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What do you know about your town’s history?

What do you know about your town’s history?. The History of Tamworth. The aim of this unit of work is to explore what we know about Tamworth’s early History.

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What do you know about your town’s history?

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  1. What do you know about your town’s history? The History of Tamworth

  2. The aim of this unit of work is to explore what we know about Tamworth’s early History. • As we do the work we will also learn or develop our understanding of chronology (putting things in the correct order of time) and we will learn to identify what is a fact and what is an opinion, then we’ll use that to skill to look at evidence and answer a question about Tamworth castle.

  3. Write down 3 important historical places monuments in Tamworth.

  4. Did you get this man? • Who is he? • Robert Peel, Prime Minister of Britain • Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of Britain • Simon Cowell, Prime Minister of Britain

  5. Did you get the canal that runs through Tamworth? • Which 2 towns does it link? • London and Edinburgh • Coventry and Birmingham • Tamworth and Derby

  6. What’s the name of this Church in the centre of Tamworth? • St Edithas • St Cuthberts • St Andrews

  7. You get no marks for getting Tamworth castle it’s too easy!

  8. The Beginning of Tamworth’s History. • We’re going to start by looking at a time when Tamworth was very important, it was the capital city of a huge Kingdom called Mercia. This was during the Anglo Saxon Times. In your booklet you will find some questions, watch the short film clip carefully and answer the questions in the section called Anglo Saxon Tamworth.

  9. Timeline answers Year 0 Birth of Christ 100 AD 200 AD 300 AD 400 AD 500 AD 600 AD 700 AD 800 AD 410 AD Romans leave Picts invade 450 AD Angles and Saxons invade 865 Vikings invade

  10. Which area was Tamworth in? Mercia

  11. The Staffordshire Hoard • What do we know about the Anglo Saxon Times in Tamworth? • Watch this film clip and answer the next set of questions in your booklet.

  12. Answers to questions about Tamworth and the Staffordshire Hoard. • 1. Tamworth was used for important events like signing treaties or charters. • 2. Tamworth was a good place to build a castle as you could see a long way from the top of the castle, so you could see your enemies coming. You could protect trade which came along the river and there was a forest close by for wood to build castles and to hunt for food. • 3. The Staffordshire hoard was probably buried after a battle to keep it safe. • 4. This time was like gang warfare as Kings would fight other Kings for territory or respect. • 5. The precious stones showed the King’s traded with lots of other countries, the word for this is globalisation.

  13. The Staffordshire Hoard. Sword Hilt Pommel cap A scabbard boss

  14. Tamworth Castle How • Put your hand up if you’ve ever been to Tamworth castle. • Keep your hand up if you think there is a ghost at Tamworth Castle………… • The next piece of work is based on evidence. In history, like in police work, we use evidence to work out what happened in the past. We always ask 6 questions, what do you think they are? • Answer; Why Where When What Who

  15. What is evidence and what is opinion? • Look at the following statements and decide which are facts and which are opinion • A. Birmingham City beat Aston Villa 4-0 • B. Birmingham City played well. • C. I got 10/20 in my history test. • D. I am good at history. • E. I saw the dog chase the ball. • F. I was told the dog caught the ball. • G. I believe the dog is good at catching the ball. • H. My mum says the dog always chases the ball. Watch each line as your teacher clicks the mouse, blue means it’s a fact and pink means it’s an opinion.

  16. What is reliable evidence and what isn’t reliable evidence. • Evidence can be reliable (you trust it) or not reliable (you think it’s made up or a lie). Which of the following are reliable pieces of evidence? • A. The man said the dog chased the ball. • B. I saw the dog chase the ball. • C. I believe the dog chases the ball all the time. • D. I think the dog should stop chasing the damn ball. • E. I heard people say the dog chased the cat. Pink means reliable, green means not reliable.

  17. Tamworth Castle ghost.The evidence • Read through source A. Look at where the evidence comes from, a book, how reliable is that? • Read source B. Where does this come from? Look at when the event happened. Is there another possibility for this event? • Read source C. Look at the words the witness uses, how definite is she that there’s a ghost there? What else could it be? • Read sources D and E. What might the lights be from? Why might the temperature fall (clue in the time ). What might have made the noises.

  18. Photographic evidence. What might this be made by? Click here for a clue.

  19. What could have caused this? Click here for a clue

  20. Is this really a ghost? Click here for a clue.

  21. What could have caused this?

  22. Finally answer this question. • Is there any reliable evidence to show that there is a ghost at Tamworth castle? (remember this is not your opinion about whether or not ghosts exist but you looking a the evidence and working out what it does or does not prove).

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