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The Anglo-Saxons lived in England over 1000 years ago. Their language (Old English) was very different to ours but we still have modern words that come from Old English. Their writing was also very…
The people of England got their name from the Angles, who, along with the Saxons, invaded in the early- to mid-5th century AD, after the Roman Empire began to groan under the weight of barbarian incursions and withdrew from the island.
This is a fun activity that gets students to write ancient Anglo-Saxon runes from the "Dark Ages" of England. Students are asked to create an Anglo-Saxon pendant that a warrior from the epic Beowulf, a Viking, or a Celt might have worn as a brooch. I teach this as a fun activity as kids are readin...
Settlement in England The Anglo-Saxons were Germanic invaders who came from what is now the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark. They were from the tribes known today as the Angles, Saxons, Frisians and Jutes and set up their own kingdoms in England. The Angles established themselves in the north and east, founding the kingdoms of Northumbria and East Anglia, the Jutes settled in Kent in the far southeast of England, the Saxons took the south of the country, naming their nations Wessex and Sussex. The Frisians made a home throughout the kingdoms of the other tribes, often working as traders. Language
Our months of the year are based on the lunar cycle. The word ‘month’ in English or ‘mōnath’ in Old English is related to our word for moon. Here the Old English is separate…
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A massive cache of Viking silver and Anglo-Saxon heirlooms reveals the complex political landscape of ninth-century Britain
A short pdf of my own notes/keywords for reading the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc runes. This booklet contains notes for all runes that we have a meaning for (including five not mentioned in the poem), as well as their meanings and how to use them in a divination form, and is part of a series of booklets called 'Keywords'.
23 September 2019, 09h50: Spring Equinox for the Southern Hemisphere Today is the spring equinox – where we experience the same number of daylight hours and night time hours in both the Southern an…
This is a printable map of Anglo Saxon kingdoms in Britain in about the year 700AD. Use it for homeschool history.
Discover our recommended Anglo-Saxons booklist - with the best books and quality texts for primary ages and topics, reviewed and selected by experts.
Who were the Anglo-Saxons and where did they come from. Why did the Anglo-Saxons invade Britain? Discover their origins and history here.
Our ancestors, the Anglo-Saxons lived in the Forest of Dean and spoke Old English. They gave us the names for our days of the week. Most of them were named after Anglo-Saxon gods, except Saturday w…
This is part of an Anglo-Saxon Unit for Year 3. Anglo-Saxons enjoyed riddles. This is a fun way to start the unit or to use in a lesson about rune letters. Learners use the student page to write their answers. The answers to the riddles are on the rocks pictures written in rune letters. Students ne...
Old English was the West Germanic language spoken in the area now known as England between the 5th and 11th centuries. Speakers of Old English called their language Englisc, themselves Angle, Angel…
Classe 1 – l’esercizio è proposto agli alunni della classe prima, dopo avere studiato l’arte preistorica. L’uomo presitorico raffigurava animali nelle pitture e nei graffiti [...]