weblinks
Long read about medieval law from bbc.co.uk
A shorter read about medieval law from histroylearningsite.co.uk
Forest law from earlyenglishlaws.ac.uk
Pattern for origami hats from origami-fun.com