St Mary’s Horsforth/Holy Name – History Knowledge Map

Year 5 : Where did the Anglo Saxons come from and what was life like?

What should I already know? Historical Skills and Enquiry • Explain how the Roman Vocabulary • The Stone Age was when early humans used tools withdrawal contributed to Anglo- Anglo-Saxon The Anglo-Saxons formed many regions from stone. This lasted until the Bronze Age. Saxon settlement. • The Bronze Age began when settlers arrived from • Describe what Anglo-Saxon life kingdoms each with one ruler, known as kingdoms. to Britain. These settlers brought with them was like for all groups of people. archaeologist People who discover our history by looking at ways of making tools from metal (bronze). • Ask questions and find out the • The Iron Age lasted from 800 BC till the Roman artefacts that have been found. answers about the Anglo-Saxons invasion (AD 43) - this was when people used tools and Scots. churl A lower-class Anglo-Saxon but better than a made from iron. • Use more than source to find out slave. • In AD 43, the Romans under the order of Emperor what Anglo-Saxon life was like. Claudius, first invaded Britain and Roman rule lasted Compare the accuracy of these legacy Anglo-Saxons left a legacy which included until AD 410. sources. the language we speak, culture and politics. • Describe different accounts of the Many of the shires are our boundaries for Anglo-Saxon settlement from What will I know at the end of the unit? different counties today. • They came to Britain from across the perspectives, explaining some of Known today as East , Essex, Kent and in the middle of the 5th Century. the reasons why the accounts Sussex. may differ. • Suggest reasons why the Anglo- Shire reeve The peace officer of a shire, later known as • For a long time, was not one Saxons settled in Britain. ‘sheriff’. country. Anglo-Saxon kings ruled lots of • Explain how Britain changed with shires Saxon lands were divided into shires, which small kingdoms across the land. the Anglo-Saxon settlement. • Place events on a timeline using helped to make up the counties we have

• The Anglo-Saxons were fierce people who dates. today • Compare Anglo-Saxon Britain with thane An important Anglo-Saxon person. fought many battles, including fighting Roman life using a Venn diagram. each other. • Describe what Anglo-Saxon wergild A fine imposed for stealing or killing. Sudbury was like. Known today as Dorset, , • The Anglo-Saxons were made up of three • Explain what religious beliefs were before the spread of Somerset and Wiltshire. tribes: the Angles; Saxons; and . and how the spread of Christianity Witan or A council that helped the Saxon king rule.

impacted Britain. witenagermot • The name ‘Angles’ eventually became • Research Anglo-Saxon Sudbury - ‘English’ and their land, ‘Angle-land’, describe how Sudbury was founded. became ‘England’. • Present what you know about the Anglo-Saxons and Scots using a • The Anglo-Saxon period ended when the variety of skills (e.g. Geography Normans conquered Britain in 1066. English, Maths, Computing)

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