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Year 7: Half-Term 2 – Medieval England

Homework set - week beginning

Homework due - week beginning

Task

1 – 30/10/2017 1 – 06/11/2017 Spelling Test2 – 06/11/2017 2 – 13/11/2017 Quiz Revision3 – 13/11/2017 3 – 20/11/2017 Fact Find4 – 20/11/2017 4 – 27/11/2017 Homework Menu5 – 27/11/2017 5 – 04/12/2017 Spelling Test6 – 04/12/2017 6 – 11/12/2017 Quiz Revision7 – 11/12/2017 7 – 18/12/2017 Fact Find8 – 18/12/2017 8 – 08/01/2018 Homework Menu

Week 1: Spelling Test

Use the ‘Look, Cover, Say, Write, Check’ method to learn these spellings ready for a spellings test next lesson. There will be bonus positive points if you are able to remember what each word means – you do not need to remember each word by word, you may summarise*.

1. Abbot – a man who is the head of an abbey of monks.

2. Knight – (in the Middle Ages) a man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armour.

3. Medieval – relating to the Middle-Ages.

4. Peasant – a poor smallholder or agricultural labourer of low social status (chiefly in historical use or with reference to subsistence farming in poorer countries).

5. Pestilence – a fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.

6. Revolt – take violent action against an established government or ruler; rebel.

7. Monk – a member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

8. Clergy – the body of all people ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church.

9. King – the male ruler of an independent state, especially one who inherits the position by right of birth.

10. Crusade - each of a series of medieval military expeditions made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land and from the Muslims in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries.

*Summarise – Break down an idea into its main points and put into your own words.

Week 2: Quiz Revision – Henry II & Thomas Becket – read the questions and learn the answers.

1. When Henry II came to the throne of England he also inherited a large empire, where did his empire stretch to? The border of Scotland to the border of Spain

2. What was Henry’s problem with neighbouring Kings? They wanted to conquer parts of Henry’s empire

3. After 100 years of fighting expensive wars, how much of the Empire was left? The area around Calais

4. During the Medieval period how could the next King be decided? (give one example) The previous King chose his successor, It went to the nearest living relative, the Barons could

decide on who they wanted to be the King

5. How long was Henry II King? From 1154-1189

6. Who was Henry II’s mother? Eleanor of Aquitaine

7. Who controlled the Church in England? The Pope from Rome

8. Who was the most important person in the Church The Archbishop of Canterbury

9. Who was made Archbishop of Canterbury in 1162? Thomas Becket

10. Why did Henry II make Thomas Becket the Archbishop? Henry hoped Thomas would make changes to the Church that benefitted the King

Week 3: Fact Find

You will find on the Homework Hub a separate sheet for you to print and fill in (20 Questions – Norman Conquest). Remember, you can print in any of the school computer rooms and the school library. You must read each of the questions and fill in the answer – you may use any research tool at your disposal e.g. the internet, books, asking a friend or family member. You will need to bring the completed sheet to lesson ready to peer-mark. Please look below for the outcome of your scores:

Score Outcome20 marks +10 on PARs & a raffle ticket10 - 19 marks +5 on PARs6 – 9 marks Incomplete Homework on PARs5 or below No Homework on PARs & -5

Week 4: Homework Menu

Week 5: Spelling Test

Use the ‘Look, Cover, Say, Write, Check’ method to learn these spellings ready for a spellings test next lesson. There will be bonus positive points if you are able to remember what each word means – you do not need to remember each word by word, you may summarise*.

Apothecary – a person who prepared and sold medicines and drugs.

Epidemic – a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.

Monastery – a building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows.

Succession – the action or process of inheriting a title, office or property.

Magna Carta – a charter of liberties to which the English barons forced King John to give his assent in June 1215 at Runnymede.

Outlaw – a person who has broken the law, especially one who remains at large or is a fugitive.

Myth – a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining a natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.

Chivalry – the combination of qualities expected of an ideal knight, namely courage, honour, courtesy, justice, and a readiness to help the weak.

Plague – a contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes.

Black Death – a widespread epidemic of bubonic plague that occurred in several outbreaks between 1347 and 1400.

*Summarise – Break down an idea into its main points and put into your own words.Week 6: Quiz Revision – Black Death

– read the questions and learn the answers.

1. Where did the Black Death originally come from? Asia

2. How did it spread to Europe and England? By black rats on board of merchant ships

3. How much of the English population was killed by the Black Death? Around 50%

4. What year was the Black Death at its height? 1348-9

5. What were the main symptoms presented by the Bubonic Plague? Buboes – Dark pus filled swellings under the arm and groin and fever

6. How was the Black Death spread from rats to people? By fleas who had bitten infected rats

7. At what time of year does the plague affect fewer people? During the winter as the flea population declines

8. What was the mortality rate of Bubonic Plague? About 70%

9. How long would it take for those suffering from the plague to die? Between four to seven days

10. How was Pneumonic Plague caught? Through breathing – it attacks the lungs, patients cough blood and spray out germs every time

they breathe out

Week 7: Fact Find

You will find on the Homework Hub a separate sheet for you to print and fill in (20 Questions – Norman Conquest). Remember, you can print in any of the school computer rooms and the school library. You must read each of the questions and fill in the answer – you may use any research tool at your disposal e.g. the internet, books, asking a friend or family member. You will need to bring the completed sheet to lesson ready to peer-mark. Please look below for the outcome of your scores:

Score Outcome20 marks +10 on PARs & a raffle ticket10 - 19 marks +5 on PARs6 – 9 marks Incomplete Homework on PARs5 or below No Homework on PARs & -5

Week 8: Homework Menu