Late Middle Ages: new cities

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Late Middle Ages: new cities

Lesson plan

Start	5 min
Medieval cities	15 min
Break	4 min
What's on the picture?	20 min
Closing	5 min

Going to the market

Late Middle Ages: 1000 - 1500

(Early Middle Ages: 500 - 1000)

Safer

New inventions, like the heavy plough

Farmers produced more than they needed

Many new towns developed 

Money made a comeback!

FALSE !

Because:

cities were not as big as they are now

there were rules for food safety

'dirty' trades like butchers were put together in one spot

'mud officials' gave fines to citizens who disposed of their waste inappropriately

People cared for their environment

Guilds

Merchant guilds - Craft guilds

1. Apprentice
   
2. Journeyman
   
3. Master
   

Burghers

free people who lived in cities

What's on the picture?

Groups of four

Everyone gets 20 seconds to have a look

Then 1 minute to draw

Round 2

Discuss strategy

Again: 20 seconds to look, minute to draw

What's on your picture?

Why did we do this?

What would you do differently next time?