This task encapsulates the struggle between the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings in an engaging way that really makes pupils think about the dynamics of the conflict – rather than ‘one damn event and treaty after another’.
By using a technique called living (or fortunes) graph, pupils have to work collaboratively to create and then analyse a visual representation of the struggle. By making the shape themselves they are far more likely to understand and remember it.
Learning objectives
- Pupils grasp that Vikings kept coming to Britain for almost 300 years first as raiders then as conquerors
- They can identify at least one period when the Vikings were successful and another when they were not.
- They understand the importance of the Danelaw as an area of Viking settlement. The most able can identify, analyse and explain 2 or 3 turning points in Viking fortunes.
Activity
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