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Stage 4: Year 8 - Medieval Europe Society

Each Lesson is 45 minutes.

Activity 1:

For the first activity, the students will be picking a social class out of a jar. Each group will contain 5 students. The video clip provided will allow students the opportunity to gain an in-depth view of the feudal system. The guided questions for the individual research allow students with a structure to use and the websites provided give students an idea of the necessary information.

Activity 2:

Students will brainstorm their idea's to elaborate on what they learnred previous lesson. This should only take 10 minutes. Once completed the teacher should go to every group and discuss their idea's taking into account the focuss questions. The students are then required to conduct more of their own research into each of their chosen area.

Activity 3:

For the last activity, students will be engaged in making a poster of the information they have researched as a group. They will decorating these posters to then put up onto the wall. The second half of the lesson will focus on the students presenting their findings to the class, and each students will speak specifically about their focus area. This will help for all students to gain a deeper understanding of each social class and improve peer collaboration. The videos provided are there to be used as an outline of how to present the information

Syllabus points covered: A student: 4.1 describes and explains the nature of history, the main features of past societies and periods and their legacy 4.5 identifies the meaning, purpose and context of historical sources 4.8 locates, selects and organises relevant information from a number of sources, including ICT, to conduct basic historical research 4.10 selects and uses appropriate oral, written and other forms, including ICT, to communicate effectively about the past.