Exploring people, culture and ideas
Learning Outcome 3.6: Explore life and death in medieval times.
Overview
CRASH COURSE HISTORY - The Dark Ages...How Dark Were They, Really?
The Normans
history on the net - the normans
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
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 -
Printable Wordsearch: Medieval Castles
jobs
timeline - world history documentaries - the worst jobs in history: Middle ages
Architecture
bbc - romanesque v. gothic architecture
PATTERNS OF CHANGE: HEALTH AND MEDICINE
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?
history extra -
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
History Extra - 10 dangers of the medieval period
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
historyteachers - black death ("hollaback girl" by gwen stefani)
worcesterjonny - the black death (heavy metal version)
bbc world service - witness - the great plague
BBC Radio 4 - in our time - the black death
The Fire of London, 1666
bbc world service - witness - the great fire of london
Game - The Great Fire of London
more resources
british library - the middle ages
thinking quilt - the middle ages [CREATED BY MS. CIARA BOYLE @CEYANE_CIARA]
history extra - 7 things you didn’t know a medieval princess could do
RETRIEVAL CHALLENGE GRID
FOCUS TASK
Write an account on the life of a peasant farmer in medieval times.
Hints: Housing; Food and clothing; Work; Pastimes
Hints: Housing; Food and clothing; Work; Pastimes