Learning objective
- To recognise bias in some sources about the Vikings.
Success criteria
- I can identify primary and secondary sources.
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National curriculum
History
The National curriculum for history
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Cross-curricular links
English
Reading comprehension
Pupils should be taught
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1: Lesson plan
An area for you to put useful resources from the previous lesson
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could sort fewer sources during the Activity: Sources in the Attention grabber; could have the second slide of the Presentation: What do we know about the Vikings? on display during their discussions in the Main event; should use the Activity: Whose viewpoint? – support (one between two) for simpler versions of the sources to analyse in the Main event.
Pupils working at greater depth
Could identify the missing perspectives of primary sources during the Activity: Sources; should explain why a source is biased using evidence from the sources during the Main event.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: describing what
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Vocabulary definitions
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Alcuin of York
An Anglo-Saxon monk whose many letters are used as historical sources.
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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
A collection of records telling the history of Anglo-Saxon England.
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In this unit
Assessment – History LKS2: Were the Vikings raiders, traders or settlers?
Lesson 1: Who were the Vikings and why did they come to Britain?
Lesson 2: What do we know about the Vikings?
Lesson 3: How did the Vikings travel?
Lesson 4: Were the Vikings raiders or traders?
Lesson 5: What were the consequences of the Anglo-Saxon and Vikings' struggle for Britain?
Lesson 6: What was Viking life in Britain like?