| S4 History
- Last
update -
18 January 2012 |
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. |
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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. |
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) |
| 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. |
European medieval pilgrimage
motive.
Wikipedia on the holy
prepuce and
Turin shroud. |
| What
was it like to go on a medieval pilgrimage? |
Worksheet from the lesson. Question 6, empathy activity
worksheet |
European medieval pilgrimage
journey |
| How
did church architecture develop during the middle ages? |
PowerPoint on the
changes from Romanesque to gothic |
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 |
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. |
| Why
and how were new gothic cathedrals built? |
A
case study of Exeter cathedral in England (worksheet
and
timeline sheet). |
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.
Classic documentary 'Civilisation' examines
the impact of the 12th century renaissance -
video |
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B Test 4 Friday
25th May 2012 |
Revision
quiz |
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