Society, Economy and Culture
Subject Knowledge: Feudalism
Subject Knowledge: Religion in Daily Life (parish, monasteries, abbeys)
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Subject Knowledge: Trade and Towns (especially the wool trade)
Subject Knowledge: Art, Architecture and Literature
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Subject Knowledge: Farming
- Farming dominated the lives of most Medieval people as most people lived in villages where there was plenty of land for farming.
- Medieval towns were small but still needed the food produced by surrounding villages.
- There was no access to tractors, combine harvesters and farming tools and equipment were very basic and crude.
- Most peasant families were unlikely to own an ox- the most valuable of farming animals as they could do a great deal of work that people found impossible to do.
- The most common tools used were metal tipped ploughs for turning over the soil and harrows to cover up the soil when seeds had been planted. Manure was basic and artificial fertilisers did not exist.
- Farming was hard and although a lot of hard work was involved it was primarily down to luck and the correct weather
- Fill in a social hierarchy pyramid or use the members of the class to demonstrate the difference in numbers at each level
- Create a modern day version of the Canterbury Tales, song, drama or story
- Card match the different types of religious orders to their definitions
- Re-enact a medieval Catholic service, show who could take part and who couldn't
- Play Snap: match the term and the definition (feudalism, monastery etc)
- compare different types of architecture with each other: early medieval churches and cathedrals, with late medieval churches and cathedrals
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