A no-prep, 6-lesson history unit on Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and the Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England. Written for Year 4 (ages 8-9). Pick it up at lunchtime, teach it that afternoon - every lesson has a full teacher script, projectable slides, a pupil worksheet, and an exit quiz.
Driving question: How did the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings make Britain?

What’s included

• 6 x Teacher lesson plans (Word, fully scripted)
• 6 x Pupil worksheets in 3 differentiated tiers (Support / Core / Stretch)
• 6 x Projectable slide decks (PowerPoint, ~22 slides each)
• 6 x Exit quizzes (single-page printable, with answer key)
• 1 x Knowledge Organiser (Word, 2-page A4 landscape)
• 1 x End-of-unit assessment with baseline + mark scheme
• 50+ original illustrations included throughout
• Curated kid-appropriate YouTube videos linked from each lesson’s slide deck

Curriculum links

• UK National Curriculum - KS2 History: Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and the Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England
• Roman withdrawal from Britain in c. AD 410 and the fall of the western Roman Empire
• Anglo-Saxon invasions, settlements and kingdoms: place names and village life
• Anglo-Saxon art and culture
• Christian conversion - Canterbury, Iona and Lindisfarne
• Viking raids and invasion
• resistance by Alfred the Great and Athelstan, first king of England
• Edward the Confessor and his death in 1066

What pupils will learn

• Pupils know the Romans left Britain around AD 410 and the Anglo-Saxons settled the land from AD 450 onwards
• Pupils can describe Anglo-Saxon village life and the seven kingdoms (the Heptarchy)
• Pupils know the story of Sutton Hoo and what it tells us about Anglo-Saxon kings
• Pupils know the Vikings raided Britain from AD 793, eventually settling much of the country (the Danelaw)
• Pupils can explain how Alfred the Great resisted the Vikings, and how his grandson Athelstan became the first King of all England (AD 927)

What pupils will be able to do

• Pupils can place key events on a long timeline from AD 410 to 1066
• Pupils can analyse Anglo-Saxon and Viking artefacts (helmets, jewellery, manuscripts, runes) for what they tell us about life and beliefs