Invasion
This project teaches children about life in Britain after the Roman withdrawal. Children will learn about Anglo-Saxon and Viking invasions up to the Norman conquest.
Developed for primary schools
Vikings (KS2)
Who were the Vikings? Where did they come from? Explore the ever-popular topic of the Vikings and their impact on Britain from their first landings, the raids at Lindisfarne, their clashes with the Anglo-Saxons, to their eventual permanent settlement and establishment of the Danelaw. Each project is fully mapped to the national curriculum, ensuring our history lessons are both inspiring and educational.
These lessons and resources are available either as part of a topic-related whole project within the broader Cornerstones History Curriculum, or as individual stand-alone lessons!
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Traders and Raiders
Develop children’s knowledge of Britain’s early invaders and settlers with our pre-planned and comprehensively resourced history project, Traders and Raiders. Our high-quality teaching resources help children learn about Anglo-Saxon and Viking culture, chronology and key events.
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If you’re looking for inspiring lessons and resources across the whole history curriculum, then the Cornerstones History Curriculum offers everything you need for single or multi-year groups, with a collection of projects designed by subject experts to support teachers and subject leaders at every level of subject knowledge.
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Individual lessons
- Invasion timeline
- Significant events of the early Middle Ages
- Geography of invasion
- The first Viking landing
- Viking raids at Lindisfarne
- Surrender or fight back?
- Comparing everyday lives of the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
- Significant person- King Athelstan
- After Athelstan
- Norman invasion
- Viking hoard
- Beware the Viking raiders!
- Viking stories and poems
- Viking raiders
- Viking life
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