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Christ with me as I learn, grow and shine History Year 5 A United Kingdom Key Vocabulary Reading around the topic Sticky Knowledge Christ with me as I learn, grow and shine Word Definition ▪ The Anglo settled in and never BIG ? Germanic invading tribe, they went home but developed their own The decisive shift to founded several kingdoms of communities which form the basis of many (from Paganism) England and their name is the root villages today. Christianity occurred in of the word England. They settled ▪ For a long time, England was not one country, 655CE when King Penda mainly in East . Anglo-Saxon kings ruled lots of small kingdoms was slain in the Battle of Anglo-Saxon During their time in Britain the kingdoms Anglo-Saxons formed many across the land. the Winwaed and kingdoms. ▪ The Anglo-Saxons were fierce people who became officially fought many battles, including fighting each Christian for the first Churl A lower-class Anglo-Saxon but other. time. better than a slave. Jutes One of the three most powerful Key Learning ▪ The Anglo-Saxons were made up of three of their time in Chronology tribes: the Angles; Saxons; and, Jutes. Visits/ Visitors the Nordic Iron Age, the other two Sequence events through the use of ▪ is the site in Suffolk of a Saxon ship Visitor comes in and being the Saxons and Angles. They appropriate terms relating to the passing of time and identify where these events fit into a burial of the 7th century ad, containing does an Anglo-Saxon settled mainly in . chronological framework during the magnificent grave goods including jewellery workshop. Legacy Anglo-Saxons left a legacy which AngloSaxon period. and gold coins. included the language we speak, In an in depth study of the Anglo-Saxon period,

culture and politics. Many of the use appropriate vocabulary when describing the passing of time and historical concepts. Key Dates shires are our boundaries for Analyse connections, trends and contrasts over Year Event counties today. the Anglo-Saxon period. 350AD Anglo Saxons land on English Saxons Germanic tribe living near the North Events, People and Changes Sea coast of what is now . Gain historical perspective by placing their shores but are defeated by the growing knowledge into different contexts by resident Roman army. They settled in (East Saxons), studying aspects of Anglo-Saxon cultural, (South Saxons), Middlesex economic, military, political religious and 410AD Romans leave England. (Middle Saxons) and (West social history. 449- arrival of Jutes from , Angles Saxons). Establish a narrative showing connections and trends within and across periods of study by 550AD from and Saxons from Settlement A place where people make their making connections between the Anglo-Saxons Germany who settle in Kent. homes. and other history units they 617AD becomes the Shires Saxon lands were divided into have already studied. Supreme Kingdom. shires, which helped to make up the Begin to recognise and describe the nature and extent of diversity, change and continuity by counties we have today understanding where the Anglo-Saxons settled Thane An important Anglo-Saxon person. and how they integrated into the indigenous populace. Christ with me as I learn, grow and shine History Year 5 A United Kingdom Wessex Known today as Dorset, , Communication 779AD Mercia becomes the Supreme Somerset and Wiltshire. Produce structured work that makes connections, draws contrasts, analyses trends, Kingdom after Offa builds a dyke Witan or A council that helped the Saxon king frame historically-valid questions involving along the Welsh border. thoughtful selection and organisation of witenagermot rule. 1066AD The last Anglo-Saxon King Harold Wergild A fine imposed for stealing or killing. relevant historical information using appropriate dates and terms. died at the Battle of Hastings and Settlement A community formed by members of a Enquiry, Interpretation and Using Sources William of Normandy was crowned group. Understand methods of historical enquiry, how evidence is used to make historical claims King. Sources: about the Anglo-Saxons, and begin to discern how and why contrasting Significant People https://vikingschoolvisits.com/britains-settlement- arguments and interpretations of the past have Person Why Significant? by-anglo-saxons-and-scots/ been constructed. Use sources as a basis for research from which St Christian missionary considered to be Historical maps, history cheat sheets, Historical they will begin to use information as evidence Augustine responsible for the widespread Association, Museum Loan Boxes, to test hypotheses adoption of the fait https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/history Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of different sources King King of Kent who created the first /general-history/anglo-saxons/ about the Anglo-Saxons and that different Aethelbert Germanic law code in the early 7th versions of past events often exist, Century giving some possible reasons for this. King Offa King of Mercia, and of most of England in mid 8th Century King Arthur Possibly mythical King of Wessex, acclaimed for defeating Saxon expansion Monk in a Northumbrian monastery who wrote a history of the English church and people

Christ with me as I learn, grow and shine History Year 5 A United Kingdom