The Lives of Peasant Women in Medieval Times/The Middle Ages

This lesson should follow a previous lesson on peasants as this lesson highlights the differences in gender roles.

Learning Objectives:
ALL: Will be able to describe the traditional roles of men and women in medieval times
MOST: Will be able to do so in detail
SOME: Will make inferences from a source that they will include in their detailed description.

This lesson is highly visual with pictures and a matching task for LA students. There is an element of numeracy in interpreting two graphs on the causes of death of each gender, and a literacy based task in which students write a diary entry of a peasant. I usually allow them to pick their gender, but it would be equally more valuable to make them all be women.

I've put on two PowerPoints as I taught this to two classes of differing abilities. There are no monumental differences.

If you like this lesson, have a look at my other Medieval Resources in my shop - I have a big chunk of resources that could form a large part of your scheme of work.