Key Issues

Concepts

Content

What & when were the Medieval Realms?

Medieval

Chronology

Centuries

Historical periods, e.g. Medieval, Victorian

Timelines

What do the pupils already know about the Medieval Realms?

Can they identify features of Medieval Realms?

Where does the Medieval Realms fit into a wider chronology.

Understanding how chronology and dating work

Understanding historical periods, e.g. Victorian

How are timelines drawn?

Why was England invaded twice in 1066?

Invasion Conquest

Oath

Sources

Evidence

What happened in 1066?

Why did Harold Godwinson, William and Harold Hardrada want to be King of England?

What sort of qualities would the Anglo Saxons have looked for in a new King?

Why did Harold lose the Battle of Hastings?

Bishop

Monk

Tapestry

Bias

How did William & Harold Hardrada react to Harold being crowned?

What happened at Stamford Bridge?

What happened when William invaded England?

How did Harold die?

Why did William win the Battle of Hastings?

What are the literary conventions of a newspaper article?

How did the Norman Conquest change England?

Curfew

Domesday Book

Language

Succession

Cathedral

Castle

Architecture

How did William establish his control and deal with opposition?

What was the Domesday Book and why did William have it made?

What changed == language, laws (e.g. Forest Laws), new buildings (castles, cathedrals, new styles of architecture); clear rules of succession

Castles

Castle

Defensive

Siege warfare

Conquest

Why did the Normans build castles?

How did castle building change?

What evidence did they leave behind?

How were they defended?

What methods did people use to attack castles?

Where were they sited?

Why did they come to an end?

What was feudalism?

Feudalism

Barons

Knights

Villeins

Serfs

Peasants

Service

What was the Feudal System?

What duties did the different classes have to do for those above & below them?

Who was the most powerful?  Why?

Why did people swear Oaths?

What was life like in a  Medieval Village?

Crop Rotation 3 Field System

Role of Church

What was life like in a Medieval Village?

What was the 3 field crop rotation system?

What were living conditions like for the Villeins?

Why was religion so important?

What were relations like between the King and Church?

Why was the medieval church so important?

Archbishop

Excommunicated

King

Church courts

Benefit of clergy

Justice

Exile

Wealth and power of church

Martyr

Pilgrimage

Saint

Why did relations between Church and state change?

Who was Thomas Becket and how and why was he murdered?

How can we detect bias in a historical source?

What were the relations between King and people � King John and Magna Carta

King

Parliament

Law

Magna Carta

1.        Who was King John?

2.        Why is Magna Carta important?

3.        How important is Magna Carta in the development the political rights?

4.        How far was King John a bad king � looking at the evidence

How did the Black Death affect Britain?

Plague

Black Death

Contagion

Blasphemy

What was the Black Death?

How could you tell if someone had the Black Death?

What are the conventions for setting out a doctors report?

Where did the Black Death come from?

What caused it to spread?

How did Medieval people believe it was spread?

How did it affect the country?

What were the relations between King and people? � Peasants� Revolt

King

Parliament

Law

Feudal status

Rebellion

Poll Tax

1.        How did the Black Death improve conditions for the villains and what steps were taken by parliament and landowners?

2.        What was the Poll Tax?

3.        Why was it necessary to raise taxes?

4.        Why did the peasants rise up?

5.        Who were John Ball and Watt Tyler and what roles did they play in the Peasants Revolt?

6.        Why did it fail and what were the consequences?