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LKS2 Topic Title: Invaders and Settlers: Anglo-Saxons Block E: Art and Culture

Learn about the cultural significance of storytelling, poetry, music, jewellery and feasting to the Anglo- Saxons. Build towards creating an Anglo-Saxon feast. Create sagas and kennings to perform, cook food to eat, create jewellery and instruments.

Block E: Art and Culture Main outcome: History [5 sessions] Other outcomes: English, Music, Science, D&T and Art By the end of this block you will  Understand that many different peoples have settled in Britain since the have achieved the following start of the Common Era and have helped shape the nation. outcomes:  Understand connections between cultural, social and military history.  Become familiar with a range of books, including myths and legends.  Check that the text makes sense to them, explaining the meaning of words in context.  Predicting what might happen from details stated and implied.  Identifying how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning.  Discuss writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to learn from its structure, vocabulary and grammar.  Build a varied and rich vocabulary and an increasing range of sentence structures.  Organise paragraphs around a theme.  In narratives, create settings, characters and plot. Read aloud their own writing.  Participate in role-play and performances.  Gain and maintain the interest of the listeners.  Summarise main ideas.  Improvise and compose music for a range of purposes.  Play musical instruments.  Develop an understanding of the history of music.  Find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it.  Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it.  Generate and develop their ideas through discussion, annotated sketches, prototypes, etc.  Select from and use a range of materials.  Prepare and cook a variety of dishes.  Understand seasonality.  Know about great craft makers and understand the historical development of their art forms. Session 1: History and English Children will Storytelling  Understand the importance of oral storytelling in Anglo-Saxon society: The children will find out about the entertainment, preserving their history, education, social interaction, importance of storytelling in Anglo- inspiration, etc. Saxon culture, look at some Old  Appreciate that Anglo-Saxons considered storytelling a skill that all English and attempt some should aspire to. translation.  Be aware that both the spelling and pronunciation of languages change over time.  Become familiar with an epic poem written in Anglo-Saxon times.

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Session 2: History, Music and Children will Science  Understand the importance of oral storytelling in Anglo-Saxon society: Music entertainment, preserving their history, education, social interaction, The children will learn about music inspiration, etc. in Anglo-Saxon society and prepare  Appreciate that Anglo-Saxons considered storytelling a skill that all instruments for their feast. should aspire to.  Identify the types of musical instruments that were played in Anglo- Saxon times. Create some simple musical instruments with a range of notes.  Explain how to change the pitch and volume of notes produced by their own musical instruments. Session 3: History and English Children will Kennings and Riddles  Understand the importance of telling riddles and using kennings in The children learn about kennings Anglo-Saxon society: entertainment, preserving their history, education, and riddles and prepare their own social interaction, inspiration, etc. to perform at their Anglo-Saxon  Appreciate that Anglo-Saxons saw the use and understanding of riddles feast. and kennings as a skill that all should aspire to.  Recognise, understand and write kennings and riddles. Session 4: History, D&T and Art Children will Jewellery  Understand that jewellery was used by Anglo-Saxons to fasten their The children will look at Anglo- clothing, as lucky charms (amulets) and as decoration, and that metal Saxon artefacts, particularly workers (craftsmen) were highly skilled and valued members of society. jewellery, and make their own to  Create some Anglo-Saxon-style jewellery using a range of materials and wear at the feast. tools.  Understand that Anglo-Saxon metal workers were skilled craftsmen, and that we still use their designs as inspiration today. Session 5: History, English and D&T Children will Feasts  Understand the importance of feasts in Anglo-Saxon society: A final feast gives the children a entertainment, preserving their history, education, social interaction, meaningful setting in which to inspiration, etc. perform their music, sagas,  Write a mini-saga in 50 words. kennings and riddles as well as  Perform their mini-sagas, poems and riddles. dressing up and eating Anglo-Saxon  Understand ‘seasonality’ foods.

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Resources

Session 1 Provided: Translation of the Beginning of ‘Beowulf’. You will need: ‘Beowulf’ by Kevin Crossley-Holland and Charles Keeping, OUP, ISBN: 9780192723697 or ‘Beowulf’ by Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman, Walker, ISBN: 9781406348873.

Session 2 Provided: Extracts from ‘Beowulf’ and information on Anglo-Saxon musicians; Pictures of musicians from manuscripts; The Story of Caedmon and Caedmon’s Hymn; Instructions for making a whistle; Instructions for making a harp. You will need: Large sturdy plastic straws; Scissors; Cardboard boxes; Elastic bands; Pencils; Something to draw around (optional).

Session 3 Provided: Kennings; Anglo-Saxon riddles; Contemporary riddles; Kenning and riddle answer sheet; Riddle planning sheet. You will need: Individual whiteboards and pens.

Session 4 Provided: The English Heritage Dustbin Game or a collection of objects that give glues about the owner; Pictures of Sussex grave artefacts; Burial descriptions from ‘Beowulf’; Information on Sutton Hoo and the Staffordshire Hoard; Images of Sutton Hoo and Staffordshire grave goods; 3 instruction sheets on making necklaces and brooches; Pictures of brooches; Brooch design templates. You will need: Paper; Card; Clay; Cocktail sticks; Pencils; Needles; Thread; Paints (including metallic colours); Brushes; Glue; A round cookie cutter; Equipment for drawing geometric designs; Card; Scissors; Safety pins; Sticky tape; Beads (optional).

Session 5 Provided: Information on Anglo-Saxon feasts; Descriptions of feasts from ‘Beowulf’; Examples of mini- saga drafts; List of foods for a feast and recipe for pottage. You will need: All arts, crafts, and literary projects from Sessions 1–4; Food for the feast (see list).

The links to the websites and the contents of the web pages associated with such links specified on this list (hereafter collectively referred to as the ‘Links’) have been checked by Hamilton Trust (being the operating name of the registered charity, William Rowan Hamilton Trust) and to the best of Hamilton Trust’s knowledge, are correct and accurate at the time of publication. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other terms and conditions on the Hamilton Trust website, you acknowledge that Hamilton Trust has no control over such Links and indeed, the owners of such Links may have removed such Links, changed such Links and/or contents associated with such Links. Therefore, it is your sole responsibility to verify any of the Links which you wish you use. Hamilton Trust excludes all responsibility and liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of any Links.