| S4 History
- Last
update -
09 novembre 2017 |
Official European
School History 4-5 Syllabus:
English,
French,
German. |
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Unit 4 - Medieval Church |
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Key Questions |
Lessons |
Additional resources and external links |
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Why was the medieval church so powerful? |
Worksheet from the lesson, blank
map of Europe and
writing frame for activity. BBC
Schools
video
introduces why the medieval church was so important. |
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A
video series for
the more ambitious students as Professor Robert
Bartlett, explores
different aspects of medieval life.
In this episode he
considers
belief. |
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Helen Castor- Medieval Lives: Birth,
Marriage, Death - 2013
video Shows how the medieval
church controlled all aspects of people's daily lives. |
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What did Hell mean to medieval minds? |
Worksheet on reading the Albi Last Judgment painting.
PowerPoint on
images of hell from the Last Judgment doom painting from St
Cecile Cathedral in Albi, France.
PowerPoint on
English doom paintings.
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Prezi presentation
on Amiens Cathedral |
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My
old
Toulouse website has detailed images from the Cathedral in
Albi and this explanation of the
Seven Deadly Sins. A detailed
analysis of the English doom painting examined in the
lesson.
Historian Michael Wood explores medieval
village life through the eyes of one peasant woman Christina a
medieval life. (video)
Khan Academy on Last Judgment Tympanum, Cathedral of St.
Lazare, Autun
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One of the most important
medieval art forms was the tapestry. The Brussels
Cinquantenaire museum
has one of the finest collections in the world. |
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| Who were
the monks? |
Worksheet from the lesson. |
Video about
medieval monks from Monty Python's Terry Jones.
Day in the life
of a monk,
Flash activity and quiz. |
| Why
did people undertake a pilgrimage? |
Worksheet from the lesson.
PowerPoint
presentation on relics and reliquaries.
Khan Academy on pilgrimage. |
European medieval pilgrimage
motive.
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Simon Reeve's three part documentary
about
Pilgrimage broadcast in December 2013. |
Wikipedia on the holy
prepuce and
Turin shroud.
The recent
Treasures of Heaven exhibition at the British museum,
examined the importance of medieval
relics. It also inspired this excellent BBC
documentary.
BBC iWonder - What are the hidden histories of the UK's
pilgrim sites? |
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was it like to go on a medieval pilgrimage? |
Worksheet from the lesson. Question 6, empathy activity
worksheet
Quiz
activities on medieval pilgrimage.
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European medieval pilgrimage
journey
Khan academy on St Foy
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| How
did church architecture develop during the middle ages? |
PowerPoint on the
changes from Romanesque to gothic
Video -
How to build a medieval cathedral |
Classic documentary 'Civilisation' examines the impact of the
12th century renaissance -
video |
| What
are the main feature of a gothic cathedral? |
Download the Word document
worksheet
David Macaulay's mythical French cathedral Chutreaux -
key video extracts |
See
these BBC animations on the
main features of a cathedral,
painting a cathedral and on how
arches were built.
See the main features of
Chartres cathedral. Try a
quiz on
medieval architecture including castles and cathedrals.
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| Why
and how were new gothic cathedrals built? |
A
case study of Exeter cathedral in England (worksheet
and
timeline sheet). Editable
timeline
sheet to complete on computer.
Links to images and history of
Exeter cathedral. |
The
complete
film of David
Macaulay's mythical French cathedral Chutreaux. See a
Time Team
episode which illustrates the value of archaeology to medieval
historians.
Gallery of good student timelines from previous years.
Classic documentary 'Civilisation' examines
the impact of the 12th century renaissance -
video |
