Children can find out all about the original seven kingdoms of the Heptarchy with this LKS2 How Was Britain Organised and Ruled from 410 to 1066? PowerPoint. It features a range of engaging teaching slides along with enquiry questions and those that provoke deeper thinking. It looks at the Anglo-Saxon kings Athelstan and Edgar as well as the unification of the Picts and Scots to create the Kingdom of Alba. There's also an activity where pupils can think like a historian by reviewing a quote about King Athelstan. Download now and try it with your class today!

National Curriculum Objectives:

• Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots.

• The Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor.