Hands-on Anglo Saxons Unit Study for Homeschoolers

Just gathering all my Anglo-Saxon Unit Study posts into one place to make finding them a bit easier.  This was a very hands-on unit study, with lots of resources, map making and activities.  The children carried out some literature work based on Beowulf, and created a Beowulf newspaper.  The study culminated with the children giving a fabulous presentation of all they had learnt.

Anglo-Saxons Unit Study: Resources

Anglo-Saxon Unit Study: Resources

This post contains all of the resources we used for our Anglo-Saxons unit study, including non-fiction books, poetry books, literature books, map making supplies, Anglo-Saxon Costume items and other hands-on activities:

Anglo Saxons Unit Study: How to make a Paper Mache Map

In this post, I show you how to create beautiful paper mache maps, perfect for any history unit study.

Anglo Saxons Unit Study: Using the Paper Mache map to show key Anglo Saxon historical events

This map was such an amazing learning tool, especially as it was so big! We built and Anglo-Saxon village, the burial at Sutton Hoo and Offer’s Dike:

Beowulf Part 1

Michael Morpurgo is one of my favourite authors and this book does not disappoint! I really recommend this as an excellent read aloud alongside Anglo-Saxon unit study!

Beowulf Part 2

This is the second of three posts I have included containing work we did alongside Morpurgo’s book:

Beowulf Part 3

In this post, we created a newspaper between us all about Beowulf:

Anglo-Saxons Unit Study: Presentation

Using our excellent paper mache map, we put on a presentation and invited some of the local shop owners to join us:

Extra posts of which may be of interest:

Using Picture Books to Study Great Literature

Re-enactments as a Form of Narration

How to develop an Historically Inquiring Mind in Children