Unit 5: Cities in
medieval Europe
VOCABULARY
- Castle
- Walls
- Jumble
- Commercial buildings
- Town Hall
- Allotments
- Neighbourhoods
- Guilds
- Sewers
- Quarters
Write a sentence with each of these words.
SESSION 1: Medieval cities
In groups, describe which parts of the medieval cities are visible in the next photographs:
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SESSION 2: What caused cities to grow?
Student 1 and 2: Explain briefly the agricultural growth
Student 3 and 4: Explain why the population grew
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ACTIVITY 2
ENTIRE GROUP:
Explain in front of the class the social groups
SESSION 2: Pyrenean counties
Student 1: Explain the birth of the Kingdom of Pamplona
Student 2: Explain the birth of the Catalan counties
Student 3: Explain the birth of the Kingdom of Aragón
Student 4: What is the Marca Hispánica? How many kingdoms were born in that land?
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SESSION 3: Black Death
Student 1: Which were the symptoms of the plague? Who used the plague as a biological warfare?
Student 2: Why did the citizens blame the jews for the Black Death?
Student 3: What was the Black Death? Which animals trasmitted it to humans?
Student 4: How many people died because of the plague?
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