Lesson Title: Life of a Peasant

Lesson #: 3
Date:October 18, 2017
Subject: Humanities 8
Grade: 8
Teachers: Ms.Perry, Mr.Virgin, Mr.Willgress

Rationale:
In order to understand how the Renaissance and the modern western world came to be, we
must understand where it came from. Peasants had the least amount of power in the Feudal
System of the middle ages yet did most of the work and supplied most of the farmed produce.
Understanding their lives and struggles will help understand why there was a slow but strong
demand for change over time.

Curriculum Connections:
Big Idea: Contacts and conflicts between peoples stimulated significant cultural, social, political
change.

Curricular Competency:
Assess the significance of people, places, events, or developments at particular times
and places (significance)
Characterize different time periods in history, including periods of progress and decline,
and identify key turning points that mark periods of change (continuity and change)

Content:
Medieval Europe and the Feudal System (Social, political, and economic systems and
structures)
Changes in Population and Living Standards

Learning Intentions: Activity: Assessment:

To Introduce Peasants and Worksheet and Dice Game Worksheet, Verbal

their place in feudal system Discussion
of medieval Europe

Prerequisite Concepts and Skill:

Introduction Medieval Europe
Materials and Resources with References/Sources:

For Teacher For Students

Videos and Projector

Slideshow on Peasant Life

Slideshow

Copied Worksheet, game cards and game Pen/Pencil

boards Worksheets
Peasants Worksheet
Game Cards and Board

Game Pieces and Dice Game Pieces and DIce

Differentiated Instruction (DI):

Organizational/Management Strategies:
Use the students table groups for activity

Possible Aboriginal Connections / First Peoples Principles of Learning:

Learning is holistic, reflexive, reflective, experiential, and relational (focused on
connectedness, on reciprocal relationships, and a sense of place).

Lesson Activities

Teacher Activities Student Activities Pacing

Videos Watch Videos 15m

Facilitate Discussion Pair and Share about videos 3m

Show Slideshow on Peasant Life Intro to Peasant Life 10m

Have students look at Challenge #4 on Challenge #4 on Worksheet 10m

Worksheet (Vocabulary for Game)

Explain how to play the Game Activity: Dice Game w/Cards 30m
-Cut up Cards on sheet given -Cut Cards out
-Use game board and pieces provided -Play Game
-Roll the dice and pick up a card
-Move up with the number on the die, if the
 cards askes you do something, do it.

Ticket out the Door Ticket out the Door: Write on Note 5m
-Write on a piece of note paper Paper
What role would you like have in the
feudal system?

Reflections: