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by
Sue Wilkinson
Introduction
and teachers' notes
Content
This
activity focuses on the rival claims to the throne of England
in 1066. It suggests that succession was not always straightforward,
as we tend to think of it today - especially when there is
no son to succeed. And in any case the son was only likely
to succeed if he was strong enough, or had enough support,
to establish his claim. By the end of the activity pupils
should have a clear understanding of the rival claims, and
to see just how unclear the succession was in 1066. And of
course, how clouded the issue has since become, because of
the rival Norman and Saxon sources used to justify each claim.
Differentiation
More able pupils could actually research the topic for themselves
and create their own list of ideas to support the rival claims
to the throne, for use in stage 1, and stage 4 could be written
as a full-blooded essay without the prompts used here. Less
able pupils could have a more detailed final activity, with
several boxes, each with the beginnings of a key idea as a
'priming' sentence. The initial list for stage 1 could easily
be shortened or simplified as appropriate. As the information
is also provided on a Word file, it is very simple to COPY
and PASTE this into your own Word file and save onto your
computer. This can then be edited as required to suit the
specific needs of your own class. If you do adapt this activity,
please email
us a copy so we can add it to the work available on History
Online.
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