to be loyal means to give or show firm and constant support to a person or place

the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a historical document that contains a collection of annals

annals are a record of events year by year

prejudice is a preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience

Aethelflaed's forgotten history

History

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?

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

 giving or showing firm and constant support to a person

preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience

Historians are unsure when Aethelflaed was…

When Aethelflaed married Aethelred, they combined the strength of which two kingdoms?

Aethelflaed ruled Mercia for eight years on her own after her husband's death.

Aethelflaed’s story is barely mentioned in the...

Female leaders like Aethelflaed have often been left out of written history as there was {{ }}} towards women ruling.

The areas of Britain given to the Vikings were known as the...

Which battle was the first one that Aethelflaed and Edward fought together?

What did Edward and Aethelflaed build to protect their towns?

By the time of Aethelflaed’s death in 918 CE, which city remained as the only Viking stronghold?

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Adult supervision recommended

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Aethelflaed's forgotten history

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.