Britain 1066 – 1500
Students undertake a study the major features of Britain’s medieval past: the development of the monarchy, and significant events and Characteristic features of the lives of people living throughout the British Isles, including the local area where appropriate.
Unit 1: Did William’s conquest change England?
How important was Harold’s death?
How much did the English try to stop the Norman invasion?
How did William take control of the rest of the country
The Feudal System: A world turned upside down?
How did castles change the English landscape?
Unit 2: What were people’s beliefs in the Middle Ages?
What did people believe about religion?
Who killed novice John?
What and who were pilgrims?
Why go on a crusade?
Did people in the Middle Ages believe in the supernatural?
Unit 3: Who was the best and who was the worst king:
1087 - 1307?
What qualities does a king need?
William Rufus or Henry I?
Stephen of Blois or Henry II?
Richard or John?
Henry II or Edward I?
Unit 4: What was life like in the Middle Ages?
What was life like in the countryside?
What was life like in a medieval town?
How did the system of law and order change?
Why did medieval people travel?
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