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    • EARLY CHRISTIAN IRELAND
    • THE ENGLISH PATTERN OF SETTLEMENT IN IRELAND
    • 1798 IRISH REBELLION
    • THE GREAT FAMINE AND THE IRISH DIASPORA
    • THE PARLIAMENTARY TRADITION IN IRISH POLITICS
    • THE GAA
    • THE RISE OF NATIONALISM AND UNIONISM, 1911-23 >
      • HOME RULE CRISIS, 1912-14
      • 1916 RISING
      • RISE OF SINN FÉIN
      • IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1919-21
      • ANGLO-IRISH TREATY, 1921
      • IRISH CIVIL WAR, 1922-23
    • IRELAND AND THE WORLD AT WAR >
      • IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR I
      • IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR II
    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
    • IRELAND IN THE 1960s
    • THE TROUBLES IN NORTHERN IRELAND
    • WOMEN IN TWENTIETH CENTURY IRELAND
  • STRAND THREE
    • ANCIENT ROME
    • MEDIEVAL TIMES
    • THE RENAISSANCE
    • THE AGE OF EXPLORATION
    • THE REFORMATION
    • PRE TWENTIETH CENTURY REVOLUTION >
      • THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
      • THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
    • COMMUNISM AND FASCISM >
      • COMMUNISM IN RUSSIA
      • FASCISM IN ITALY
      • FASCISM IN GERMANY
    • WORLD WAR II
    • THE HOLOCAUST
    • THE COLD WAR
    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
    • EUROPE AND THE WIDER WORLD IN THE 1960s
    • TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
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MEDIEVAL TIMES

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

Overview
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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
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history extra - How to build a medieval castle: 9 top tips


worcesterjonny -

Motte and Bailey Castles


Stone Keep Castles


​Attack a medieval castle


​defend a medieval castle


​History Matters 365 -

Wordsearch: Medieval Castles ​[Printable]


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


PATTERNS OF CHANGE: HEALTH AND MEDICINE

Ted ed - The gory history of barber surgeons


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


rté brainstorm - What was it like to go to the doctor in medieval Ireland?
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history extra - 

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The (not so) stinky Middle Ages: why medieval people were cleaner than we think

​Ask the medieval doctor: 6 ailments and their treatments​

​medieval medicine


Death in the middle ages
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History Extra - 10 dangers of the medieval period
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history Today - the black death: the greatest Catastrophe Ever

timelines tv - the black death


national geographic - Fast and lethal, the Black Death spread more than a mile per day


worcesterjonny - the black death (heavy metal version)


bbc world service - witness - the great plague
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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


more resources

history extra - 7 things you didn’t know a medieval princess could do

RETRIEVAL CHALLENGE GRID

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

Hints: Housing; Food and clothing; Work; Pastimes

Revision
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history matters 365 - flippity flashcards: the middle ages

history matters 365 - 

Flash Card Deck created by Christian O'Connor with GoConqr


chronicles - quizlet set: life and death in medieval times

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Test Your Knowledge
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chronicles - Quizlet test: life and death in medieval times [printable]

Answer the true or false questions.

history matters 365 - flippity match up: the middle ages [printable]


exam hub

PAST EXAM QUESTIONS / sample answers

2024: QUESTION 2

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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
  • A POSSIBLE APPROACH
  • STRAND ONE
    • THINK LIKE A HISTORIAN
  • STRAND TWO
    • EARLY CHRISTIAN IRELAND
    • THE ENGLISH PATTERN OF SETTLEMENT IN IRELAND
    • 1798 IRISH REBELLION
    • THE GREAT FAMINE AND THE IRISH DIASPORA
    • THE PARLIAMENTARY TRADITION IN IRISH POLITICS
    • THE GAA
    • THE RISE OF NATIONALISM AND UNIONISM, 1911-23 >
      • HOME RULE CRISIS, 1912-14
      • 1916 RISING
      • RISE OF SINN FÉIN
      • IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1919-21
      • ANGLO-IRISH TREATY, 1921
      • IRISH CIVIL WAR, 1922-23
    • IRELAND AND THE WORLD AT WAR >
      • IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR I
      • IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR II
    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
    • IRELAND IN THE 1960s
    • THE TROUBLES IN NORTHERN IRELAND
    • WOMEN IN TWENTIETH CENTURY IRELAND
  • STRAND THREE
    • ANCIENT ROME
    • MEDIEVAL TIMES
    • THE RENAISSANCE
    • THE AGE OF EXPLORATION
    • THE REFORMATION
    • PRE TWENTIETH CENTURY REVOLUTION >
      • THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
      • THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
    • COMMUNISM AND FASCISM >
      • COMMUNISM IN RUSSIA
      • FASCISM IN ITALY
      • FASCISM IN GERMANY
    • WORLD WAR II
    • THE HOLOCAUST
    • THE COLD WAR
    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
    • EUROPE AND THE WIDER WORLD IN THE 1960s
    • TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
    • PATTERNS OF CHANGE >
      • HEALTH AND MEDICINE [OPTION ONE]
  • ASSESSMENT
    • CBA 1: THE PAST IN MY PLACE
    • CBA 2: A LIFE IN TIME
    • ASSESSMENT TASK
    • EXAM HUB
  • ACTION VERBS FOR LEARNING OUTCOMES
  • HISTORY MATTERS 365 BLOG
  • TEACHING STRATEGIES
  • WEBLINKS
  • CHRONICLES
  • TEACHER MAILING LIST
  • MY CLASSROOM
  • CONTACT