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This new unit for 2024/25 gives greater opportunities for the children to explore sources and includes new teaching resources designed to enrich their learning and deepen their understanding of the topic. The Archived unit: British history 3: How hard was it to invade and settle in Britain? will no longer be updated.
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Explain how the Britons felt when the Romans left Britain.
- Suggest reasons for the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain.
- Name the key features of Anglo-Saxon settlements.
- Identify changes and continuities in settlements from prehistoric Britain.
- Make inferences about artefacts.
- Describe how Anglo-Saxon beliefs changed.
- Explain how missionaries spread Christianity.
- Explain the threat the Vikings posed to the Anglo-Saxons.
- Identify the qualities needed to be a monarch in 1066.
Suggested prior learning
*New* Y3/4 (A): British history 2: Why did the Romans invade and settle in Britain?
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Teacher video: How hard was it to invade and settle in Britain?
Lessons
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 1: Who were the Anglo-Saxons and the Scots?
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 2: What did Anglo-Saxon settlements look like?
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 3: What does Sutton Hoo tell us about Anglo-Saxon life?
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 4: How did Christianity arrive in Britain?
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 5: Was King Alfred really great?
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 6: How did Anglo-Saxon rule end?
Key skills
- Sequencing events
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Key knowledge
- To know that significant
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Key vocabulary
cause
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – History Y4: How hard was it to invade and settle in Britain?
Aimed at pupils, a double page document that gives key facts and definitions from the 'How hard was it to…
*New* Vocabulary display – History Y4: How hard was it to invade and settle in Britain?
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Geography: Human and physical geography
Design and technology: Make
English: Spoken language
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Y3/4 (B): How have children’s lives changed?
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