This fun and interactive lesson has been designed to enhance students’ understanding of Medieval society by getting them to critically evaluate how far entertainment was linked to wealth and social status through a market place activity. You can set them off to investigate either in groups or by posting the information slides on your classroom walls and have them moving around the classroom, whilst completing the especially designed summary sheet we have created for this lesson.
The topics covered in this lesson include football, tournaments, board games, storytelling, poetry, riddles, bull and bear-baiting, cock-fighting, hunting, hawking, market and fairs. We have included various support activities and tasks to cater to different learning needs. If you prefer to simplify the lesson, you can omit the last two information slides and the second side of the summary sheet.
When I have completed this lesson with my own classes, we have consolidated the learning with the continuum task, but we have included a fully supported extended writing task in the additional resource section along with a source analysis task on ice skating and the use of AI for creating images for use in the classroom.
When you purchase this lesson you will be able to download a beautifully illustrated PowerPoint presentation with 38 slides. This include aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, starters, plenaries, information slides, historical sources, templates, writing frames, missing word activities, heads and tails, word search, source analysis and extended writing tasks. In short everything you would need to fully customise this lesson for your students.
The aims and objectives of this lesson are:
Theme: Medieval Society
Know: How did Medieval people relax and enjoy themselves?
Understand: What sports, games, poetry and drama were popular at this time?
Evaluate: How far were Medieval leisure pursuits linked to social class?
Skills: Source Analysis, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration
WILF – What Am I Looking For?
Can You Describe: How to use a historical sources during an historical enquiry?
Can You Explain: What sports, games, poetry and drama were popular at this time?
Can You Evaluate: How far were Medieval leisure pursuits linked to social class?
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