Starter

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Starter
Yesterday we looked at the life of Edward the
Confessor. I want you to write an obituary for
him. Imagine it was to appear in a fictional
newspaper from the time. It should be no more
than 75 words and sum up the life of the dead
person. It should probably be quite positive
towards him.
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Starter
Yesterday we looked at the life of Edward the
Confessor. I want you to write an obituary for
him. Imagine it was to appear in a fictional
newspaper from the time. It should be no more
than 75 words and sum up the life of the dead
person. It should probably be quite positive
towards him
Date 6th January 1066 Yesterday our great
leader, Edward, died leaving behind him a trail
of uncertainty. The King left no heirs to the
throne, so therefore England is left reeling in
turmoil. Edward was born in 1004 son of Etherel
the Unready. He spent his formative years growing
up in France, returning to take the throne in
1042 until his death. He succeeded Harthacanute,
his half brother, and was married to Edith
Godwin, part of the powerful Godwin clan. A
great man known for his love of French food and
wine he will be sorely missed.
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Learning outcome
By the end of the lesson we will have Analysed
the claimants for the throne
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I talk to people when I need help.I can explain
what needs doing and why.I know how to deal with
problems.I can see what needs improving.I use
different viewpoints to reach a shared solution.
I can support other people in their views and
beliefs.
I work well with others.I listen to others
points of view.I change my behaviour to suit the
situation.I respect other peoples
differences.I take responsibility.I help others
by giving them useful advice.
Team worker
Self-Manager
I like a new challenge.I work to goals and
commit myself to tasks.I get to lessons on time
with the equipment I need.I take risks and deal
with them sensibly.I plan my own time and work
to deadlines.I am able to deal with change.
Effective Participator
I can generate ideas and possibilities.I ask
questions to find out more.I can see how ideas
or pieces of information fit together.I
challenge ideas and assumptions that I make or
that others make.I test ideas.I change ideas
when I need to.
Creative thinkers
I can see what has worked well and what hasnt
worked well.I know my targets and what I have to
do to meet them.As I work, I can see how well I
am doing.I listen to the advice of adults and
people in my class.I learn from my mistakes.I
let people know how I learn best.
ReflectiveLearner
I can spot questions and problems that need
answering and solving. I can plan and carry out
a piece of research.I can look at things from
different points of view.I can think about how
important or relevant some information is.I can
see how decisions or events are influenced by
different points of view, beliefs or
circumstances.I can back up points of view using
arguments and evidence.
Independent Enquirer
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Effective participatorI talk to people when I
need help.I can explain what needs doing and
why.I know how to deal with problems.I see what
needs to be improved.I work with others to reach
solutions.I can support other people in their
views and beliefs.
Team workerI work well with others.I listen to
others points of view.I know how to behave in
formal and informal situations.I respect other
peoples differences.I take responsibility for
my role within the group.I help others by giving
them useful advice.
Self-ManagerI like a new challenge.I work
towards goals and commit myself to tasks.I get
to lessons on time with the equipment I need.I
am not afraid to have a go at new things.I plan
my own time and work to deadlines.I am able to
deal with change.
Creative ThinkerI come up with ideas.I ask
questions.I see how ideas or pieces of
information fit together.I challenge ideas and
assumptions that I make or that others make.I
can and will test ideas.I change ideas when I
need to.
Independent EnquirerI can spot questions and
problems that need answering and solving. I can
plan and carry out a piece of research.I can
look at things from different points of view.I
can think about how important or relevant some
information is.I can see how decisions or events
are effected by different points of view, beliefs
or circumstances.I can back up points of view.
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Marking feedback

• Individual graphs need finishing
• Dates
• Starter sheets filling in!
• Title- Edward the Confessor Self-manager
• Merits
• Glue sheets in ?

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Marking feedback

• If not writing the question out....do not start
  with Yes, I agree.....
• Recording what I say/write Nadia/Rashidi
• Missing out pages Asaan
• Dont fold starter sheets theyre small for a
  reason. Same for A4 sheets
• DATES...!!!

