Category Archives: Anglo-Saxons – Archived

Year 7A & Year 7B Today you are going to discover that the Church played an increasingly important role in Anglo-Saxon times. Follow the instructions step by step: 1. The video below explains how important the Roman Catholic Church was in life during Anglo-Saxon times (and after) – it played a rather important role inContinue reading “Y7: 3-13. Power of the Church”

Year 7A & Year 7B Today you are going to: Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Look at your test result: First, look at your test result (Homework-5) and also see where you have perhaps lost marks: 2. Task 6, p.48-51 3. “Roman & Celtic Missionaries, p.58” SOLUTION: 4. If there is still time:Continue reading “Y7: 3-12. Britain became Roman Catholic – continued”

Year 7A & Year 7B Today you are going to learn how Britain became Roman Catholic in the 7th Century AD, during the Anglo-Saxon times. Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Let’s first mark your work on Anglo-Saxon gods. Mark the table on p.54. 2. “Anglo-Saxon gods, p.54″ 3. In the previous lesson youContinue reading “Y7: 3-11. Britain became Roman Catholic”

Year 7A & Year 7B Today you are going to continue learning about Anglo-Saxon religion… Follow the instructions step by step: 1. “Anglo-Saxon Religion & Christianity” (the first column on p.53) 2. Fill in the missing words on the notes on p.54. SOLUTION: & Britain became Christian – Answers. (1:06 minutes long) 3. Now, let’sContinue reading “Y7: 3-9. Anglo-Saxon gods – continued”

Year 7A & Year 7B Today you are going to: Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Test Time! First we are going to write a short test on “The Anglo-Saxons“… 2. Task 4, p.44-46 3. When the Anglo-Saxons started to settle in Britain they were pagans. Over time the Anglo-Saxons became Christian. Let’s seeContinue reading “Y7: 3-10. Britain became Christian”

Year 7A & Year 7B Today you are going to investigate Anglo-Saxon religion in more detail… Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Task 3 on p.43. 2. We have looked at Roman gods and the Roman religion in the previous lesson. Now, let’s look at the Anglo-Saxon religion. Anglo-Saxon gods. (3:49 minutes long) 3.Continue reading “Y7: 3-8. Anglo-Saxon gods”

Year 7 Today you are going to look at Anglo-Saxon religion… Follow the instructions step by step: 1. “Anglo-Saxons & Religion”, p.47 2. The text mentions St. Patrick. For interest’s sake, let’s look at two short video clips to see who he was… A Brief History of St. Patrick’s Day. (1:47 minutes long) St. Patrick’sContinue reading “Y7: 3-7. Anglo-Saxon & Roman gods”

Year 7A & Year 7B Today you are going to consider why the Anglo-Saxons are important in the History of England. What contributions did they make to life in Britain? Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Let’s first mark some work… Task 2 on p.38-40. 2. Looked at Sutton Hoo in previous lesson –Continue reading “Y7: 3-6. Anglo-Saxon Importance”

Year 7A & Year 7B Today you are going to continue to investigate what the Anglo-Saxons were like… Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Page 41: “What were the Anglo-Saxons like?” 2. Fill in the missing words on the notes about Anglo-Saxon living, p.14. SOLUTION: 3. Are all your books up to date? HaveContinue reading “Y7: 3-5. Anglo-Saxon Living – continued”

Year 7A & Year 7B Today you are going to continue looking at Anglo-Saxon living in Britain… Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Look at your test result: First, look at your test result (Homework-8) and also see where you have perhaps lost marks: 2. Task 1 on p.36-37. 3. In the previous lesson,Continue reading “Y7: 3-4. Anglo-Saxon Living”

Year 7A & Year 7B Today you are going to examine how historians gather information about Anglo-Saxons settlement in Britain. Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Historians rely a lot on archaeology to learn more about the Anglo-Saxon settlement in Britain. Anglo-Saxon Settlement and Archaeology. (4:08 minutes long) 2. Here is more information aboutContinue reading “Y7: 3-3. Anglo-Saxons & Archaeology”

Year 7A & Year 7B Today you are going to: Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Complete the test! (This is a test on Roman Living, p.21-22) 2. Task 7 on p.33. 3. Here is some feedback for the Source Question on tombstone inscriptions (Question 8, on p.36 of your Workbook). How does yourContinue reading “Y7: 3-2. Anglo-Saxons move to Britain”

Year 7A & Year 7B Today we are going to start our topic on the Anglo-Saxons. Over the next few weeks we are going to see who the Anglo-Saxons were, learn why they moved to Britain and examine the influence they had on society. Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Go to Page 38Continue reading “Y7: 3-1. Anglo-Saxons – introduction”