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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