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This lesson examines the changes to laws and crimes as a result of the Norman conquest such as the use of Forest Laws, centralised laws, increased seriousness of poaching and the crime of being an outlaw. The lesson also covers aspects of Norman law enforcement and punishment.

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The 26 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:

• Slide 1: Title slide
• Slide 2-3: Warm Up - A recap of the main types of crime with answers.
• Slide 4-5: A recap of the main features of Anglo-Saxon crime, law enforcement and punishments with answers revealed.
• Slide 6: Starter 1 - Who were the Normans? A class discussion with prompt questions.
• Slide 7: Starter 2 - Class clip with a basic overview of William’s actions after 1066 with 3 questions.
• Slide 8-11: Task 1 - A problem solving activity where students are given three situations based on William I’s control of England with three possible solutions to discuss and explain.
• Slide 12-13: Background information about William the Conqueror and the Norman invasion of England.
• Slide 14: An overview of the main changes to law and order introduced by William and the Normans.
• Slide 15 -17: Task 2 - A sort task for students to identify what events were changes to law and order and which were features of law and order which stayed the same. Includes a printable sheet.
• Slide 18: Task 3 -A bonus optional worksheet
• Slide 19: Follow up challenge questions.
• Slide 20-21: Learning review
• Slide 22: Lesson fact sheet
• Slide 23: EXAM FOCUS - Two examples of the similarity and difference questions with sentence starter/structure support.
• Slide 24-25: EXAM FOCUS - An example of an ‘Explain why’ question with a model answer paragraph.
• Slide 26: More from RA Resources

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