It appears that in medieval Europe, the period of human growth now called adolescence was ignored. Children were treated as adults from the age of 10 because by then they could participate in the farm work, and usually married when they were about 14 years old. 3.4 SkillBuilder activity USING HISTORICAL SOURCES SOURCE1 is a primary source and SOURCE3 is a secondary source. 1. As a class, discuss the value of each of these sources, as well as their limitations. Be specific about the content of each source. 2. If you were only allowed to use one source to explain this lesson to someone else, decide which one you woulduse. Explain your reasons in detail and share with the class.
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Learning pathways LEVEL1 1, 2, 3, 6
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REMEMBER AND UNDERSTAND 1. Identify the type of work peasant men generally did. A. Preparing food B. Farmwork C. Being a parish priest D. Weaving clothes 2. Determine if the following statements are True or False. a. It was impossible for peasant men to manage to get an education. b. Children were treated as adults from the age of 12. 3. Explain why noble women’s marriages were arranged for them by their family. A. This was the tradition during the Middle Ages. B. It was to gain political power or wealth for the girl’s family. C. It was a mandatory rule enforced by the monarch. D. Arranged marriages were the only form of marriage in the Middle Ages. 4. Explain what property rights a noble woman had compared with her husband. 5. Propose why it might have been highly valued to have a large family in medieval Europe. ANALYSE AND APPLY 6. Explain which social class most people in medieval Europe belonged to. 7. Consider SOURCE1 and SOURCE3 . a. Construct a list of the work you can see people doing in SOURCE1 and SOURCE3 . b. From the jobs you listed in Question 7a , identify which jobs women and children were able to do. 8. Determine who held the most wealth and power on the manor in SOURCES1 and 3 . Identify the basis of their wealth. 9. Examine the picture of life on a manor in SOURCE3 . a. Explain the roles of the reeve, steward and bailiff. b. Construct a diagram that shows the bailiff, steward and reeve in order of importance. c. Explain whether women would have been allowed to do the jobs of steward, bailiff and reeve in medieval times. Justify your answer. 10. Using the information gained from SOURCE1 and SOURCE 3 from this lesson, as well as any other knowledge youhave, construct a paragraph about life on the manor, describing work, living conditions and farming practices in medieval Europe. Answers and sample responses for this topic are available online.
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