Unit Plan 3: Medieval Cities

	UNIT  PLAN 3
TITLE	MEDIEVAL CITIES
GROUP	2nd ESO
HISTORY	Xavier Marín
TEACHER
CONTENTS	- The causes of population growth in the 12th and 13th centuries
	- The social pyramid of society in a medieval city
	- The importance of guilds
	- The medieval monarchies
	- The characteristics of Gothic art and architecture
ENGLISH AIMS	-Vocabulary related to different civilizations: trade, urban growth, inhabitants, ghettoes, Jewish
	quarters, Moorish quarters, craftsmen, workshops, guilds, master craftsmen, journeymen,
	apprentices, parliaments, Monarchs, cathedral, church, palaces, universities, gothic, gargoyles,
	rose windows, stined glass, pointed arches, rib vaults, Latin cross, flying buttresses, pinnacles.
LEARNING	- How Europe became more prosperous
	- Growth of trade and cities
	- The role of craftsmen
	- Why monarchies grew stronger
	- How Europe evolved between the 11th and 13th centuries
	- Gothic architecture, sculpture and painting
ACTIVITIES/	- Understanding the link between agriculture and population increase
	- Using graphs for information
COGNITIVE	- Matching information: craftsment and their activites
SKILLS	- Classifying aspects of political, economic and social changes
RESOURCES
AND	- Presentations with the computer.
MATERIALS	- Internet (pictures or interactive exercises)
	- Educational films.
	- Virtual visits to archaeological sites
EDUCATION	- Curiosity to know how and why cities changed
VALUES	- Curiosity to know the impact of changes in trade and tradesmen
	- Appreciation of the impact of agriculture on population
	- Appreciation of the changing role of the monarchy and the introduction of parliaments
KEY	Linguistic communication
COMPETENCES	• Vocabulary related to medieval cities
	• Making impersonal statements: Forests were cutdown.
	• Making generalisations: Cities began to grow again.
	• Making comparisons: There was less hunger.
	Mathematical competence
	• Plotting information on graphs

UNIT  PLAN 3

	Digital ICT competence
	• Using graphs as a source of information
	• Doing a web task  Using the Interactive Whiteboard
	Temporal competence
	• Comprehension of the time-scale of important figu res and events during this period
	Spatial competence
	• Using a map to see the development of trade
	Interpersonal and civic competence
	• Appreciating political, economic and social changes in the 12th and 13th centuries
	Autonomy and personal initiative
	• Producing a list of convincing arguments for a peasant wanting to migrate to a city
	Knowledge and interaction with our world
	• Looking for the modern-day names of countries with medieval cities
	• Finding out about guilds in medieval times and guilds and trades today
	Cultural and artistic expression
	• Making murals about Gothic art  Making a clay or plasticine model of a feud
ASSESMENT	Written test in first language / second language
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