Y1/2 (B): Lesson 6: What was a monarch in the past?
Describing how the monarchy has changed.
Learning objective
To evaluate how the monarchy has changed.
Success criteria
I can describe what kind of monarch William the Conqueror was.
I can compare the monarchy in the past to the monarchy today.
I can recognise that the monarchy has changed.
Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Tell the class that they will watch a video and as it is playing, they will take turns with their partner to say as many facts as they can about castles, holding up one finger for each fact.
Tell the class that they will watch a video and as it is playing, they will take turns with their partner to say as many facts as they can about castles, holding up one finger for each fact.
Pupil video: Castles
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Take feedback, correct any misconceptions.
Show the Presentation: What was a monarch in the past? and discuss the questions below.
Show the Presentation: What was a monarch in the past? and discuss the questions below.
Presentation: What was a monarch in the past?
Questions
- Who is in the image? (William the Conqueror.)
- What is happening in the image? (It is his coronation.)
- Which part of the coronation is it? (The crowning, when a crown is placed on a new king or queen's head.)
Explain that William the Conqueror’s Coronation took place on Christmas Day in 1066 at Westminster Abbey.
1. Display slide 1 of the Presentation: Comparing monarchs, which shows the coronations of William the Conqueror and Charles III.
Return to slide 1 of the Presentation: Comparing monarchs. Ask the children to choose whether they prefer the monarchy of the past or present. Vote by standing/sitting or cheering for each of the monarchs.
Optional: provide each child with the Quiz - pupil answer sheet and display the Unit quiz (see link: Assessment - History Y2: What is a monarch?). Read each question aloud and allow the children time to answer. Reveal the answers and ask them to self/peer mark their answer sheets.
If pupils completed the Skills catcher in Lesson 1, they can revisit them and add new information in a different colour.
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In this unit
Assessment – History Y1/2: What is a monarch?
Y1/2 (B): Lesson 1: What is a monarch?
Y1/2 (B): Lesson 2: Who is our monarch today?
Y1/2 (B): Lesson 3: How did William the Conqueror become King of England?
Y1/2 (B): Lesson 4: How did William the Conqueror rule?
Y1/2 (B): Lesson 5: How did castles change?
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Y1/2 (B): Lesson 6: What was a monarch in the past?
