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?