St Edward the Confessor and Westminster Abbey

Key stage

KS4; Post-16

Subject

History

Collection

St Edward the Confessor

Format

PPT (14mb), PDF (14mb)

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Illustration of the building of St Edward the Confessor's Norman church

Overview

Explore the relationship between St Edward the Confessor and Westminster Abbey with the source-led lesson, designed to last for one hour. KS4 and Post-16 pupils will examine historical sources and extracts from modern historians in order to understand St Edward the Confessor's motivation for building Westminster Abbey. Aligned to GCSE and A level specifications, this lesson culminates with an essay question which could be set for homework.  

Curriculum links

Themes covered in this lesson are aligned to:

AQA (GCSE)

  • Causes of Norman Conquest, including the death of Edward the Confessor, the claimants and claims

Edexcel (GCSE)

  • The last years of Edward the Confessor and the succession crisis

OCR (A level)

  • Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest 1035–1107

Edexcel (A level)

  • Anglo-Saxon England and the Anglo-Norman Kingdom, c 1053–1106
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