Exploring people, culture and ideas
Learning Outcome 3.6: Explore life and death in medieval times.

Overview
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Miss Stout's History Class - MEDIEVAL TIMES Key Words


​CRASH COURSE HISTORY - The Dark Ages...How Dark Were They, Really?

The Normans
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history on the net - the normans
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TED ED - How the Normans changed the history of Europe - Mark Robinson


​bbc one - The Bayeux Tapestry i Seven Ages of Britain 

the feudal system

lagan history - the feudal sysyem

TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

castles

english heritage - ​7 INGENIOUS INVENTIONS OF THE MIDDLE AGES


worcesterjonny -

Motte and Bailey Castles


Stone Keep Castles


​Attack a medieval castle


​defend a medieval castle

LIVING IN A MEDIEVAL CASTLE


Miss Stout's History Class - Life in a medieval castle

History Matters 365

Printable Wordsearch - Medieval Castles

A MEDIEVAL KNIGHT
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HISTORY HIT - 6 FACTS ABOUT MEDIEVAL KNIGHTS AND CHIVALRY

jobs
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timeline - world history documentaries - the worst jobs in history: Middle ages

Architecture
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bbc - romanesque v. gothic architecture

The life of a monk


BBC - iWonder - A day in the life of a Benedictine mock 
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BBC Medieval Lives  - Episode 2: The Monk

PATTERNS OF CHANGE: HEALTH AND MEDICINE

worcesterjonny - Medicine through time, c1250-present: Bleeding, Purging and other Medieval Treatments

Death in the middle ages
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History Extra -

10 dangers of the medieval period

Your 60-second guide to the Black Death
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history Today - the black death: the greatest Catastrophe Ever

timelines tv - the black death


​historyteachers - black death ("hollaback girl" by gwen stefani)


worcesterjonny - the black death (heavy metal version)


bbc world service - witness - the great plague
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horrible histories - the plague song


​BBC Radio 4 - in our time - the black death

The Fire of London, 1666
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bbc world service - witness - the great fire of london


​Game - The Great Fire of London

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RETRIEVAL CHALLENGE GRID

FOCUS TASK
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Write an account of the life of a peasant farmer in medieval times. 

Hints: Housing; Food and clothing; Work; Pastimes

Revision
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Test Your Knowledge
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