What Did Medieval Villages Look Like?

This lesson contains:

• A starter to study an image of an abanded village and discuss what might have happened there.

• An overview of how archaeologists were able to use scans and maps to see what the village would have looked like.

• Information about the different features of a manor, including the manor building, the Lord, role of priests and the tithe, and the different professions like fletchers, blacksmiths etc, and the role of the strip farming. There is a consolidation task for students to complete in their books.

• An activity where students complete the worksheet to match the description of the building to the place. 

• A task to then label a typical medieval village with the correct words based on the prompts on the PPT.

• A plenary to consider how difficult life might have been for those living there.

Attachments:

• 1 x Powerpoint Presentation

• 1 x Publisher File