an overlord is a person of great power or authority

a burh is an Anglo-Saxon fortification or fortified settlement

a saint is a holy person who has died and been officially recognised and honoured by the Christian church

Aethelflaed and Aethelred

History

Aethelflaed and Edward

Aethelflaed's forgotten history

Athelstan and the making of England

Changing rulers in the 11th century

How the Vikings changed Britain

In ‘The Vikings: how did Viking settlement help to make England?’ pupils study the political narrative of how Viking settlement helped to forge England. In ‘Non-European societies: Benin or the Maya’ pupils are encouraged to compare and contrast their understanding of Anglo-Saxon England with a non-European society that was roughly contemporaneous.

 In ‘The Vikings: how do we know so much about Viking York?’ pupils returned to Britain in the Viking Age with a depth study about Viking York. In ‘The Vikings: how did Viking settlement help to make England?’ the focus switches to the political narrative of how Viking settlement helped to forge England.

In this unit, pupils learn about how Viking settlement and the Anglo-Saxon response to it led to the making of England. They learn about the roles of Aethelflaed, Aethelred, Edward, and Athelstan and also examine how Aethelflaed's story has only recently received more scholarly attention.

The Vikings: how did Viking settlement change Britain?

Depiction or discussion of famine, disease, natural disasters.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Depiction of war, threats of war, death or the aftermath of war.

What was the area of Britain that King Alfred allowed the Danes to control?

What is the historical term given to a person of great power or authority?

Who did King Alfred marry his daughter, Aethelflaed, to?

What had Aethelflaed learnt from watching her father, King Alfred?

What is the name of the fortifications that Aethelflaed decided to protect the Mercian borders with?

What title was Aethelflaed called, when she continued to rule Merica after her husband had died?

What is the historical name given to an object made by a human being, which is often of historical interest?

What methods can archaeologists use to find out about the past?

What was the type of soil called that helped preserve the artefacts found at Coppergate?

They had completely rotted away as they were organic remains.

They were well preserved even though they were organic remains.

Only a few of the organic remains were well preserved.

What was so impressive about many of the artefacts discovered at the Coppergate excavation?

Aethelflaed and Aethelred

Lesson outcome

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