What was life like in medieval towns?

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? starter activity
Imagine you are a medieval peasant who has
travelled to the town. What would you have seen,
heard smelt?
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What was life like in medieval towns?
? Aims

• To investigate the living conditions of
  townspeople
• To find out about the different types of jobs on
  offer

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? Your task

• Your teacher will give you some information about
  the different types of jobs on offer in towns.
  Match a job to a job description

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? Your task

• Sometimes when people are looking for a new job
  they go to a careers fair. Imagine such things
  existed in the Middle Ages. A small group of you
  will be looking for jobs the rest of the class
  will be trying to encourage the job seekers to
  take on their jobs. However, the jobs are not as
  desirable as they first seem! The winning team is
  the one which is selected by the most job seekers.

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? Extension task

• Create an advert for one of the jobs on offer at
  the careers fair, highlighting all the skills the
  successful applicant would have.
• Write a letter of application for one of the jobs

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? Homework

• Read about life in a medieval town and use the
  headings to create a spider diagram in your
  notes. Remember
• Take out key facts, but dont write in full
  sentences.
• Use a full page in your exercise book
• Give the table a heading, Medieval Towns

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? Plenary

• Name 5 different jobs in medieval towns.
• Which jobs would you take on and why?