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ADMIN.
Complete graph in your book Read your feedback
comments Comment Wall Merits
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History Department
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Which candidate has got the X-Factor to become
King of England?
History Department
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Edward the Confessor named Harold Godwin as his
successor on his deathbed in January 1066. While
the Witan backed Edwards choice, at least three
other men, William of Normandy, Prince Edgar the
Atheling and Harald Hardrada, believed neither
Edward nor the Witan had any power to make this
decision and decided to fight against it. These
men felt they also had a claim to the throne.
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Expert groups-
A Harold Godwin B Prince Edgar the Atheling C
Harald Hardrada D William Duke of Normandy
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• Background - England in Turmoil
• England had been in a power struggle for
  approximately two hundred years
• England had been formed of many small kingdoms
  including Wessex, Mercia, Northumbria and
  Cornwall. The Saxons saw themselves as several
  different countries ruled by one English King -
  Edward the Confessor (in preference to any
  foreign kings such as King Canute who was also
  the King of Denmark)
• The Relationship between Normandy and England
• Normandy had close ties of friendship with Wessex
  dating back to 988
• In 988 a formal treaty was arranged between
  Wessex and Normandy by the Pope
• The treaty signed by Normandy and Wessex agreed
  not to harbour the others enemies, namely, the
  Vikings!
• Normandy was the closest land opposite Wessex
  separated by the channel and they were natural
  trading partners
• The rulers of the House of Wessex had used
  Normandy as their refuge in times of trouble
• Edward the Confessor had lived in Normandy and
  had many friends there. He even brought Norman
  advisors to his court in England
• In 1051 Edward the announced that a Norman should
  succeed him and become King of England
• Duke Williams Claim to the English Throne
• Duke William justified his claim through his
  blood relationship with Edward the Confessor
  (they were distant cousins)
• William strengthened this claim by stating that
  Edward the Confessor had designated him as his
  successor
• William claimed Harold Godwinson had sworn a
  sacred oath of allegiance to him and to his right
  to the throne
• When Harold broke the oath William received
  religious and political backing from Rome to
  start a Holy Crusade against Harold who the Pope
  had excommunicated!

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• Background to the Viking claim of Harald Hardrada
• In 1016 the Viking King Canute became King of
  England, Denmark and Norway.
• He ruled until 1035
• King Canute was succeeded by Hardicanute who
  ruled England until 1042
• King Hardicanute had no heir and promised the
  English throne to King Magnus of Norway
• The Saxon, Edward the Confessor, seized the
  English throne in 1042
• King Magnus of Norway was too old to battle
  Edward the Confessor for the English throne
• Magnus's son and heir was Hardrada
• The Viking Hardrada's claim to the English throne
• Hardrada asserted that he, as Magnus's son and
  heir, was the rightful ruler of England due to
  the agreement between his father and Hardicanute
  the Danish ruler of England

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• Background to the Harold Godwinson claim
• Harold Gowinson's claim to the throne of England
  was not based on a strong blood tie
• He had just a kinship to Edward the Confessor,
  who had married Harold's sister, Edith
• But he was the Earl of Wessex, one of the most
  powerful Nobles in England
• He had been an advisor to Edward the Confessor
• He had proved himself to be a good leader and
  fighter
• His father and family had  dominated the Witan (
  the English council of ruling elders) who advised
  the king
• He was the richest man in England
• Edward the Confessor considered the Normans as
  friends, had employed Normans as advisors and
  even designated a Norman should succeed him to
  the English throne
• The Anglo Saxons resented Edward the Confessor's
  close ties with the Normans and Harold Godwinson
  applied so much pressure on Edward the Confessor
  that his Norman advisors were sent back to
  Normandy.
• Harold and his family had established alliances
  with all the major nobles of England
• Harold deposed his brother Tostig as Earl of
  Northumbia and replaced him with Morcar
• Edwin the Earl of Mercia and Morcar the Earl of
  Northumbria, previous enemies of Godwinson, had
  pledged to support Harold Godwinson
• Harold's claim to the English throne
• Harold Godwinson asserted that he had been chosen
  by Edward the Confessor to be the next King of
  England
• When King Edward the Confessor lay dying his wife
  Edith and Harold Godwinson were at his bedside.
  According to Harold, King Edward's dying words
  were "I commend my wife and all my kingdom to
  your care"
• Harold insisted that he had been tricked into
  taking the sacred oath of allegiance he had made
  to Duke William. And that he was not told that he
  was swearing the pledge on sacred religious
  relics - in his view he had been duped and owed
  the Norman Duke no allegiance and refuted his
  claim to the English throne
• The rightful heir to the throne of England was
  Edgar the Aetheling, the grandson of Edmund
  Ironside but he was only a ten year old boy and
  deemed too young to control the turbulent English
  realm
• Harold Godwinson had forced Edward the
  Confessor's Norman advisors back to Normandy

