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Consejería de Educación, Juventud y Deporte

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The English society was a feudal society where every member is connected to their hierarchical superiors by personal relationships. How does feudalism work? The king was at the top of the pyramid and the whole society beyond him ws closely related between lords and vassals and through personal relationships. In many occasions that kind of society created problems related to crime and its consequent punishment.

Activity

In pairs, investigate about the parts of a commendation ceremony and elaborate a short theatre piece

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Political situation in England through the Middle Ages is specially marked by the Norman invasion in 1076, leaded by William the Conqueror. After the battle of Hastings, this king started a new way of ruling the country, based on the feudal system that brought from France.
Since that moment, Norwich, starting in its castle as a royal and noble center, became a very important city in England because of its particular situation, close to the sea and plenty of plain fields where food could be produced.

Activity

The war between England and France has been declared, and the kingdom needs your help!
In pairs, you will have both a different letter to write:
- One of you will be the noble and will have to write a formal letter to the king offering his services
-One of you will be the king asking help to the noble and offering some profits in exchange

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Norwich was a city whose economy was based on the trade and craftwork, and the profits that offered the countryside that surrounded it. The Norwich market was the trading centre of the region since the Anglo-Saxon era, and nowadays it still keeps their importance.

Related to the medieval economy I propose you the next activity for working by groups:

Activity

Imagine you are a Castilian craftmen. Design in your notebook one product you are goint to sell and what the steps you have to follow to produce it:
- Materials
-Prize
- Place of selling
- Reasons why you want to sell this product

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Norwich, and United Kingdom in general, has been a place where many different religions have taken place.

Activity

As activity I propose to compare these photos below and answer these questions:

- Who was the Green Man of the Norwich Cathedral? What religion did it belong to?
- What religion does the Norwich cathedral belong to? Is it the same as the Green Man one?
- Write a short essay about how would you feel believing in a faith different as the place where you would live in Middle Ages.
- Find out information about the gregorian chant and the anglican evensong. What are their differences and similarities?

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Norwich, as a medieval city, is plenty of examples of romanesque and, specially, gothic architecture. But, surprisingly (or maybe not), masterpieces between XVIth and XIXth century doesn;t exist in the city. Could you guess what happened in that period of time for no religious buildings at all?

Activity

As activity I would like you to draw the Norwich cathedral plan and the Cordoba mosque, and label their different plans

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My first impression about Norwich was the idea of travelling through the time. Gothic churches and castles popped everywhere, and the spirits of ancient Normands and medieval or XVIth century Britons invited me to discover the village. Narrow streets and wooden houses, today, are still a magnificent scene to imagine storytellings about spirits, rioters as Ketts or pubs plenty of life.

Activity

As activity I propose you to compare these two maps of  Norwich and describe them, answering these questions:

- Could you see any similarity between them? And differences? Explain it with detail

- What city do you believe is the best for living? Give reasons to support your idea

- Elaborate a short research about living in a medieval city: hygiene, facilities, security measures, type of houses

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This Padlet has the intention of taking advantage of Norwich as a medieval city that offers the opportunity of being the perfect scene for explaining Middle Ages in a classroom using CLIL methodology.
Besides, I would like to show what I have learnt my experience in two schools in Norwich region (Wimondham High School and Hellesdon High School), specially related to practical methodologies with our pupils.

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Between VI and XI century, approximately, education was a religious issue, not a laic one.
Nevertheless, since XII century universities started to run and gave laics (specially noble and bourgeois people) the chance of studying and improving their knowledges about laws, Medicine and how to administrate the new  statal institutions that were appearing in that moment.
Cambridge or Oxford are the best example of how a university can create a new landscape of cultural development in England.
In Norwich the most important school in Middle Ages was Saint Andrew.

Activity

Observe this graphic and and answer the questions:

-Describe the graphic as much as you can
- Why do you believe the amount of manuscripts is so low until 1100-1200? Why this amount was increased after this years?
- What's the relationship, in your opinion, between the universities appearance and the urbanisation increase?
- Why the number of universities increased since 1150? Investigate and tell at least three important universities in Middle Ages