Jobs and leisure

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

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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

Use spoken language to explore ideas.
Discuss and record ideas.In non-narrative material, use simple organisational devices, e.g. numbered or bullet points.

Lesson Planning

Research the work and leisure of the Anglo-Saxon people, play their board games and make up your own.

Teaching Outcomes:

To appreciate the different jobs and leisure activities of the Anglo-Saxons.
To describe a day in the life of an Anglo-Saxon man, woman or child and discuss and prepare a set of rules for an Anglo-Saxon board game.

Children will:

List and describe the typical jobs carried out by ordinary Anglo-Saxon men, women and children.
Describe Anglo-Saxon leisure activities.
Write rules for and play Anglo-Saxon board games.

Planning

Provided Resources

Taefl board and rules
Fox and Geese board and rules
Nine Men’s Morris board and rules

Unit Resources

You Will Need

Thin card
Sets of counters of different colours
Dice
Black king chess piece if available
Laminator

Weblinks

Daily life in Anglo-Saxon England from localhistories.org
Ordinary families in Anglo-Saxon times from bbc.co.uk
An Anglo-Saxon village from bbc.co.uk