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• Background to the Edgar the Aetheling Claim
• Edgar the Aetheling's claim to the throne of
  England was based on a strong blood tie with the
  Anglo Saxon Kings of England
• He was the grandson of Edmund Ironside
• He was a direct descendent of Alfred the Great -
  the most respected of all Anglo-Saxon Kings
• Edgar the Aetheling's claim to the English throne
• Edgar the Aetheling was the rightful heir to
  Edward the Confessor and should have been crowned
  King of England
• But he was only ten years old when Edward the
  Confessor died
• He did not have the wealth, power or strength of
  Harold Godwinson
• He did not have the support of the Witan (the
  English council which consisted of 60 of the most
  powerful nobles in England)
• Edgar the Aetheling was not considered strong
  enough to hold the throne and defend the realm
  from the Normans and the Vikings
• He did not stand a chance against the might of
  Harold Godwinson

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S.W.O.T. Mr Lee
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S.W.O.T. ____________
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SWOT analysis on your chosen contender.
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Big groups around the room SWOT
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SWOT analysis on your chosen contender.
Explain your case to your group
1 min 30 on each character using the Timer!
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You cant vote for the one you presented. Your
group must decide which one of the 4 has the most
VALID claim...
3 minutes
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EXPERT GROUPS
Using sugar paper you have to prepare a script
for a TV show from the time and what each
candidate would do to impress the judges. You
will have to prepare a speech that will be 1-2
mins in length talking about your right to the
throne.
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Self-ManagerI like a new challenge.I work
towards goals and commit myself to tasks.I get
to lessons on time with the equipment I need.I
am not afraid to have a go at new things.I plan
my own time and work to deadlines.I am able to
deal with change.
Reflective LearnerI can see what has worked
well and what hasnt worked well.I know my
targets and what I have to do to meet them.As I
work, I can see how well I am doing.I listen to
the advice of adults and people in my class.I
learn from my mistakes.I share what I have
learnt in different ways for different people.
Independent EnquirerI can spot questions and
problems that need answering and solving. I can
plan and carry out a piece of research.I can
look at things from different points of view.I
can think about how important or relevant some
information is.I can see how decisions or events
are effected by different points of view, beliefs
or circumstances.I can back up points of view.
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H/W W.I.L.F. (Blue book)
Pick the claimant you feel has the best case, and
you have to script a conversation between them
and a judge of your choice who has chosen to
become a mentor to your candidate to become
King of England. They must give you words of
advice, encouragement and any other hints and
tips to claim the throne. It must be not under
100 words, and no more than 250 words. Remember
to include details from the SWOT analysis youve
completed today and also anything from the
script. It can be a two way conversation or just
a pep talk.
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H/W
SC, You have the skill, and the money as well as
the charisma in order to become King of England,
William Duke of Normandy. Edward surely owes you
something for all his care and attention to him
in his formative years growing up in Normandy. It
is beyond belief to believe that Edward would
have promised to give the throne to Harold Godwin
he invited you in 1051 to go to London and
named you as his successor. Moreover, in 1064,
Harold swore an oath over the Bible that he would
support your claims to the throne. With my money,
and contacts, I can help you assume the role of
King of England as long as you promise to lavish
me with fine gifts for my mentoring advice!