1. Medieval Lives: L3 Primary Source Investigation

2. Featuring  The Luttrell Psalter  The Village of Wharram Percy

3. The Story So FarThe Story So Far  Our first unit examined medieval Europe from the top down  This one examines medieval Europe from a different perspective  We began by examining our initial thoughts about peasant life  We overwhelmingly saw this as negative  How were our views challenged by evidence from the Peasant’s Revolt?

4. Medieval Historiography : What problems does the study of Medieval history Pose? - discuss in pairs -feedback answers

5. Peasant Life  Watch the video clip  Is there any more evidence of peasant life being more sophisticated than we originally thought?  Accompanying Course book readings: pg 106-113

6. Compiling the evidence  Go back to your table from lesson 1 and add information from this lesson  How has our picture of peasant life changed?  What would this look like as a paragraph plan?  What would be the topic sentence?

7. Learner Profile-Reflective and Caring  Complete a diary entry as a medieval peasant.  Use pgs 106-113 in your text book to help you with information  Make sure to avoid anachronisms  Try and put yourself in the mind of a peasant as a historical fiction writer would do  You will come back to your peasant when we study the Black Death