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Title: 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?
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