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Students examine the reasons for and significance of the Domesday Survey & Book in 1086.

UPDATED CONTENT & SPEC. FOR 2025/6

The 16 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: ‘As You Enter’ activity
• Slide 4: Starter discussion with prompt questions
• Slide 5-6: Background information about the Domesday Survey, the methods used to collect information.
• Slide 7: Two links to short clips about the Domesday Book and its significance.
• Slide 8: Task 1 - Printable worksheet covering the military, financial, legal and political reasons for the Domesday Survey.
• Slide 9: Task 2 - Printable worksheet
• Slide 10: Challenge questions
• Slide 11: Learning Review - open ended gap fill
• Slide 12-13: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of the ‘One feature’ exam question with printable answer sheet.
• Slide 14: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of the 12 and 16 mark extended writing questions.
• Slide 15: Lesson fact sheet
• Slide 16: 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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