KS3 History: King William Conqueror & The Feudal System (Medieval Feudalism)

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A4 Worksheet 1: A fact sheet about the Feudal System for students to use while competing their tasks.
A4 Worksheet 2: A worksheet to help students follow up from their main task of creating a Feudal System diagram. The questions on the sheet are explanation based but still provide structure for all students to use.

Main Power Point Presentation
Slide 1 - Title Slide - To explain how the Feudal System helped William control England after 1066.
Slide 2: Starter Task 1 - Two medieval illustrations of society - what can students learn from them about how William kept control?
Slide 3/4: Starter Task 2 - A brief introduction to the idea of a hierarchy. Students think about and design their own school’s hierarchy before focusing on the purpose of it.
Slides 5-9: An overview of the Feudal System with clear, bold images and small chunks of writing.
Slide 10: My own version of the Feudal System diagram
Slide 11: Main Task activity - Students taken through step by step to create their own diagram of the Feudal System.
Slide 12: Two printable Feudal System blank diagrams if needed
Slide 13: A optional role play set of cards for students to read out in class or groups of 4.
Slide 14: Mini Learning Review - students have to place four linked images in the correct order
Slide 15: Learning Review - Students need to write their own definition of the Feudal System from what they have learned in the lesson.
Slide 16-18: Key term match up activity with one slide being a printable version to give students.
Slide 19: A challenge question - Would the Feudal System work in today’s society?

UPDATE 2023: Please note that all images (clipart/vector/illustrations/photographs) are in the public domain and are therefore classed as Creative Commons 1.0 unless otherwise attributed in the notes section of each slide. If you believe there are any errors, please email me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue.