Assessment Title: Why did William win the Battle of Hastings?

1. Assessment Title: Why did William win the Battle of Hastings? LO: To be able to analyse the battle of Hastings Analyse – to look really carefully at something/event

2. The Norman army The Norman army was made up of… Archers (armed with bows and arrows) Cavalry (men on horseback, armed with swords) Foot soldiers (armed mainly with spears) Total strength = approx. 6000men All William’s soldiers had training and experience. Many were professional mercenaries.

3. The Saxon army The Saxon army was made up of… Housecarls – professional soldiers armed with battleaxes Fyrd – armed with spears andsometimes swords Total strength = approx. 6000men The housecarls were highly trained and formed the core of the army. The fyrd were ordinary men called up to serve in times of emergency. They were unpaid and had little or no training.

4. The Battle of Hastings

5. How much do you remember?

7. The Markscheme:

8. How are these events linked? Harold’s army was tired after the battle with Hardrada When Harold was killed the English gave up If Harold had not fought first then he would have been stronger for battle Because William had archers he killed Harold and Harold’s army was too tired to carry on The wind changed and allowed William’s army to arrive in England when Harold was in the North William prepared carefully he brought different soldiers for the battle Williams clever trick of pretending to retreat broke Harold’s army Harold made the mistake of going to fight William

9. William also showed great leadership for example, William waited until Harold’s army had gone to harvest their crops. William let his army rest. William was a good leader of his troops – level 4 William was fighting with his helmet up so both armies could see that he was not afraid and was never going to give up the fight, he rested his men before the battle which gave William a big advantage over Harold because Harold had just fought Harold Hardrada and his men were exhausted. Therefore…– level 5 Examples of level writing about the Battle of Hastings

10. Title: Why did William Win the Battle of Hastings? Introduction: I believe William won the Battle of Hastings because of ________ There are many reason for this for example… Main Body: First William prepared and organised well for the battle he… William was also very lucky in 1066. There were several things that helped him. For instance… William also showed great leadership and personality. For example… Conclusion: In conclusion William won the battle of Hastings because…