Y7 Battle of Hastings Assessment Preparation
This lesson, you choose how you want to prepare for the assessment. The total of all your tasks on this side of the sheet MUST be
at least 20 points. Choose enough tasks to make that total. You MUST complete the green pen task.
Read through my purple pen comments and, in green pen:
5 Points: Without using the
Make any corrections (e.g. spellings, underlining etc.)
information box, can you write a
Answer any questions
list of the main events of 1066.
Redraft some or all of your answer if I have asked you to
3 Points: What does infantry mean? Write
a Definition. Use a dictionary if you need
help.
3 Points: What does cavalry mean? Write
a definition. Use a dictionary if you need
help.
Helpful Information box
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In 1066, the King of England was Edward the
Confessor
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He died on 5th January and did not have an heir.
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Three men wanted to be King: William, Duke of
Normandy, Harold Godwinson and Harald
Hardraada.
3 Points: What was the name of the hill in
the Battle of Hastings?
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3 Points: What does Heir mean? Write a
definition. Use a dictionary if you need help.
3 Points: Why did William build castles?
Explain in your own words and draw an
example of the first type of castle. What was
it called?
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Harold Godwinson made himself King. Harald
Hardraada invaded in the North so Harold had to
march up with his army.
Harald Hardraada was defeated at the Battle of
Stamford Bridge.
Meanwhile, William, Duke of Normandy had sailed
across to England from France and was waiting for
Harold. The Battle of Hastings took place on 14th
October 1066. Wharold was defeated and William
became King of England.
Check your work with the
information box.
6 Points: What did William do when
he became King? Write a few
paragraphs to explain. Ask a friend to
green pen your work and tell you www
and ebi.
8 points: Look at the picture in the
top left hand corner. What is it part of?
Why was made?
1-2 marks – you explain what the
picture is showing.
3-4 marks - you also explain why it
was made.
5-6 marks – you give reasons why it
might be useful and why it might not
be useful for learning about the Battle
of Hastings.
Y7 Assessment Preparation Lesson
The total of all your tasks on this side of the sheet MUST be at least 20 points. Choose enough tasks to make that total.
6 Points: Copy out and fill in the gaps
using the list at the bottom:
William, Duke of Normandy claimed that
_____________________ the Confessor
had promised him the
________________ because he had
helped him and his father by letting
them _______________ in
______________________.
Harold Godwinson claimed that he
should be King because Edward had
_____________________ him the
throne. Also he was Edward’s
______________________ in law.
Harald Hardraada claimed that he should
be King as his ancestor had been King of
____________________.
England Edward brother throne
stay France
4 Points: Look at the picture of part of the Bayeux
Tapestry in the top left hand corner. What can you infer
about the battle?
2 Bonus Points: Explain who made the Tapestry and
why this might be a problem for Historians.
Helpful Information Box
Why did William win the Battle of Hastings?
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Harold Godwinson had already fought a battle
against Harald Hardraada
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Harold’s men were tired and battle weary.
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William’s men had been able to rest and prepare
for the battle
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William’s men played a clever trick on Harold’s
men by pretending to retreat, then turning back.
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This made Harold and his men leave their
strong position on Senlac Hill.
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Some people feared that Harold would lose
because Haley’s Comet had appeared in the sky.
They thought this was a bad omen
4 Points: Use the helpful information box to
draw a spider diagram of the reasons why
William won the Battle of Hastings. You can
illustrate it too!
4 Points: What does this mean?
‘Harold Rex Interfectus est’
6 Points: How did Harold Godwinson die?
Write a few paragraphs to explain. Ask
someone else to mark it in green pen
explaining www and ebi..