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Category Archives: Medieval History
Bizarre stats for post
I’ve been looking on the stats page for this blog, and the Medieval Crime & Punishment podcast has passed 1,000 hits over the past 2 months since it was posted. In other words, it makes up a tenth of all … Continue reading
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Stations of the Classroom – no fights!
My Year 8s have really responded well to a variety of activities in “station” format. They work on something for 10-15 minutes, then change. The groups are about 4 students in number, and the activities are usually: textbook questions; a … Continue reading
The Black Death
Here is the latest Middle Ages podcast, along with gratuitous picture of people with bubonic plague. I’ve been doing a “stations” strategy with my year 8s for the Friday double: podcast, textbook questions, crossword, computer stuff and a drawing activity. … Continue reading
Castle podcast
This is a podcast introducing castles for a Year 8 SOSE class. And the photo below is from the banks of Loch Ness, upon which I was lucky enough to walk…and no, I did not see her. Here is the … Continue reading
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Trial by Ordeal simulation
In Year 8 SOSE, we study medieval crimes and punishments. This is not really a podcast, but it’s a funny video. Instead of getting students to have burning coals put in their palms, I got them to…well, just watch thevideo. … Continue reading
iHistory Podcast Project 