Medieval life

This is a short set of lessons which covers life in medieval England under the feudal system. Through a range of exciting and engaging group and individual activities, it takes a close look at life in both villages and in towns. Both lessons seek to highlight the difficulties of medieval life and particularly the unfairness of the feudal system. Activities include: creating a medieval village from memory; using a medieval poem to draw a medieval family; and searching for evidence in a picture to prove a number of points about medieval towns. All activities should be easily differentiated and lots of challenge activities are included on the slides.

This is aimed at KS3 and also includes a small scale formative assessment asking students to create an organised summary of medieval life. Including the assessment, this should take 4 hour long periods to teach.