Starter quiz
- How many Anglo-Saxon kings followed Athelstan's rule?
- 'six' ✓
- When did Viking raids begin during Ethelred's rule?
- 970s CE
- 980s CE ✓
- 960s CE
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- Order these events chronologically:
- 1⇔A battle began in Maldon.
- 2⇔The Anglo-Saxons were defeated.
- 3⇔Ethelred paid tribute to the Vikings.
- 4⇔Ethelred ordered the Danes in English territories to be killed.
- Who contested the throne after Ethelred died?
- 'Canute' ✓
- Canute became king of ...
- England ✓
- Denmark ✓
- Spain
- Norway ✓
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- Who was the last Danish king of England?
- King Canute
- King Sweyn
- King Harthacnut ✓
- King Ethelred
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Exit quiz
- How did the Vikings change Britain through trade?
- They brought valuable goods to Britain. ✓
- They created centres of trade. ✓
- They made coins.
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- The Vikings changed the place names they found difficult to ______
- 'pronounce' ✓
- Match the keyword to the definition
- settlement⇔a place where people establish a community ✓
- generation⇔people born and living at the same time ✓
- unite⇔to bring together to form a whole ✓
- Athelstan was the first ______.
- 'King of England' ✓
- How many Viking kings ruled England?
- seven
- three ✓
- four
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- Who do historians believe was the most successful Viking king?
- 'King Canute' ✓
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Key learning points
- Viking invasions caused huge amounts of conflict in Britain for over 200 years.
- Viking trade brought valuable foreign goods to Britain and Viking settlement created new towns with Viking place names.
- In areas of Viking settlement, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings often married, creating new generations with a mixed identity.
- The threat of the Vikings led to the Anglo-Saxons fortifying towns and gradually uniting their kingdoms to survive.
- A good description of the ways in which Britain changed due to the Vikings will use knowledge from across this unit.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that Britain only changed for the worse because of the Vikings.
Britain changed in multiple positive ways because of Viking invasion and settlement through trade, changing place names, creating a new generation and even creating the England we know today.
Keywords
Settlement - a settlement is a place where people establish a community
Generation - a generation refers to people born and living at the same time
Unite - to unite means to bring together to form a whole
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