THREE ANGLO-SAXON HEROES:

1.  ATHELSTAN - the story of King Athelstan's victory in a verse translation by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

2.  BYRHTNOTH - a prose retelling of the the poem "The Battle of Maldon" in which an aging alderman leads a brave resistance against a Danish raiding party.

3.  HEREWARD THE WAKE - the story of Hereward's leadership of the resistance movement against William the Conqueror.

OTHER:

THE RUNE POEM - a simple modernised version of the Anglo-Saxon poem.

THINGS TO DO - some suggestions for student activities based on the above.

HISTORICAL NOTES - a few brief notes to help put things in their historical context.