25/02/09

The Peasants

Complete the following from the words below:
We are going to _ _ _ _ _ ‘ordinary’ people.
Most _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ could not _ _ _ _ or _ _ _ _.
People thought that peasants’ _ _ _ _ _ were _ _ _ _ _ _
and not important. So it is hard to _ _ _ _ out about peasants.

READ STUDY PEASANTS FIND
LIVES WRITE BORING

Extension: Can you think of any ways we could find out about peasants’ lives?


GROWING CROPS
Most of the land in the village belonged to the lord of the manor. The lord kept some of the land for his own crops; this was called his demesne.
The rest of his land was let to the villagers.
The fields were divided into strips. This was so that everyone had a fair share of the good and bad land.

THINK
What can’t we learn about peasants lives from looking at a skeleton?
Explain your answer in your book.


Task 2:
Draw a skeleton in the middle of your worksheet.
Connect the shaded boxes to the correct part of the skeleton.
Connect the boxes saying what we can work out from the skeleton to the correct shaded box.
Extension: What can’t we learn about peasants lives from looking at a skeleton? Explain your answer in your book.

Homework due Monday 02/03/09
Answer the following 3 questions on a white piece of A4

1. What have we learnt about peasants’ lives so far?
2. What is the most interesting thing we have learnt?
3. Which was the most useful source?

23/02/09

Today we did some Housekeeping and Brainstorming.



Topics we have learned about:

•Chronology
•Battle of Hastings
•Norman Control
•King Henry II & Thomas Becket
•King John


Topics we will learn about:

Peasants Black Death
The Crusades The Romans




Task 1 - Create a mind map of any words related to our upcoming topics:
Peasants
Black Death
The Crusades
The Romans


Sample Mind from earlier in the year
























Housekeeping - History Books

•Paste all worksheets with the appropriate lesson e.g. Lesson on ‘Was Mr. Collins a good principal?’ must have worksheet pasted near it.
•All tables/lists must have titles
•NO GRAPHING in your books/sheets
•When you are answering a question you must do one of two things:
1.Write out the question then the answer.
2.Include your question in your answer so that it is clear to the reader what your purpose was.

Last lesson before break

On Monday we studied what King John was really like and why the Barons were so angry with him. We were introduced to Magna Carta...

In 1215 the Barons forced King John to sign a list or rules called the ‘ MAGNA CARTA’. He knew if he didn’t sign they would probably want to fight him for his throne

MAGNA CARTA
1.The King must not interfere with the English church.
2.Stop unfair taxes and not to raise taxes
3.The King must not demand taxes without the agreement of the Barons.
4.No one can be imprisoned without a fair trial
5.All foreign mercenary soldiers must leave the country
6.25 Barons will make sure the King sticks to the Magna Carta. If he doesn’t , they can punish him.

In class we studied the following questions:
1. Which of these rules do you think King John liked the least?
2. Which of these rules is still important today?
3 . The Magna Carta was the first time a King had signed away any of his power.
Why do you think this was so important in English History ?

NO homework assigned!

Have a lovely break :)

04/02/09 First Post!

Today's lesson was on King John and his Barons.





















We were asked to:

1.Read the story strip on pages 107-109 and fill in the
last column (on your handout) with evidence about
John’s successes and failures in each category.

2.Decide whether you agree with us about how
the barons would score King John. Change any
that you think are too high or too low.




What should a king do? Score out of 10 (as awarded by Barons)

1. Look rich and powerful to impress your people 8


2. Win the support and trust of the Barons and listen to their advise 1

3. Lead the army, win wars and keep your land 0

4. Raise taxes fairly , in the same way as kings before you 0

5. Stamp out crime and keep order in the country 5

6. Support the church 2



HOMEWORK: Which three jobs listed do you think mattered most to the barons? Explain why you chose them. due Mon. 09/01/09


1. Look rich and powerful to impress your people
2. Win the support and trust of the Barons and listen to their advise
3. Lead the army, win wars and keep your land
4. Raise taxes fairly
5. Stamp out crime and keep order in the country
6. Support the church
7. Have sons so there will be no disputes over who should be the next king