Launch your Anglo-Saxons unit with this fully planned, enquiry-led history lesson.

Through storytelling, chronology, map work and sequencing activities, children build a secure understanding of who the Anglo-Saxons were and why they settled in Britain.

Included in this resource:

• Fully editable PowerPoint
• Teacher story script linking the Romans to the Anglo-Saxons
• Retrieval starter (Romans recap)
• Story sequencing cut-and-stick activity
• Historical picture cards
• Knowledge notes
• Key vocabulary
• Map work
• Discussion prompts
• Assessment opportunities
• Lesson plan

Pupils will learn:

• Why the Romans left Britain in AD 410
• Why Britain became undefended
• Where the Angles, Saxons and Jutes came from
• Why these groups travelled across the North Sea
• The meanings of key historical vocabulary including settle, invade and undefended