1. Today achievement points will be awarded for…
S – To have achieved your target level when peer assessed.
I – Trying to find a solution before asking the teacher for support.
E – Putting outstanding effort into your classwork today.

2. To understand why William won the Battle of Hastings
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To understand why William won the Battle of Hastings
By the end of this lesson...
ALL OF US will be able to categorise key causes of William’s victory. (4C-4B)
EVEN BETTER IF you can match specific explanations to specific causes. (4A)
EXCELLENT IF you can begin to explain why William won. (5C-5B)
CHALLENGE!!! CAN YOU GIVE A BALANCED EXPLANATION FOR WHY WILLIAM WON THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS, REACHING A REASONED JUDGEMENT? (5A-6A)

3. Why do you think that William won?

4. CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCE MAP1 2
This is an example of
PREPARATION
because… 3 1
This is an example of
LEADERSHIP
because… 2 1
This is an example of
LUCK
because… 2 3 4

5. William had assembled a great army and a great store of weapons.
William had a large force of knights on horses (cavalry) which gave him and his soldiers a lot of attacking power.
Read through the key causes of William’s success. With your partner you now need to categorise them on your mind map.
William had built many ships to carry his forces across the sea.
At a key moment in the battle, Harold was killed.
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The wind had changed at the right time for William. He was able to cross the sea and land in Hastings while Harold was still fighting in the North.
William was very brave. At a difficult time in the battle he led his men back up the hill to attack the English.
William encouraged his men to use the clever trick of retreating to make the English come down from the hill. Then the Normans could surround and kill them
Some of Harold's best soldiers had been killed fighting the Norwegians in the North.
Harold's men were exhausted by the time they got to Hastings and were not ready for the battle.
Williams skilfully arranged his army in rows - archers, foot-soldiers and cavalry - for the attack.

6. CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCE MAP1 2
This is an example of
PREPARATION
because… 3 1
This is an example of
LEADERSHIP
because… 2 1
This is an example of
LUCK
because… 2 3 4

7. … it shows that he was prepared to lead his soldiers into battle.
Read through the explanations of each cause and match them up on your table!
… it shows that he was prepared to lead his soldiers into battle.
…he could not completely control the fact that my soldiers were waiting for Harold's soldiers on the day they arrived in Hastings.
…it shows he had the ability to organise enough of a fighting force even to wage war in a foreign country.
...he was able to see that he would need different types of soldiers in his army if he was to defeat
the English
… without all of this equipment my soldiers would have found it much harder to defeat the English soldiers.
…because it shows that I was able to work out ways to trick the English and get them away from their strong position.
… if this had not happened he would not have been able to get to England at just the right time to defeat Harold's soldiers when they were at their weakest.
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… this shows that he was able to make sure that his forces were acting according to a plan of attack and not just launching themselves at the English without tactics.
..he could not have predicted what would have happened to Harold's army when they fought Harald Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge.
…because if it had not happened the English may have continued fighting for a lot longer.

8. Why did William win the Battle of Hastings?
By the end of this lesson...
ALL OF US will be able to catagorise key causes of William’s victory. (4C-4B)
EVEN BETTER IF you can match specific explanations to specific causes. (4A)
EXCELLENT IF you can begin to explain why William won. (5C-5B)
CHALLENGE!!! CAN YOU GIVE A BALANCED EXPLANATION FOR WHY WILLIAM WON THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS, REACHING A REASONED JUDGEMENT? (5A-6A)
Paragraph one
One key factor in William’s success was preparation. One reason why good preparation helped William win was... This helped William win because...
Paragraph Two
Another key factor was William’s own leadership. One reason why good leadership helped William win was... This helped William win because...
Paragraph Three
Another key factor was luck. One reason why luck helped William win was... This helped William win because...
Paragraph Four
In my opinion I think that the main reason for William’s success was... I think this because...
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9. Peer assess
LEVEL W I SIGNED
By the end of this lesson...
ALL OF US will be able to categorise key causes of William’s victory. (4C-4B)
EVEN BETTER IF you can match specific explanations to specific causes. (4A)
EXCELLENT IF you can begin to explain why William won. (5C-5B)
CHALLENGE!!! CAN YOU GIVE A BALANCED EXPLANATION FOR WHY WILLIAM WON THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS, REACHING A REASONED JUDGEMENT? (5A-6A)

10. Have you changed your mind since the start of the lesson?