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This lesson has a clear focus on the career and significance of Bishop Odo from the Battle of Hastings through the Norman Conquest. Was he a help or hindrance to William and the Norman Conquest?

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 aims and progress tracker
• Slide 3-4: Recap - Bishop Odo Recap True or False quiz with answers.
• Slide 5: Background information
• Slide 6-7: Task 1 - Printable worksheet and instructions covering the sorting task which asks if Bishop Odo was a help or hindrance to William.
• Slide 8-9: Task 2 -Bishop Odo timeline/graph activity with printable timeline and instructions.
• Slide 10: Task 3 - Table based activity for students to outline the facts they have learned about Bishop Odo’s actions.
• Slide 11: Optional/alternative comprehension style worksheet
• Slide 12: Challenge questions
• Slide 13-14: Learning Review - Bishop Odo fact finder quiz with answers.
• Slide 15-16: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of the ‘one feature’ exam question with printable answer sheet.
• Slide 17: EXAM FOCUS - Example 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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