KS3 history. Out of the classroom into the village

Description

A pair of teachers rise to the challenge of teaching medieval history in a village ravaged by the Black Death with the help of a box of specially selected resources.Head of History Iain Annat and NQT Ian Ochiltree are from Aylesbury High School in Buckinghamshire. This episode takes them to the leafy village of Ashwell, Hertfordshire, where they discover evidence from 14th Century of a community touched by the Bubonic plague. With the aid of objects from the Museum of London and the British Library, and help from local shepherd and historian David Short, they embark upon creating an investigative medieval mystery lesson.

Runtime

29 min

Series

Subjects

Geography

Genre

Date of Publication

2008

Database

Alexander Street

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