Resources for education
This section provides downloadable materials for teachers of Key Stages 3 and 4. Lesson plans, activities and teaching notes are all available as PDF and Microsoft Powerpoint files.
Use the links below to explore the various materials on offer.
The Becket Affair - Lesson 1
Classroom resources
Microsoft Powerpoint file to support delivery of Lesson 1
Activity: Friends or Foes blank graph
Activity: Friends or Foes event cards (with dates)
Activity: Friends or Foes event cards (no dates)
Teaching notes
Teaching notes detailing underlying principles of the lesson and suggested teaching approaches.
The Becket Affair - Lesson 2
Classroom resources
Microsoft Powerpoint file to support delivery of Lesson 2
Teaching notes
Teaching notes detailing underlying principles of the lesson and suggested teaching approaches.
The Becket Affair - Lesson 3
Classroom resources
Microsoft Powerpoint file to support delivery of Lesson 3
Activity: Canterbury Tales Prologue
Teaching notes
Teaching notes detailing underlying principles of the lesson and suggested teaching approaches.
Key context
Medieval Pilgrimage - Lesson 1
Classroom resources
Classroom activity: Doom painting worksheet
Classroom activity: Reasons for pilgrimage
Teaching notes
Outline of Medieval Pilgrimage lesson
Teaching notes detailing underlying principles of the lesson and suggested teaching approaches.
Further Resources - key contextual materials
10 things you need to know about the Becket Affair
10 things you need to know about the role of pilgrimage in medieval lives
10 things you need to know about the medieval Church in everyday life
