THE BIRTH OF ENGLAND!�What was Alfred the Great’s role?
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
To explore and evaluate Alfred’s military, political and cultural contribution to the formation of a unified England by 927
Lesson 1 of 3!
INTRODUCTION
STARTER
What do you remember
from primary school about:
The Anglo-Saxons?
The Vikings?
Alfred the Great?
Æthelstan!?
Discuss with
a partner first!
What’s our
mission?
LESSON 1: WHAT WAS ALFRED’S ROLE?
LESSON 2: WHAT WAS EDWARD’S ROLE?
LESSON 3: WHAT WAS ÆTHELSTAN’S ROLE?
Over three lessons, we have
three reigns to investigate!
Alfred
the Great
Edward
the Elder
Æthelstan
King of the English
At the end, you’ll make your own
choice as to who was most important!
+Æthelflæd
LESSON ONE�Alfred
r.871-899
I was a king of Wessex who lived over 1,100 years ago. I fought bravely against Viking invaders to protect my kingdom! I am important because I prevented the last English kingdom of Wessex falling to the Vikings. I also made good laws that made things fairer, and loved learning. I started schools and made sure important books were translated into English. Because of me, we English began our fight back against the Vikings … leading to the formation of England!
Military
contribution
Political
contribution
Cultural
contribution
There are three info cards
spread around the room!
WITH A PARTNER
Collect one card at a time,
read it carefully …
and summarise it!
Here’s your A3 table!
You have 10 mins per info card!
One paragraph = one bullet-point!
Are you
ready?
Get to
work!!
REVIEW
How much progress
have we made so far?
Pens down!
Get back
to work!
TIME’S UP!
How much have
we learned?
Pens down!
Let’s highlight the
one most important
thing in each box!
CONCLUSION
You choose the adverb!
In our exercise books!
PLENARY
Does Alfred deserve his
epithet ‘the Great’?
Get ready to support
your opinion!