Hello, my name is Mrs. Tipping and I'm really looking forward to learning with you today, all about significant rulers from the past.

And we're going to explore the question, what can those rulers, what can their stories tell us? So shall we get started? Let's go.

By the end of today's lesson, you'll be able to describe Eleanor of Aquitaine's early life and how she became a duchess.

Before we start, I would like to introduce you to some keywords.

We'll be using these key keywords during the lesson, so it might be a good idea to write these words down.

The keywords we'll be using today are Aquitaine, inherit.

I'm going to say those again and I'd like you to repeat them after me: Aquitaine.

Inherit.

Good job, now let's think in more detail about what these keywords mean.

Let's take a look at their definitions.

So Aquitaine was a large area of modern day France.

The person who controlled it was known as the Duke or Duchess of Aquitaine.

Somebody will inherit something if it is left to them when someone else dies.

Pause the video here to make a note of these keywords.

And when you're ready to continue, press play.

These are the learning cycles that we'll be working through together in today's lesson.

Where was Aquitaine? How did Eleanor become the Duchess of Aquitaine? And in the first learning cycle, we'll explore where Aquitaine was.

When Eleanor of Aquitaine was born around 900 years ago, her parents did not know how important she would grow up to be.

She would become a very important and powerful woman in history.

Have a look there at that illustration of Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Hm, I'm intrigued what her story is going to be.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

Eleanor of Aquitaine was born around 90 years ago, 900 years ago, 9,000 years ago? Pause the video here and give yourself a moment to think and press play when you're ready to continue.

If you said that Eleanor of Aquitaine was born around 900 years ago, you're absolutely right, well done.

Now, Eleanor was the daughter of the Duke of Aquitaine, a man who controlled a large area of modern day France.

And in the past, this area was known as Aquitaine.

So you can see Aquitaine on the map there.

You see the United Kingdom up near the top, and then you can see France below.

So you can see where Aquitaine was.

Owning and controlling all of this land meant that Eleanor's family was very rich and powerful.

Lots of people either wanted to be friends with them or to take their land away.

Eleanor had one younger sister and one brother, but her brother died when Eleanor was five years old.

After this, Eleanor became the oldest child, and so she knew that she would inherit all of the land in Aquitaine from her father when he died.

So because her older brother died, Eleanor was the next in line to inherit all of the land.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

Is this statement true or false? Eleanor would inherit all of France when her father died.

Is that true or false? Hm, what do you think? It is false.

Now let's take a look.

Which of these statements would help to justify your answer? Eleanor would inherit Aquitaine, a part of Britain, or Eleanor would inherit Aquitaine, a part of France? Pause the video here and have a discussion with your learning partner.

Which of these two statements would help to justify your answer? And press play when you're ready to continue.

What did you think? If you said that Eleanor would inherit Aquitaine, a part of France, you're absolutely right, well done.

Now this brings us to our first learning task.

I'd like you to tell your learning partner what you've learned about Eleanor of Aquitaine so far.

You could use these words and phrases to help you: France, 900 years, sister, inherit.

So pause the video here and give yourself enough time to tell your learning partner what you've learned about Eleanor of Aquitaine so far and press play when you're ready to continue.

How did that go? Shall we take a look at an example? So you could have mentioned Eleanor of Aquitaine was born around 900 years ago.

Her father controlled a big part of France called Aquitaine.

Eleanor had one little sister, so she knew she would inherit all of Aquitaine one day.

Well done if you were able to tell your learning partner what you've learned about Eleanor of Aquitaine so far, and well done for completing that learning task.

We're now ready to move onto the second part of our lesson.

We're going to explore how Eleanor became the Duchess of Aquitaine.

It was very important to their father that Eleanor and her sister had a good education.

They grew up learning different languages, poetry, and how to ride horses together.

Take a look at that illustration of Eleanor of Aquitaine.

It's different to the one we've seen so far.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

Select two things that Eleanor and her sister learned when they were young: fighting, swimming, horse riding, languages.

Pause the video here and have a discussion with your learning partner and press play when you're ready to continue.

What did you think? If you said that Eleanor and her sister learned horse riding and languages when they were young, you are absolutely right, well done.

Because they were a rich and important family, Eleanor's father expected his daughters to marry important people such as princes or kings from all over Europe.

Eleanor and her sister needed a good education because they would need to be very clever to be princesses or queens and to help rule countries.

Let's take a moment to pause here.

Lucas and Aisha are talking about Eleanor of Aquitaine's father, who is correct? Aisha says, "Eleanor's father did not let "his daughters have a good education." Lucas says, "Eleanor's father wanted his daughters "to marry princes or kings." Pause the video here and have a discussion with your learning partner.

Who is correct about Eleanor's Father, Lucas or Aisha? And press play when you're ready to continue.

What did you think? Well, Lucas is correct.

Eleanor's father did want his daughters to marry princes or kings, and to do so, he made sure that they did have a good education.

Now, sadly, Eleanor's father did not get to see her marry a prince or a king.

And this is because when she was 13, her father died, leaving all of the land in Aquitaine to her to inherit.

I don't think that would've been a very nice feeling at that very young age to lose your father and to inherit all of that land.

At only 13 years old, Eleanor had become one of the richest and most powerful women in Europe.

And that's because she now controlled all of Aquitaine and she had lots of power, and that's when she became known as the Duchess of Aquitaine.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

Can you help Jacob to complete his sentence below? Eleanor became the Duchess of Aquitaine when she was, years old.

Pause the video here, give yourself a moment to think, and press play when you're ready to continue.

What did you think? If you said that she was 13 years old when she became the Duchess of Aquitaine, you're absolutely right, well done.

This brings us to our final learning task.

I'd like you to firstly decide if each statement below is true or false.

And then secondly, the ones that you think are false, can you correct those statements? So we have: Eleanor was the daughter of the man who controlled a large area of modern day Spain.

Eleanor had a good education and learned to ride horses.

Eleanor became Queen of Aquitaine at 13 years old.

Eleanor had two brothers.

Eleanor became one of the richest and most powerful women in Europe.

So pause the video here and give yourself enough time to decide if each statement below is true or false.

And then when you've done that, correct the false statements.

When you're ready to continue, press play again.

How did that go? Shall we take a look at some answers? So firstly, Eleanor was the daughter of the man who controlled a large area of modern day Spain, that's false.

Eleanor had a good education and learned to ride horses, that's true.

Eleanor became Queen of Aquitaine at 13 years old, that's false.

Eleanor had two brothers, that's false.

Eleanor became one of the richest and most powerful women in Europe, that's true.

So well done if you were able to spot which of these statements were true or false.

Now let's take a look at changing those false ones to correct them.

So it wasn't Spain, it was France.

Eleanor was the daughter of the man who controlled a large area of modern day France.

Eleanor didn't become the Queen of Aquitaine.

Eleanor became Duchess of Aquitaine at 13 years old.

And Eleanor didn't have two brothers.

Eleanor had one brother and one sister.

So well done if you were able to make those corrections and well done for completing that learning task.

Before we finish this lesson, let's summarise what we've learned about Eleanor the Duchess of Aquitaine.

Around 900 years ago, Eleanor's father controlled a large area of modern day France, known as Aquitaine.

Her father made sure that she had a good education.

Eleanor and her sister were expected to marry a prince or a king.

Eleanor's father died when she was only 13, leaving Eleanor to inherit all of the land of Aquitaine.

At 13, Eleanor became one of the richest and most powerful women in Europe as the Duchess of Aquitaine.

Thank you for joining me in this lesson today.

I hope to see you in the next one.

See you next time.