Reference site http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/anglosaxons/index.shtml

Read the slides and find out:

a. The names of the seven Anglo-Saxon kingdomsb. In what ancient books you can find information about the A-Sc. Where they came from and when they arrived in Britaind. Why was Offa’s Dyke builte. How we can get information about their jobsf. Who the Thanes wereg. What a “wergild” wash. Who outlaws werei. What “mead” wasj. When they started to turn to Christianity

k. If many of them could writel. If they believed in life after deathm. What Sutton Hoo isn. Why monasteries were importanto. If the Vikings were violentp. The title of one of their favourite stories and what it was aboutq. What the Danelaw wasr. The name of a great Anglo-Saxon king and where he liveds. What happened in 1066t. Where you can see the story of the Norman invasionu. Words and names of cities of Anglosaxon origin

The earthen work that gives Offa's Dyke Path its name can be seen here on a stretch between Kington and Knighton.

Find more about Sutton Hoo athttp://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/

Lindisfarne ruins

Part of the Bayeux Tapestry

See the other scenes inhttp://www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/BayeuxContents.htm

Now use the information you have got , prepare a maplike the following with the key words/concepts and get ready to illustrate it next time in the classroom

Anglo-Saxons