teaching stuff

I think the most important thing is to always keep in mind the question. Make sure you continually refer to it and you should then produce a better piece of work.  This should help anyway:

Castles Coursework Question One 

Title: Why did the
Normans build castles? Do these reasons apply to
Rochester? 

An introduction.

• How the siege Why the Normans built motte and bailey castles when they first arrived. (1066-1087)

• Remembering that their reasons were different as time went on. ( CONQUEST and CONTROL )

• Why
  Rochester was area of strategic importance.

• Why we believe there was a motte and bailey castle before the stone keep.

• Why the motte and bailey castles were vunerable.

• of 1088 may have influenced the kings decision to upgrade the castle walls.

• Why the
  Normans improved their motte and baileys

• When the stone tower was built, for who and how much it cost? (What message can we deduce from this?)

• A conclusion.

Maps and Illustrations MUST  include: 

• A map of Kent; which must be annotated with information about why
  Rochester’s position was so important.

• Photocopies or scanned images of motte and bailey and stone keep castles (Make sure they are in the appropriate pare of your essay. i.e. Under or beside where you are explaining them.)

• References to the Domesday book plus some inferences from this.

Key vocabulary. 

Strategic, footholds, conquer, vunerable, outnumbered, provoked, secure, routeway, intersection, technology, dominate, control and defence.