Starter quiz
- True or false: A long, long time ago England and Scotland were separate countries.
- True ✓
- False
- Match the ruler to the right country.
- Robert the Bruce⇔Scotland ✓
- King Edward the 1st⇔England ✓
- What country invaded Scotland?
- Scotland
- Wales
- England ✓
- France
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- What did Robert the Bruce first do when England invaded Scotland?
- ran away from them
- stood-up to them ✓
- built a big castle
- hid from them in a wood
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- What did Robert the Bruce do after he lost a big battle with England?
- He hid in a cave. ✓
- He hid in a house.
- He hid in a tree.
- He hid in a shed.
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- What did Robert the Bruce do when he was in the cave?
- He had a sleep.
- He made a plan. ✓
- He made a fire.
- He ate some food.
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Exit quiz
- Who was Robert the Bruce hiding from in the cave?
- English soldiers ✓
- Scottish soldiers
- Welsh soldiers
- French soldiers
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- What did Robert the Bruce see in the cave?
- a frog
- a bear
- a fox
- a spider ✓
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- What did the spider try to do again and again and again?
- catch some food
- crawl to Robert the Bruce
- get its web across the cave ✓
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- What is the moral of the story of the spider?
- to never give up ✓
- to sometimes give up
- to always give up
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- What did Robert the Bruce do after seeing the spider?
- He kept trying to fight the English. ✓
- He gave up trying to fight the English.
- He became friends with the English.
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- Which two things happened at the end of the story?
- Robert the Bruce won a big battle. ✓
- Robert the Bruce lost a big battle.
- Robert the Bruce sent the English back to England. ✓
- Robert the Bruce ran away from Scotland.
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Key learning points
- One of the most famous legends told about Robert the Bruce is the story of him and a spider.
- While Robert was hiding from the English, it was said that he sheltered from the Scottish winter in a cave.
- In this cave, Robert watched a spider again and again try to spin its web; every time it fell it tried again.
- This made Robert realise that he had to keep trying against the English.
- Inspired by the spider, Robert returned to Scotland and eventually forced the English out of his homeland.
Common misconception
That legends are true.
Ensure children understand that legends are stories that are often told verbally and may change over time. Play a game to demonstrate this; children sit in a circle and pass a message around by whispering to each other. Does the messgae change?
Keywords
Legend - a legend is a story that has been retold again and again over time, but cannot be proven true or untrue
Persevere - if you persevere, you keep trying when something is difficult
Moral - the moral of a story is the meaning, message or something you can learn from the story
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