**This lesson has a focus on the personality and qualities of William as both an invader and king. It also covers William’s relationship with his son, Robert Curthose.
UPDATED CONTENT & SPEC. FOR 2025/6
The 19 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, printable resources and all background knowledge:
- Slide 1: Title slide
- Slide 2: Learning Outcomes and progress tracker
- Slide 3: Recap - How would you describe William I and what facts can prove this?
- Slide 4-5: Source Starter Activity - Students infer information about William I from 5 sources. Printable resource sheet included.
- Slide 6-8: Source Starter Activity V.2 - Students to be given one source about William with a set of questions about their source - printable resources.
- Slide 9: Task 1 - Table fill exercise - What are William’s strengths and weaknesses as the King of England?
- Slide 10: Task 2 - Sorting activity - which facts from the worksheet match the description of William?
- Slide 11: Task 3 - Students given clear instructions to help them write an obituary of William I.
- Slide 12: Task 4 - Aimed at lower ability students - a printable storyboard activity based on William’s relationship with his son Robert.
- Slide 13: Challenge task
- Slide 14: Plearning Review - A choice of two active learning review activities.
- Slide 15-16: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of the ‘one feature’ exam question with printable answer sheet.
- Slide 17: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of the 12 and 16 mark extended writing questions.
- Slide 18: Lesson fact sheet
- Slide 19: More from RA Resources
This lesson has been updated in line with the amended specification and exam questions ready for the 2025/6 examinations (GCSE History Edexcel).
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Excellent lesson but there's an error in the title - it refers to Robert Curthose as William's brother, not his son. This could cause confusion for teachers new to the spec. UPDATE: The author reviewed and amended the error extremely quickly. Brilliant - thank you!
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