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Border
Life - Key Stage 2
Old Gaol, Moothall, Border Reivers &
Border Tales
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TEACHERS' RESOURCES
- Introduction
- Thinking Skills
- Mystery
- P4C
- Thinking for Learning
- Border Life KS2
- Border Life KS3
- Interactive Archie & Mary Mystery
- Hexham House of Correction
- Hexham Abbey
- Historic Dilston
- Wylam Railway
W3C XHTML 1.0
W3C CSS
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Suggestions for Use |
Pupils
gather information about England’s earliest gaol - prisoners –
courts - conditions – escape - Border Reivers - raids - bastles
and tower houses - surnames - everyday life.
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History - Britain and the wider world in Tudor times |
Themes
Investigate the cause and effect of ongoing border warfare between
England and Scotland that resulted in a strong judicial presence and a
purpose-built gaol in Hexham.
(Key elements 2a, 2b, 2c)
Activities
Research aspects of border society - homes, living conditions,
law and order. Use the Scabby
Sheep story as a stimulus.
Look at the level of treatment which different classes of reivers suffered
in the gaol. Refer to the Tudor
food activity.
Compare the differences between the architecture of the border strongholds
and the more traditional black and white Tudor buildings seen further
south in England.
The
Ballad of the Fray of Hautwessel (Haltwhistle) |
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Read
the ballad
through to the class.
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Hold
a thought shower with them to try and discover the meaning of some
of the unfamiliar words. Use the online Glossary to help.
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Look
on a modern map and find Haltwhistle in Tynedale, Northumberland
and Liddlesdale in south west Scotland.
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Discuss
the geography of both areas. Think about the difficulties people
had travelling then and contrast them with travelling the same areas
today.
Extension
activity: Interpret some lines or verses using the translation text and
Glossary to help.
Warden Carey’s Report |
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Read
the part of the report that corresponds to the Ballad to the class.
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Look
for differences and similarities there in the detail of the story.
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Why
do you think there are differences?
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What
reasons might the Warden have for changing the story?
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Which
version of the story is most likely to be reliable?
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What
does it tell you about Border life in those times?
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Write
a story about the Fray of Hautwessel (Haltwhistle). It could be a
view from one of the Armstrongs, one of the captured English prisoners,
or one of Warden Carey’s men.
Extension
activity: Consider Sir Robert Carey’s Report with the class and think
about the moral issues:
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Is
it ever right to steal?
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Can
you end generations of feuds peaceably?
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Do
people still have feuds today?
The Scabby Sheep Story
- Prompt
Questions
Think about
the actions of the Robsons against the Grahams and hold a group discussion
about the moral issues involved: |
- Right
and wrong
- Responsibility
to others
- The right
to take revenge
Extension activity: Investigate the world news of today to find similar examples
of the moral issues already discussed. (Use newspapers, radio, TV, internet.)
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English |
Literacy
Prisoners - Work on contemporary extracts - Inventories –the Fray
of Haltwhistle - Memoirs of Sir Robert Carey – story writing.
Drama
Thinking Skills Scabby Sheep Story.
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| KS2 Mathematics |
Numeracy
Weights and measures.
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KS2 Citizenship |
Moral dilemma – is it ever right to steal?
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| KS2 ICT |
Working
through the interactive website - using website addresses to locate relevant
information - using ICT as an integrated part of the lesson – adapting
Word file resources to create their own work.
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| KS2 Art & Design |
Period portraits – Make a model of a bastle and a tower house.
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The
Moothall is only open for school groups, which must be booked
in advance.
Discovery Boxes - Pupils investigate original and replica
artefacts with Thinking Skills Object Handling Sessions led by costumed
museum staff. Schools in the north east can borrow Discovery Boxes free
of charge for up to three weeks.
For more details contact Museum staff on 01434 652351 |
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