Starter quiz
- Who was Robert the Bruce?
- The King of Scotland ✓
- The King of England
- The King of France
- The King of Spain
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- Pick the right word to finish the name of this famous story: Robert the Bruce and the ______.
- frog
- bat
- spider ✓
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- Where did Robert the Bruce hide from the English soldiers in the story 'Robert the Bruce and the spider'?
- a cave ✓
- a house
- a boat
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- True or false? The spider couldn't get its web across the cave but it tried again and again and did it!
- True ✓
- False
- What is a 'moral' of a story?
- the pictures you see in it
- the meaning you can learn from it ✓
- the words you can read in it
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- What did Robert the Bruce learn from the spider?
- to keep on hiding in the cave with the spider
- to carry on fighting the English soldiers ✓
- to run away from the English soldiers
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Exit quiz
- Where did Aethelflaed live?
- Britain ✓
- Scotland
- Wales
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- True or false? Aethelflaed lived with her parents on a farm.
- True
- False ✓
- Who was Aethelflaed’s father?
- an Anglo-Saxon builder
- an Anglo-Saxon king ✓
- an Anglo-Saxon teacher
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- Who attacked Wessex, one grey winter's morning?
- the Anglo Saxons
- the Celts
- the Vikings ✓
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- Where did Aethelflaed and her family hide from the Vikings?
- a small fishing village
- a small farming village ✓
- a small mountain village
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- What happens at the end of the story?
- Aethelflaed's father led a large army and battled the Vikings and won. ✓
- Aethelflaed's father led a large army and battled the Vikings and lost.
- Aethelflaed's father led a large army and battled the Vikings and they drew.
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Key learning points
- Aethelflaed was the daughter of Alfred, a king of a place in Britain called Wessex.
- Aethelflaed lived in Britain at a time when her people, the Anglo-Saxons, were under attack from the Vikings.
- The Vikings had travelled across the sea to settle in Britain, and they were willing to fight for their new lands.
- As Aethelflaed grew up, the Vikings took more and more land, almost capturing Alfred and his family.
- When Aethelflaed was around the age of 16, her father Alfred won a big victory against the Vikings and made peace.
Common misconception
The Anglo-Saxons only had one king in Britain.
The Anglo-Saxons had different kingdoms in Britain, each with its own king.
Keywords
Anglo-saxons - the Anglo-Saxons were the people who lived in Britain at the time of Aethelflaed and Alfred
Court - the place where a ruler spends time ruling is known as their court
Vikings - the Vikings were raiders from Scandinavia who attacked and settled in Britain at the time of Aethelflaed and Alfred
Victory - when someone or a group of people win something it is called a victory
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