Havo 1: Early Middle Ages - lesson 1

• Geschiedenis
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

Farmers, lords & monks

Lesson 1

Start of the lesson

Phone off in phonebag

Chewing gum in bin

Book, notebook, laptop & Plenda on table

Menu of the day

Plenda

Intro

Choice

Break

Serfdom

Plenda

Exercises section 1: 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10

Learn key words C4S1

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Middle ages

Learning questions

• How did society change from an agrarian-urban society to an agrarian society after the end of the Western Roman Empire?
• How did the manorial system work?

Intro

Take a look at the picture on p. 16. What can you see?

Choice

OR you participate with me

• Talk --> classical --> independent

OR you don't participate with me

• You watch a video clip + you read the text
• You make a summary/presentation

An agrarian economy

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire a new period starts: the Middle Ages​

• They last between 500-1500 but this chapter is about the Early Middle Ages (500-1000): that is also a new Age: the age of Monks & Knights (500-1000)​

An agrarian economy

Cities disappeared --> the EMA were an agrarian society​

• What job did most people have?​

An agrarian economy

This happened because it was unsafe: trade was not often not possible anymore and people moved to the countryside​

• Why do people in cities need to trade?​
• Why was it safer in the Roman Empire?

The domain

Let's read together on p. 18​

Do exercises 3, 4, 5

Finished? Show me!

Pause

Serfdom

Finish exercises 3 to 5

Finished? Read 'serfdom' on p. 19

Then: do exercises 8 to 10