Introduction
Introduction
The medieval period, or Middle Ages, is considered both a barbaric yet romantic historical time in world history during the 5th through 15th centuries.
Why not experience for yourself what life might have been like in the Middle Ages in Europe? Become a noblewoman, noble knight or pesky peasant, and learn more about the life in a castle, medieval battles, knightly jousting and traditional foods and drink.
Task
Task
You will need to choose a role of interest, read information from provided resources on the Internet, complete tasks.
Roles:
1. A king (or lord)
2. A knight
3. A noblewoman
4. A bishop / a priest
5. A serf / a servant
6. A merchant
Make it your main goal to find an answer to the questions below from every role's point of view:
1. Knight of the Middle Ages - a fearless warrior, defender of the weak, a noble servant?
2 Knight of the Middle Ages - a greedy robber, a cruel oppressor?
Process
1. First you'll be assigned to a team of 6 students.
2. Each student should select a role.
2. Once you've picked a role to play, use the list of resources for your research.
3. Make a plan for finding information. Select interesting information, arrange it in the form of a presentation, drawing, story, poster, theatrical performance.
4. Consider additional questions after the research:
a) Why did they say in the Middle Ages: "For a man's house is his castle, et domus sua cuique est tutissimum refugium [and each man's home is his safest refuge.”?
b) What is “Knights Code of Chivalry”?
c) What did people of that time thought about knights?
5. Discuss the results of the work, defend the project.
A king (or lord) - describe the castle, suggest how to strengthen it.
A knight - study information about the knightly tournament and knightly coats of arms. Tell about the entertainments of the knights. Study information about the knight's weapons, service.
A noblewoman - study medieval fashion, make a menu for lunch.
A bishop / a priest – study Middle Ages religions, responsibilities of people of church.
A serf / a servant – describe the difference between a serf, a servant and a slave. Describe their regular duties.
A merchant – study traded goods.
The list of resources:
People of the Middle Ages
https://www.themiddleages.net/people_middle_ages.html
What was it really like to live in the Middle Ages?
https://www.learner.org/wp-content/interactive/middleages/feudal.html
World History Encyclopedia: Trade in Medieval Europe
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1301/trade-in-medieval-europe/#google_vignette
World History Encyclopedia: Religion in the Middle Ages
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1411/religion-in-the-middle-ages/
World History Encyclopedia: Food in an English Medieval Castle
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1229/food-in-an-english-medieval-castle/
World History Encyclopedia: Medieval Knight
https://www.worldhistory.org/Medieval_Knight/
World History Encyclopedia: Serf
https://www.worldhistory.org/Serf/
Britannica: The Middle Ages
https://www.britannica.com/topic/history-of-Europe/The-Middle-Ages
English Heritage: Life in a castle
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/castles/life-in-a-castle/
What Was Life Like? | Episode 6: Castles - Meet A Medieval Noblewoman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k-LhWB4QaA
University of reading: Seven things you probably didn’t know about life in medieval castles
https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/seven-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-life-in-medieval-castles/
Lumen: Daily Medieval life
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/atd-herkimer-westerncivilization/chapter/daily-medieval-life/
Evaluation
| Points | |||
| Content | Understanding the task |
- Students demonstrate an accurate understanding of the task - Both materials that are directly related to the topic and materials that are not related to it are included. - Materials that are not directly related to the topic are included. The collected information is not analyzed.
|
10
5
0 |
| Completeness of disclosure of the topic | - Completely - Partially - Not disclosed |
10 5 0 |
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| Presentation structure | - Presentation structured logically. - Some parts of the presentation are not structured. - No structure (not logical). |
10 5 0 |
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| Quality |
- The argumentation of the main positions, the composition of the work is logical, the results are presented well.
|
10
5
0 |
Grades:
"A" - 40-35
"B" - 34-25
"C" - 24-15
"D" - 14-10
"E" - 5
"F" - 0
Conclusion
Welcome back! Now you are brought back to the present time.
Share you impression of this journey. What was the most difficult part, what was the most interesting part?
Look back at what you have learned and answer the following questions individually.
1. Which statement is more accurate: "Knight of the Middle Ages - a fearless warrior, defender of the weak, a noble servant" or "Knight of the Middle Ages - a greedy robber, a cruel oppressor"?
2. Was it easy to become a knight?
3. What facts about medieval food impressed you the most?
4. How busy a noblewoman was compering to the other roles?
5. What religions were the most well-spead back then?
6. What goods could different roles get from a merchant?
Credits
The list of resources:
People of the Middle Ages
https://www.themiddleages.net/people_middle_ages.html
What was it really like to live in the Middle Ages?
https://www.learner.org/wp-content/interactive/middleages/feudal.html
World History Encyclopedia: Trade in Medieval Europe
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1301/trade-in-medieval-europe/#google_vignette
World History Encyclopedia: Religion in the Middle Ages
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1411/religion-in-the-middle-ages/
World History Encyclopedia: Food in an English Medieval Castle
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1229/food-in-an-english-medieval-castle/
World History Encyclopedia: Medieval Knight
https://www.worldhistory.org/Medieval_Knight/
World History Encyclopedia: Serf
https://www.worldhistory.org/Serf/
Britannica: The Middle Ages
https://www.britannica.com/topic/history-of-Europe/The-Middle-Ages
English Heritage: Life in a castle
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/castles/life-in-a-castle/
What Was Life Like? | Episode 6: Castles - Meet A Medieval Noblewoman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k-LhWB4QaA
University of reading: Seven things you probably didn’t know about life in medieval castles
https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/seven-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-life-in-medieval-castles/