You may have some questions for Christopher. Use the prompts to help you come up with 3 questions: Clothing, key jobs, types of monks

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• You may have some questions for Christopher. Use
  the prompts to help you come up with 3 questions
  Clothing, key jobs, types of monks
• ?Can you think of other questions you want to ask
  him?

? starter activity
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Who were monks?

• Obeyed Rule of St Benedict
• Prayed, worked, ate slept together
• Vows of poverty chastity
• 3 types or orders Benedictines, Carthusians
  (silent), Franciscans

A monk at work on an illuminated manuscript
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What was life like in a medieval monastery?
? Key words monk monastery
? Learning objectives

• TBAT describe key aspects of a monks life
• To evaluate which sources can tell us most

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? Your task

• Around the room you will find different types of
  sources material. You have 3 mins to investigate
  each source and record your findings, before you
  move on in a clockwise direction to the next work
  station.
• ?Which source was the most useful?

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? Your task

• Which source can tell us most about life in
  medieval monasteries?
• ?Which source do you think was the most reliable?
  Why?
• Remember NOP?

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• Your task
• Watch the film clip about life in a medieval
  monastery. Answer the questions on your video
  sheet.
• ? What would be the hardest thing about life in a
  monastery for you?

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? Homework

• You are a novice monk and you are feeling lonely.
  Write a letter home to your parents. Include
  descriptions of the following
• The clothes you wear
• The duties (religious practical) of a monk
• The places in the monastery
• The best thing about being a monk

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Success criteria
Room to improve Good Wow factor
You include most but not all the points You use a limited range of key words You include all the points, but dont develop them You use a range of key words You have written in the style of a letter home You develop all the points You use a wide range of keywords appropriately Your work is presented to an excellent standard, e.g. use of ICT, confident SPAG It has the look and feel of a letter home
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? Extension task

• Visit Canterbury Cathedral and find out how
  typical the monastery was that used to exist
  there.
• Watch the rest of the TV programme about medieval
  monks www.youtube.com/watch?vH7kixg7E3Pk

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What was life in a medieval monastery?
? Key words monk monastery
? Learning objectives

• TBAT describe key aspects of a monks life
• To evaluate which sources can tell us most

? Plenary