Key Stage 3 History for Wales: Wales 1000-1500

Summary:
This new series has been designed to support the teaching and learning of the History Key Stage 3 Programme of Study in Wales. The three book course develops the key skills identified in the National Curriculum alongside the knowledge and understanding of Welsh history from 1000 to 1918. The books are structured around key enquiries which lead to the synoptic assessment of different skills and build up a portfolio of evidence.

Wales 1000-1500 is the first book in the series. It starts with a chapter on history skills and goes on to examine how the coming of the Normans affected Wales and Britain between 1000 and 1500 through the following enquiries:

- Was the coming of the Normans a 'turning point' in Welsh history?
- How successful were the Welsh rulers in resisting English authority between 1135 and 1300?
- How far did life in Wales change between 1300 and 1500?

Other titles in the series:
Wales 1500-1760
Wales 1760-1918

• Develops the history skills, knowledge and understanding as required by the Progamme of Study.
• Examines the key themes through historical enquiry and investigation.
• Emphasis on 'Assessment for Learning' via opportunities for self-assessment and the setting and moving towards learning targets.
• Helps generate evidence for portfolios through the inclusion of synoptic assessment tasks at the end of each key section of the book, each based upon one or two of the five history skills.

Table of Contents:
Section 1 - Introduction to the study of history at Key Stage 3
1.1 What is history and how is it studied?
1.2 How do historians investigate the past?
1.3 Introducing your 'History Skills' friends
1.4 Your journey through history at Key Stage 3
End of section assessment
Section 2 - Was the coming of the Normans a 'turning point' in Welsh history?
2.1 What was Wales like before 1066?
2.2 Why did the Normans take so long to push into Wales?
2.3 Why was there so much conflict in the March of Wales?
2.4 How did Norman rule change life in Wales?
End of section assessment
Section 3 - How successful were the Welsh rulers in resisting English authority between 1135 and 1300?
3.1 Introducing the Welsh rulers
3.2 Why is Gwenllian remembered as 'the Welsh warrior princess'?
3.3 Was Lord Rhys a threat or a help to King Henry II?
3.4 Does Llywelyn ab Iorwerth deserve the title 'Llywelyn the Great'?
3.5 Why was Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Wales, successful against Henry III but unsuccessful against Edward I?
3.6 Did Wales lose its independence with the death of Llywelyn the Last?
End of section assessment
Section 4 - How far did life in Wales change between 1300 and 1500?
4.1 What was Wales like in 1300?
4.2 What economic and social changes affected Wales during the fourteenth century?
4.3 What were the main religious changes that affected Wales after 1300?
4.4 Owain Glyndwr: great nationalist hero or rebel leader?
4.5 Why was there support in Wales for royal authority by the end of the fifteenth century?
4.6 How far did the victory of Henry Tudor result in a new beginning for Wales?
End of section assessment
Glossary

About the Author(s):
R. Paul Evans is an experienced teacher, examiner and author.

Readership:
Key Stage 3 pupils in Wales