Year 7 History Set 1 - Unit 3: Keeping Control
Key Concept: Interpretation
Key Focus:
Keeping Control: Motte and Bailey Castles, Stone Castles, The Feudal System, Domesday Book
Church v State: Death of Thomas Beckett
Contemporary v Historical Interpretations
What type of King was John?
Changing Interpretations of King John
Key Questions/Areas for this unit are:
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How did Medieval Monarchs keep control?
What happened when monarchs lost control?
Who was King John and what is the traditional story about this ‘bad King’?
What did people at the time say about John?
How and why have people since disagreed about John?
Assessment Question:
Was King John ‘our worst king ever’? How do historians disagree?
Key Homework for this half term (at least 3 to be completed this half term)
Week 1-3: Medieval Methods of Control
Task
1. Complete a Domesday Book for your own
household. Example Sheets are available
from your teacher if you want one.
2. Write at least 1 PEE paragraph explaining why
the medieval church was so important to the
lives of medieval people.
3. Research King John and make a fact file.
Include parts on John’s good and bad points.
Increase the Challenge
1. Also research the real Domesday entries for
Dudley and Halesowen. What do they tell you
about Dudley at the time?
2. Also research the murder of Thomas Becket.
Write about why this murder was so
important at the time.
3. Add a PEE paragraph explaining your view of
King John. Was he a good or bad King?
HAND IN DATE FOR FIRST HOMEWORK – WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY 18THJANUARY
Week 4-6: Interpretations of King John
Task
1. ‘History is open to interpretation.’ Write a
paragraph explaining what you think this
statement means.
2. Choose a modern famous person or event and
explain how and why they/it can be
interpreted or seen differently.
3. Create your own Magna Carta that lays down 5
new laws to improve the learning of students
at Holly Hall. For each law explain why this
would help children learn.
Increase the Challenge
1. Research King John. Add 2 quotes from two
different historians that have different
views about John.
2. Choose a modern controversial issue. Explain
why this issue has also been interpreted in
different ways.
3. ‘Magna Carta was one of the most important
documents in English history.’ Research
Magna Carta and write a paragraph explaining
how much you agree or disagree with this
statement.
HAND IN DATE FOR AT LEAST 2 MORE HOMEWORKS – WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY 8TH FEBRUARY