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Students evaluate the extent of change to Anglo-Saxon society and the economy after the Norman Conquest of 1066.

UPDATED CONTENT & SPEC. FOR 2025/6

The 21 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, printable resources and all background knowledge:

• Slide 1: Title slide
• Slide 2: Lesson outcomes and progress tracker
• Slide 3: As You Enter Activity - What aspects of life have changed in your lifetime?
• Side 4: Recap 1 - Why did William feel the need to make changes to Anglo-Saxon society after 1066? With answers.
• Slide 5-6: Recap 2: What changes to Anglo-Saxon life can you already outline? Picture based activity with answers.
• Slide 7: An introduction to the lesson in terms of evaluating change
• Slide 8: Background information covering the key terms - society and economy
• Slide 9: Task 1 - Instructions about how to complete the chart based graph and plot the facts.
• Slide 10-11: Two differentiated fact sheets which cover the main changes after 1066 - printable
• Slide 12-13: Printable worksheets on which the students will plot their ideas about the extent of change.
• Slide 14: Task 2 - Evaluating the extent of change questions
• Slide 15-16: Learning Review Quiz with answers
• Slide 17-18: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of the ‘One feature’ questions with printable answer sheets.
• Slide 19: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of the 12 and 16 mark extended writing questions.
• Slide 20: Lesson fact sheet
• Slide 21: 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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