Three claimants, one throne

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? starter activity
What qualities does a medieval king need to have
in order to be successful?
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Edward the Confessor

• Father, Aethelred the Unready, mother Emma of
  Normandy
• Spoke French, brought up in Normandy
• Deeply religious
• Ruled with help of Godwin family (married Edith
  Godwin)
• Nominated Harold Godwin as his heir

Edward on the Bayeux Tapestry
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?Your task

• Divide the class into three groups. Each group
  will assess the claim to the throne of different
  men. You then need to decide who had the greater
  claim.

Coronation of Edward from C13th manuscript
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Three claimants, one throne!
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? Your task

• Read the story of the Battle of Hastings.
• Match a heading to a topic paragraph.
• List the reasons why Harold lost and why William
  one the battle.

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? Your task

• Imagine you are a war correspondent for one of
  the armies (but dont tell us which, we must
  guess) on the battlefield at Hastings. Write a
  report on the main events. Include the following
• A description of the different armies
• What had happened previous to the battle
• The main events of the battle
• The conclusion of the fighting
• Try to use as much technical descriptive
  vocabulary as you can

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? Homework

• Finish and print out a copy of your report on the
  battle.
• Use Audacity on your laptop to record a 30
  second section from your report. You may wish to
  include sound effects as well. When you have
  finished export it as an MP3 file and email it to
  me.

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? Success criteria