The Rise of the Kingdom of Scotland
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Subject: History
Level: Secondary
Age Group: 11 - 14
Order Number: 7041
The History Portfolio, the acclaimed and popular collection of black and white photocopiable drawings has now been expanded to cover national histories and the roots of European civilisation.
Each pack contains maps, drawings, diagrams and cartoons giving a wealth of information on the period that can be used with a wide range of pupils. Packs come complete with teacher notes which give background information on the events and people depicted on each sheet.
Scottish History Pack S1 - The Rise of the Kingdom of Scotland
The mixed races of Northern Britain - Celts, Britons and Scots - were arbitrarily separated from those of the South by the Roman Walls of Hadrian and Antoninus Pius. The Christian mission from St Columba to the Picts in 563 laid the foundation for a common culture, but the arrival of the Angles in Scottish lowlands and the Norsemen in the Western Isles increased the ethnic mix.
The first steps towards unity were taken when Kenneth McAlpin united Picts and Scots and Malcolm II annexed Strathclyde and pushed the Northumbrian border south to the Tweed. Malcolm III Canmore established primogeniture and his saintly Saxon wife St Margaret introduced English customs. The Norman kings imposed their overlordship on England but any weakness on their part encouraged Scottish kings (especially David) to withdraw their allegiance and extend their frontier southward.
The 13th century was a rare age of peace and prosperity. Under Alexander II and Alexander III monasteries were founded and the Norsemen surrendered the Western Isles.
The failure of the direct line of succession provided Edward I with the chance to assert his control and when his puppet king John Balliol defied him Scotland was conquered. Apart from the rebellion of Wallace, Scotland remained under English occupation for 10 years until Bruce took up the struggle and brought the War of Independence to a victorious conclusion. The Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, the continued conquest between English puppet kings and the descendants of Robert the Bruce through the 14th Century and the steady consolidation of Scottish independence, and grudging English acceptance of it, in the 15th Century are covered in some detail, up to the catastrophic Scottish defeats at Flodden 1513 and Solway Moss in 1542.
Period covered: 600BC-1542.
