The Norman Conquest and Rise of England

Daily Objectives

• Journal: (click here for prompt)
• Reading groups with skeleton notes: page 352 and top of 353
• Bayeux tapestry video
• Left side: Bayeux tapestry
• Stained Glass Window project

Notes:

In order to get all the info you need without making you write a million pages, I've done skeleton notes for today. Groups of 2-3 will read and fill in the skeleton notes. TAKE NOTICE: the notes are required and you WILL have test questions on them. 

MAIN IDEA:

England became united nation after the Norman Conquest 1066.

Words Worth Knowing (and definitions)

Celts:  settlers of Britain, spoke Celtic. Pushed to Wales, Scotland, and Ireland by invaders.

Romans:   conquered Britain in 50 AD and stayed till 400 AD.  Latin-speakers.

Vikings:  invaded England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland after the fall of Rome.  From Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland.

Angles and Saxons:  two ________________ speaking tribes who settled in England.  Angles became the base for the name __________________ (Angle-Land) and for the language of English (Angle-ish).

Normans:  _______________ speaking Vikings from ______________________, France who invaded in _______.  Norman means ___________________.

Normandy:  region in ____________ settled by Vikings who became known as _____________________________.

Edward the Confessor:  King of ____________________ who dies without ________________, causing a ____________________________________.

Harold Godwinson:  son of Edward's advisor and ____________________ to William, he ______________________________ with no blood ties to Edward.

William the Bastard (Later called William _____________________).   Norman leader and _____________ of Edward, he decides to claim the throne by  __________________________ across the English Channel.

Norman Conquest.  In the year ______________, William and an _________________army of men and horses attack with 4,000 ships and conquer England, claiming the throne for __________________________.

Battle of Hastings, 1066.  Battle where ________________ defeated ___________________ to claim the throne.

William declared _______________ was his _______________________________. William granted ________________ to __________ Norman lords. This is important because he __________________________________________________________________________. 

Bayeaux Tapestry--240-foot-long tapestry that is a visual storybook of the Norman conquest, embroidered by women hired by William after the conquest.

Left SIDE:

Three things you see in the tapestry or learned about it. (Notes style is your choice, but attach picture below)

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For extra credit: color the Bayeux tapestry as a way to get familiar and recognize the work. Cick to make bigger.

Watch the video on the Bayeux tapestry here.

IF YOU WERE GONE: you may check out a book to fill in the notes OR come in at lunch/after school to do this activity.