Creating a Medieval Timeline

This lesson is a perfect introduction to any unit about Medieval History. It gives students an opportunity to learn when the Medieval period took place, use sources to investigate Medieval life and also create a timeline of the key events between c1050 and c1500.

Included in this pack of resources:
1 x Source starter worksheet for student to begin investigating Medieval society (PDF & PPT)
2 x Medieval timeline templates (PDF & PPT)
1 x Medieval event research sheet (PDF & PPT)

The main powerpoint lesson includes:
Slide 1: Title page
Slide 2: Lesson key questions
Slide 3-8: A study of visual sources (illuminated manuscripts) to get students thinking about what Medieval society was like.
Slide 9: An outline about when the Medieval period took place
Slide 10-11: Activity - Fill in the missing terms recap with answers revealed
Slide 12 - 14: Task 1 - Ordering the key Medieval events task with worksheets and answers provided.
Slide 15-17: Task 2 - Creating a Medieval timeline with instructions and printable worksheets included.
Slide 18: Task 3: An additional research task with printable worksheet included.
Slide 19-20: Learning Review - place the Medieval events in the correct order with answers revealed.

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All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free at the time of publishing. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.