I have found the medieval times topic really interesting!

I have learnt a lot of things… mostly we have learnt stuff about what they do in everyday life, and the ranks and stuff like that. So we learnt that the villages have a lord and the lord lives in the manor house and rules and looks after the village. The peasants and the serfs make all of the crops for the village, which they grow on the lord’s land which they rent to them for the food and crops they grow. The merchants run the shops like the tailors, blacksmiths etc some of the merchants and shopkeepers are more wealthy than the lords! But they are only just higher ranked then the peasants and serfs.

We also learnt about the food and the buildings.

Cottages where made out of cobble stone, wooden planks, and thatched roofs. They had a whole in there roof for a chimney, so the cottages often burnt down.

I think the activities that helped me most to learn about this topic, was the reading groups and follow up activities. They really helped me understand it and made it stick in my head. Minecraft definitely helped me learn about building and town life and the roles of people in the medieval times.