Hadrian's Wall was a long wall the Romans built in the north of England to defend it from Celtic tribes

a frontier is the edge of a place where people live or the border of a state or an empire’s land

Romanisation is when people started living and acting like the Romans did

Romano-British culture is a mix of Roman and old British ways of living

Britain at the end of Roman rule

History

The Anglo-Saxons come to Britain

Anglo-Saxon kingdoms

The conversion of the British Isles

The rise of Mercia

How Britain changed after the Romans

In 'Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons: what changed after the Romans left?' pupils learnt how Anglo-Saxon migration changed Britain after the Romans' departure. In 'The Anglo-Saxons: how do we know about life in Anglo-Saxon England?' pupils learn about Anglo Saxon culture and society in more detail, and the evidence base for the claims that historians make about this period.

In 'Early Islamic Civilisation: what connected Baghdad to the wider world?' pupils deepened their understanding of the 'Golden Age' of Islamic civilisation by examining how Baghdad was connected to the wider world. In 'Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons: what changed after the Romans left?' pupils return to one part of the world that was connected to Baghdad through trade: sub-Roman Britain.

In this unit, pupils focus on what changed in Britain after the Romans left. They learn about the coming of the Anglo-Saxons and the rise of Mercia. Pupils end the unit by analysing what had changed after the Romans left Britain.

Britain's settlement by Anglo-Saxons: what changed after the Romans left?

to migrate is to move from one place to another

seaborne people are those that transport or travel by sea

someone who is fearsome is frightening or terrifying

a settlement is a place where people choose to begin a community

to establish something means to set it up to last a very long time

a kingdom is a country or area ruled by a king or queen

pagan religious beliefs and practices are those that are different from the main or recognised religions

to convert someone to a new religion means to change their religious beliefs to that of your own

a missionary is a person sent on a religious mission, especially to promote Christianity in foreign countries

practices are ways of doing something such as religious rituals like prayer

Northumbria was a former Anglo-Saxon kingdom in north-east England in modern-day Northumberland

Mercia was a major Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the central part of England

having supremacy is having more power than anyone else

a barrier is a fence or obstacle that prevents movement or access

rivalled means to have competed with someone and tried to be better or more successful than them

if something has withered it has gradually declined or shrunk

Gaelic is the traditional language and culture of groups such as the Scots and Irish

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