this inspired me to re-watch it tonight, and i always have to LOL at the sensationalist "modern archaeology could uncover the True Story of..... King Arthur's Lost Kingdom" but beyond that silliness, it's trying to figure out what life was like in 5th century Britain.

it's neat to see a copy of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Kings of England, but that's 12th century. part of the film trying to find where the story began and important places to do the archaeology (Tintagel, etc) yanno, I think this is more relevant for your class than I originally thought.

ok reporting back after finishing! there's a lot of archaeology-for-tv that really could be skipped, but your students may find it inspiring. They did a dig at Tintagel in 2017, and the film makes conclusions about why G of M had Arthur born there (important trade port w Mediterranean, v rich).

But the Arthur story has a lot of war and invasion of Anglo-Saxons? except it was a peaceful time, lots of trade and intermarriage. So that highlights: what did that bring to the 12th century story, what was it in service of, in the development of the Arthur legend as an ideal (the film didn't say)