Middle Ages Lesson Plans
From geographyalltheway
2010/2011
All lessons are doubles (90 minutes)
Lesson 1 - An Introduction to the Middle Ages
Lesson 2 - What did the Middle Ages look like?
Lesson 3 - Time Machine journey to the Middle Ages! [computer access needed]
Lesson 4 - How do we reconstruct medieval villages
Lesson 5 - Villeins and Freemen / The Poor
Lesson 6 - The Rich
Lesson 7 - The Feudal System
Lesson 8 - Religion in the Middle Ages
Medieval Pilgrimage Off-site Experience
Lesson 9 - Medieval Pilgrimage Reflection
Lesson 10 - Pilgrimages
Lesson 11 - The Black Death - in a minute
Lesson 12 - Causes of the Black Death
Lesson 13 - Introduction to Castles
2009/2010
Life in a Medieval Town/Village [2/6 Weeks]
Week 1/6
Lesson 1 [Double] - Time Machine journey to the Middle Ages! [Laptops needed]
Lesson 2 [Single] - Time Machine journey to the Middle Ages! [Laptops needed] continued
Lesson 3 [Double] - Life in the Medieval Town and Village: Was it Good or Bad?
Lesson 3a [Double] - Good and Bad Medieval Jobs
Week 2/6
Lesson 1 [Double] - Recent Geography lesson - Icelandic Volcano Eruption
Lesson 2 [Single] - Good and Bad Medieval Jobs Continued
Lesson 3 [Double] - How do we reconstruct medieval villages
Social Structures [2/6 Weeks]
Week 3/6
Lesson 1 [Double] Villeins and Freemen / The Poor
Lesson 2 [Single] continue with Villeins and Freemen / The Poor
Lesson 3 [Double] The Rich
Week 4/6
Lesson 1 [Double] Write up of The Rich
Lesson 2 [Single] Historical Skills - continue with How do we reconstruct medieval villages
Lesson 3 [Double] The Feudal System
The Black Death [2/6 Weeks]
Week 5/6
Lesson 1 [Double] The Black Death - in a minute
Lesson 2 [Single] Finish The Black Death - in a minute
Lesson 3 [Double] No Lesson - Bank Holiday
Week 6/6
Lesson 1 [Double] Causes of the Black Death
Lesson 2 [Single] Historical Skills - continue with How do we reconstruct medieval villages
Lesson 3 [Double] Consequences of the Black Death
Reflections on the Medieval Pilgrimage Offsite Experience [1 Week]
Week 1/1
Lesson 1 [Double] Journey Reflection using Google Earth - marking all the locations visited on Google Earth
Lesson 2 [Single] Quiz
Lesson 3 [Double] Pilgrimages
Castles [2 Weeks]
Week 1/3
Lesson 1 [Double] Introduction to Castles
Lesson 2 [Single] Continue with Introduction to Castles
Lesson 3 [Double] Complete Introduction to Castles
Week 2/3
Lesson 1 [Double] Castle Project
Lesson 2 [Single] Castle Project
Lesson 3 [Double] Castle Project
Week 3/3
Lesson 1 [Double] Castle Project
Lesson 2 [Single] Castle Project
Lesson 3 [Double] Sports Day
Final Week of the Year
Lesson 1 [Double] Castle Project Presentations
Lesson 2 [Single] Medieval Video Lesson
