The End of Roman Britain
In this lesson, we will learn about what happened when the Roman Empire abandoned Britain.
Unit Overview: How "dark" were the Dark Ages?
Lessons:
6 lessons
The arrival of the Anglo-Saxons
In this lesson, we will learn about the migration of the Anglo-Saxons to Britain from northern Germany. We will also look at some different Anglo-Saxon artefacts.
Anglo-Saxon society
In this lesson, we will learn about how Anglo-Saxon society was structured, and what life was like for Anglo-Saxon men and women.
The Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms
In this lesson, we will learn about the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and where they came from.
The conversion of Anglo-Saxons
In this lesson, we will learn about the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity and how this happened.
The return of towns
In this lesson, we will learn about why towns started to grow again in Anglo-Saxon Britain. We will also think about how we know that people started to live in towns again.
Units in History
- How "dark" were the Dark Ages?
- Why has Alfred been called "Alfred the Great"?
- How powerful was the Pope?
- How did a Norman become King of England?
- How much did England change during the Norman Conquest?
- Which sources reveal the most about medieval peasants?
- How was Baghdad connected to the wider world?
- Why did Europeans join the Crusades?
- Who lived in Crusader states?
- What can the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine tell us about who held power in the Middle Ages?
- Why did Kings struggle to rule England?
- How did the Mongols create a world Empire?
- How far did the Black Death change the medieval World?
- How big a threat was the Peasants' Revolt to the power of monarchs
- What can we learn about the medieval World from the book of Margery Kempe?
- What does the life of Mansa Musa reveal about medieval Mali?
- Who held power in medieval towns?
- How far did fear allow the Aztecs to control an Empire?
- Why have historians described 1492 as a turning point in world history?
- What was Luther trying to achieve?
- Why did Henry VIII make the break with Rome?
- In what ways did the Reformation matter to ordinary people?
- Why was the world opening up to Elizabeth I and her people?
- Why did the Civil War break out in 1642?
- In what ways was Britain turned upside down in the seventeenth century?
- How revolutionary was the Glorious Revolution?
- Who lived in 'British' America?
- Did the Enlightenment fuel the American Revolution?
- How Enlightened was the French Revolution?
- What did the French Revolution mean to Britons?
- How successful were efforts to abolish slavery in the nineteenth century?
- How far did working conditions improve over the nineteenth century?
- Why are different stories told about Britain's journey to democracy?
- Why does it matter what we call the 1857 conflict in India?
- What did British colonialism look like in the nineteenth century?
- How do we uncover the lived experience of those ruled by Empire in Africa?
- Did tensions over Africa make a European war more likely?
- How far did the assassination cause the First World War?
- What do the stories of the 'often forgotten armies' reveal about the Western Front?
- Why did WWI end in November 1918?
- What kind of peace was made in 1919?
- What were the Bolsheviks trying to achieve?
- Why did fascists gain support?
- How were people controlled in totalitarian states?
- Why did the League of Nations fail?
- When was the turning point during the Second World War?
- What was the holocaust?
- How did Jewish people resist during the holocaust?
- How did India achieve independence in 1947?
- What kind of stories can be told about the sixties?
- Who 'decolonised' in the twentieth century?
- How far did the Black Death change the medieval World?
- What can we learn about the medieval World from the book of Margery Kempe?
- In what ways did the Reformation matter to ordinary people?
- Who held power in medieval towns?
- In what ways was Britain turned upside down in the seventeenth century?
- How far did working conditions improve over the nineteenth century?
- How "dark" were the Dark Ages?
- How do we uncover the lived experience of those ruled by Empire in Africa?
- Which sources reveal the most about medieval peasants?
- What kind of stories can be told about the sixties?