1. Starter: How did the Anglo-Saxons deal with crime?
Date:15/01/2019
Title: How similar were the laws in the Middle Ages to those of Anglo-Saxon Britain?
Starter: How did the Anglo-Saxons deal with crime?
How did they decide who was guilty?
Anglo-Saxon crime
What laws did they have?
How did they stop crime?

2. Learning objective: To consider how crime was dealt with in the Middle Ages was similar to how it was dealt with in Anglo-Saxon Britain.
Outcomes:
To describe the similarities between the laws in the Middle Ages compared to those in Anglo-Saxon Britain.
To explain the similarities and differences of how crime in the Middles Ages was dealt with compared to that of Anglo-Saxon Britain.
To evaluate how far crime and punishment in the Middles Ages was similar to that of Anglo-Saxon Britain.
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3. Learning objective: To consider how crime was dealt with in the Middle Ages was similar to how it was dealt with in Anglo-Saxon Britain.
In 1066, William Duke of Normandy defeated the Anglo-Saxon King Harold of England at the famous Battle of Hastings.
After this date, England was ruled by the Normans. The Normans introduced many new laws, but so they could win the favour of their subjects, the Normans also kept many of the old laws and customs.
Therefore, when we look at the laws and customs that existed in the Middle ages how similar were these to what existed during Anglo-Saxon Britain.

4. Learning objective: To consider how crime was dealt with in the Middle Ages was similar to how it was dealt with in Anglo-Saxon Britain.
Task: Sort each of the laws and customs out into those that were similar to the laws and customs that existed in Anglo-Saxon Britain and those that were different
Challenge: Evaluate how far the laws and customs of these two historical periods were similar to each other. Explain and give examples.

5. Laws: The rules that govern a country, state or kingdom.
Learning objective: To consider how crime was dealt with in the Middle Ages was similar to how it was dealt with in Anglo-Saxon Britain.
What areas can we look at to analyse how the way that crime was dealt with was indeed similar?
Laws: The rules that govern a country, state or kingdom.
Crime prevention: How criminals are caught or prevented from committing a crime.
How it is decided if a person is guilty: Who makes the decision and how a decision is made (trial)
Punishments: How a criminal is punished.

6. Learning objective: To consider how crime was dealt with in the Middle Ages was similar to how it was dealt with in Anglo-Saxon Britain.
Task: Complete the table by sorting the statements into laws, crime prevention, how it was decided if a person was guilty or innocent , and punishments.
Challenge: Evaluate which of the three areas you have looked at show the most similarities between the two time periods and explain why.

7. Middle Age punishments and how they have changed
Learning objective: To consider how crime was dealt with in the Middle Ages was similar to how it was dealt with in Anglo-Saxon Britain.
Middle Age punishments and how they have changed

8. If the laws were similar
Learning objective: To consider how crime was dealt with in the Middle Ages was similar to how it was dealt with in Anglo-Saxon Britain.
Task: As a group, analyse the table and discuss, how far the way crime was dealt with in the Middle Ages was similar to how it was dealt with in Anglo-Saxon Britain.
Think about:
If the laws were similar
If crime prevention and how criminals were caught was similar.
If the way they decided who was guilty or not was similar.
If the punishments were similar.

9. Plenary: Beginning, Middle and End
Learning objective: To consider how crime was dealt with in the Middle Ages was similar to how it was dealt with in Anglo-Saxon Britain.
Plenary: Beginning, Middle and End
Write down what you knew about crime in the Anglo-Saxon period and the Middle Ages at the beginning of the lesson.
What you knew about during the middle of the lesson.
What you now know at the end of the lesson.