This bundle of lessons provides all the lessons and resources you will need to teach a unit about how William I (William the Conqueror) was able to gain control over England in the years following the Norman Conquest in 1066.

The lessons in this bundle are:

Lesson 11: Control and submission of the English earls after 1066

Lesson 12: William's use of rewards and the creation of the Marcher Earldoms

Lesson 13: William's Castle Building (Motte & Bailey) after 1066

Lesson 14: Anglo-Saxon resistance from Earls Edwin and Morcar

Lesson 15: Rebellions in the North (Durham and York) in 1069

Lesson 16: Hereward the Wake and Resistance in Ely 1070-1

Lesson 17: The Harrying of the North

Lesson 18: Further Norman Landownership

Lesson 19: The Revolt of the Norman Earls 1075

Lesson 20: Explaining William's Control and Power

Each lesson includes a variety of features and resources such as starter tasks, recap activities, printable activity/question sheets, practice exam questions, exam skills, discussion points, challenge questions as well as fun and highly engaging animated background information to help students understand the focus of the lesson. The lesson is designed to last approximately 90minutes – 2 hours (often longer if you decide to use all the activities and questions).