Normans L11 - How Did Harold Actually Die?

This lesson contains:

• A starter with questions about the Norman conquest.

• An introduction to the detective work historians do. 

• An overview of the types of sources, with students feedback on this. This leads ot a larger discussion of which sources are more useful to a historian.

• A discussion of the criteria for the lesson - nature, origin and purpose and what they mean.

• An activity to study a series of sources about the death of Harold. Students consider the nature, origin and purpose of each and for each explain what theory it has about the death and a positive and negative based on the criteria.

• An opportunity to come up with their own theory as to what happened to Harold in reality using an on-board criteria.

Attachments:

• 1 x Powerpoint Presentation

• 2 x Powerpoint Files