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    This virtual tour summarizes an exhibit at Norwich Castle on Anglo-Saxon and Norman England to help students studying this topic for GCSE exams. It includes sections on the origins of Anglo-Saxon culture, daily life, towns and trade, the Norman conquest of England including the building of Norwich Castle, and the lasting legacy of this period. Students are prompted with questions throughout to test their understanding of the exhibit and materials.

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    KS4 Anglo-Saxon and Norman England:

    Virtual trail, tour and film


    Welcome to the Anglo-Saxon and Viking gallery at Norwich Castle. This trail
    uses Google Maps to virtually access Anglo-Saxon-related displays relevant to
    the GCSE topic Anglo-Saxon and Norman England but feel free to also use the
    links to explore the rest of the gallery and the museum. Please click on the
    underlined blue words to take you to relevant exhibits. You may need to zoom
    in to read some of the information. Answers to questions can be found at the
    end of this document.

    A New Nation
    Read A New Nation.

    Q1. What did the new Anglo-Saxon culture give this country? (Four things)

    Read Migration: The Coming of the English (apologies that this is difficult to read).

    Q2. Where did the Anglo-Saxons who created East Anglia originate from?

    Would You Be Seen Dead in That?


    Study the Would You Be Seen Dead in That? display. This display includes jewellery and
    other items Anglo-Saxon women wore to show their status, their ethnic group or to show
    off! Can you zoom in and find items 46 and 47? They look like keys and are called girdle
    hangers. They symbolised that the woman wearing them was the keeper of her house. In
    other words, she was in charge of her household.

    Q3. What does this tell us about Anglo-Saxon attitudes towards women?

    Anglo-Saxons were buried with items that were important to them. Many Anglo-Saxon
    women were buried with their girdle hangers. If you wish, you can study an Anglo-Saxon
    grave, complete with skeleton and belongings.

    Activity: What belongings do you have that would tell other people about you?
    New Money, New Religion
    Read New Money, New Religion. By the 7th century, groups of Anglo-Saxons had become
    united and ruled by kings.

    Q4. Why was the adoption of Christianity at this time important? (Two reasons).

    Domestic Bliss?
    Read Domestic Bliss? and study the accompanying pictures and objects.

    Q5. How did most families live?

    Q6. What were homes made out of?

    Q7. What did a central fire provide?

    Activity: Design a dream Anglo-Saxon home! What will it look like from the outside? What
    will it have inside?

    Towns and Trade


    Read Towns and Trade, and study the accompanying display of objects.

    Q8. By 1066, Norwich was one of the largest Anglo-Saxon towns in England. What did
    Norwich produce which showed it was an important settlement?

    Q9. Can you find examples of these products in the display?

    Norwich and the Normans


    Study and read about the map of Norwich from the south in 1050AD. Now study and read
    about the map from the west.

    Q10. How many houses and churches were demolished when the Castle was built on this
    site?

    To find out more about the Normans and Norwich Castle, watch this Norwich Castle Keep
    virtual tour. Then complete the following questions and activities:

    Q11. Why wasn’t William of Normandy wanted as king?

    Q12. Why did William order the building of castles?

    Q13. Why was Norwich chosen as a site for a castle?


    Activity: draw a storyboard or cartoon of how the Castle was built.

    Q14. Why was a wooden keep built first?

    Q15. Why did the Normans face the Keep in limestone from Normandy?

    Q16. Why was the Castle so difficult to access?

    Q17. Why did the Normans include carvings of hunting scenes and of a knight kneeling in
    the decorations on the Bigod Arch?

    Activity: Draw a storyboard or cartoon of the siege of 1075.

    The Normans also moved the Saxon marketplace from Tombland to its current site west of
    the Castle.

    Q18. Why do you think the Normans did this?

    Q19. How do you think the Anglo-Saxons would have felt about all these changes, and why?

    Watch this film of an Anglo-Saxon talking about his culture and the Normans.

    Q20. What other reasons did the Anglo-Saxons have to hate the Normans, and why? (up to
    12 reasons)

    The Legacy of Anglo-Saxon England


    Read The Legacy of Anglo-Saxon England.

    Q21. The author thinks the greatest legacy of this period is that England was unified under
    one king. Do you agree? Look back to your answers for Q1 and use your own knowledge to
    help.

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