Key Question of this unit - How are societies influenced by social structure?
Key Question of this unit - How are societies influenced by social structure?
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The Middle Ages
The Middle Ages
These links will help you learn about the roles and responsibilities of the 3 main groups in the social structure: Nobility, Clergy and Peasants. The links will also help with how each group lived and how social structure influenced their lives: clothing, food, jobs and housing.
BBC - Bitesize - Everyday Life in the Middle Ages
Questions for Discussion
Questions for Discussion
What do they do?
This LINK will take you too a list of jobs from the middle ages. Under what category would you put the jobs?
Those That Fight Those That Pray Those That Work
What job(s) do you think are more important? And why? There are no right or wrong answers... its your opinion, but you need evidence to show why you think that way.
Pick one of the jobs from the link. Write about a day in your life. What is your job? Describe the day. Write a story.
Would you like to live as part of a society in the middle ages? Why or why not?
What 3 things would you miss if you lived in the middle ages? Electronics/ games/ PS4/ etc are not options to discuss.
Which of the 3 social structures (fight, pray or work) is better and why? Where would you want to be?
How might one group feel about the other? What do the: Workers think of the Knights, Clergy think of the Worker? Knights think of the Clergy?
In a society of the middle ages, the food one ate, the clothes one wore, and the dwelling one lived in, depended on the social group to which they belonged. Explain.
Stuff to build... for fun
Stuff to build... for fun
Build a castle at home. Link is here. You will need some cardboard, 4 paper towel rolls, tape, scissors, and a marker. Follow the instructions
Tools of the Middle Ages
Tools of the Middle Ages
What is a Trebuchet and what was it used for?
What is a Trebuchet and what was it used for?
Birmingham, UK
Birmingham, UK
The map to the left is of a modern United Kingdom of which England is part. Watch the video called "Exploring Medieval Birmingham" to learn more about the town in the 1300s.
Take a tour of the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
Read the article from The Birmingham Conservation Trust called "Exploring Birmingham’s Medieval Streets" by Sarah Hayes. It is a challenging article. If you take it on, the article will discuss archaeology and modern detective work being used to explore the community in the 1300's and now.
Video Notes
Video Notes
Medieval Manor is part Timelines.tv and has other videos on life in the middle ages.
Videos above also come from Modern History TV, which has a wide variety of videos on life in the Middle Ages.
BirminghamMAG also contains a tour of their collection, which includes the video "Exploring Medieval Birmingham."
NOVA and the videos above are part of PBS
Pictures
Header - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zm4mn39/revision/1
Updated May 6, 2020
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