Classroom Resources:
‘Are people right to be so negative about the Middle Ages?’
These classroom resources differ in some important ways from many resources you’ll find in textbooks. If you haven’t already done so, you can read my explanation for my approach in this core article:
Medieval Lives:
Helping KS3 pupils begin to see the Middle Ages
and its people as historians see them
Read this core article HERE …
And you can download brief notes on the features of the chapters such as vocabulary, tasks and notes for teachers HERE …
Medieval Readings
Factual stories, biographies and other writings for students (perhaps of all ages) to read.
This section will also build up gradually, partly in conjunction with the sections of Medieval Lives, partly in response to my interests.
• Did Margery Paston’s story have a happy ending? HERE …
• William Caxton's Choices HERE …
• Three Myths About the Middle Ages HERE …
• If You Had Been 12 in the Middle Ages HERE …
Medieval Lives
Text chapters helping Y7 students achieve a deeper knowledge of the Middle Ages.
These resources are built around the enquiry question ‘Are people right to be so negative about the Middle Ages?’
Each chapter has notes for teachers and PowerPoint slides.
1: What are your ideas about the Middle Ages?
See and download the student text, the PowerPoint and the teacher notes HERE …
2: Were medieval people very different from us?
See the resources HERE …
3: What kinds of things mattered to people in the Middle Ages?
See the resources HERE …
4: Telling Your Big Story of Medieval Britain
See the resources HERE …