The Anglo-Saxons CGP History Activity Book Answers Lesson
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KS2 HISTORY YEAR 6 TERM 1: STUDY BOOK ANSWERS 1 Year Six Term One: The Anglo-Saxons CGP History Activity Book Answers Lesson One: The fall of the Roman Empire (pg 2-3) The Western Roman Empire collapsed because it was too big for the Roman Army to defend. Nomads are groups of people who don’t live in one area, but travel from place to place. It is up to your child about what choice they make. They may choose Romans because of nice housing but they may choose Nomads because it meant a lot of travel, for example. True, Vandals and Huns invaded the Roman Empire. False, the Huns actually came from Asia. False, the invaders did not like the way the Romans lived. True, the invaders might have wanted more space to live in. Romans would have used negative words such as violent, dangerous and scary. I think the invaders probably didn’t match the Romans’ description because the Romans would have made them look scarier on purpose. Lesson Two: The Romans leave Britain (pg 4-5) If you were a Roman in 410 you would probably be very scared of being attacked. Allow your child to use their imagination here but encourage them to justify why they would choose this. It is unfair that Romans called the Vandals barbarians because civilised can be measured in different ways and they also made lovely jewellery! There are very few written records about what life was like in Britain between AD400 and 600 because people did not write down their history. True, Constantinople was a city in Turkey. False, Constantinople was not conquered by the barbarians. KS2 HISTORY YEAR 6 TERM 1: STUDY BOOK ANSWERS 2 True, Constantinople helped to keep Christianity alive in Britain. True, Christian monks wrote about British History. You can trade anything as long as it is historically accurate from the time period. Lesson Five: Writing about Britain (pg 6-7) Gildas: Was born around AD500. Bede: Was writing in AD730 and used lots of sources from Europe. Both: Were monks and wrote about British history. Gildas thought bad things happened to people in Britain becayse it was a punishment from God. Bede tried to make his work more reliable by using a number of sources and matching the facts. It is up to your child which dates they choose. Lesson Six: Life after the Romans (pg 8-9) Please use your discretion here as long as it is accurate for the time period. Answers can include jewellery, food, cloth etc. New coins stopped being made in Britain after the Romans had gone because they was no one to organise the quarrying on metals. The building is made of stone. After the Romans left, buildings would be made of wood because stone was not available. False, Roman magistrates were not in Britain by 600AD. True, law and justice struggled to survive after the Romans left Britain. False, Christianity did not stop. True, Chritianity kept Roman culture going in Britain. KS2 HISTORY YEAR 6 TERM 1: STUDY BOOK ANSWERS 3 Lesson Seven: The First Invasions (pg 10-11) Scots came from Ireland, Picts came from Scotland and Saxons came from Germany. You child should include points about land and money in their letter to Hengist and Horsa. Your child can provide either answer. Potentially ‘no’ because you might not be able to trust them, or ‘yes’ because Vortigern needed help. I rebelled against the Britons because the British were weak and/or Vortigern was not a good leader. Gildas may have written that the Saxons were violent because they were enemies and he wanted the British to hate them even more. Lesson Nine: Britain fights back (pg 12-13) The poster needs to use persuasive language so encourage your child to do this. The Britons defeated the Saxons. We don’t know about battles that happened at this time because we don’t have many written texts and there is a lack of archeological evidence because the wood they mainly used rotted. Also, some sources were not reliable as they were written by Chistians with a motive. False, we don’t know whether he existed. True, King Arthur is not mentioned in the Chronicle. True, some people do think that Arthur fought at Badon Hill. False, Gildas and Bede did not write about King Arthur. True, the stories were written long after AD 500. KS2 HISTORY YEAR 6 TERM 1: STUDY BOOK ANSWERS 4 Lesson Ten: Becoming Anglo-Saxon (pg 14-15) Please check the map against the Study Book. The Scots actually came from Ireland. The Anglo-Saxon tribes would have moved further west. Altrincham would have been a town that used to be a village. Padstow is a town that used to be a holy place. Oakley wuld have been a clearing in an oak wood. Oxford would have been a place where Oxen crossed (forded) a river. I want to settle in Britain because there is lots of fertile land for farming. Also, the climate is much better! .