Topic: Medieval Europe – a repetition lesson

Target group

5th‑grade students of elementary school

Core curriculum

IV. Society and culture of medieval Europe. Student:

1. presents the institutions of the fiefdom system, explains the concept of state and characterizes social divisions in the Middle Ages;

2. describes the conditions of medieval life (...) of the village;

3. explains the role of the Church (including religious orders) in the field of (...) everyday life.

V. Poland in the early Piast period. Student:

6. describes the Polish society of the first Piasts.

VIII. Great geographical discoveries. Student:

1. explains the causes and evaluates the impact of geographical discoveries on the socio‑economic and cultural life of Europe (...).

Additional content, optional, to be chosen by the teacher in consultation with the student.

4. Orders in Poland. Development of literature and agriculture.

5. Castles and knights. Meaning, weaponry, customs.

General aim of education

The student repeats knowledge and vocabulary regarding the subject: Medieval Europe

Key competences

• communication in foreign languages;

• digital competence;

• learning to learn.

Criteria for success
The student will learn:

• you will talk and discuss topics from the given themes;

• you will consolidate the material from the lessons: „Men of sword – knights”, „Men of prayer – friars”, „Inhabitants of medieval cities”, „Village in the Middle Ages”, „The world before the great geographical discoveries”;

• you will consolidate the vocabulary learned during the lesson.

Methods/techniques

• activating

  • discussion.

• expository

  • talk.

• programmed

  • with computer;

  • with e‑textbook.

• practical

  • exercices concerned.

• exposing

  • exposition.

Forms of work

• individual activity;

• activity in pairs;

• activity in groups;

• collective activity.

Teaching aids

• e‑textbook;

• notebook and crayons/felt‑tip pens;

• interactive whiteboard, tablets/computers.

Lesson plan overview

Before classes

1. Before the planned repetitive lesson, the teacher asks all students to recall the material of the e‑textbook from the chapter *Medieval Europe*, and the selected ones, to prepare a crossword, based on the generator included in the abstract, for colleagues to work during the lesson.

Introduction

1. The teacher states the subject of the lesson, explains the aim of the lesson and together with students determines the success criteria to be achieved.

2. The teacher reminds the participants of the classes what subject area the lesson will concern.

Realization

1. Students display interactive crosswords on the interactive board. The task of the others is to guess individual passwords. After each crossword, students assess the questions based on the technique of lights (whether they are clear, logically formulated). The teacher assesses questions in terms of language and provides feedback.

2. Exercise 1. Asking questions. Students use the form to write questions addressed to a friend in order to check the understanding of the text being heard.

3. Exercise 2. Students, using the generator included in the abstract, prepare a test question for a friend based on a text fragment.

4. Students work with the illustration. They search for the tools used on the peasant's farm and name them.

5. Expanding and enriching English vocabulary in the issues covered in the lesson - students perform language exercise included in the abstract.
   The teacher makes sure that the task has been correctly completed and gives feedback.

Summary

1. The teacher chooses one student by random method and asks him or her to explain in own words the meaning of a given word or concept learned during the lesson.

2. The teacher asks: If there was going to be a test on the material we have covered today, what questions do you think would you have to answer?
   If the students do not manage to name all the most important questions, the teacher may complement their suggestions.

Homework

1. Write a short note about the topics covered in the lesson.

The following terms and recordings will be used during this lesson

Terms

Texts and recordings

Medieval Europe – a repetition lesson

Links to lessons: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5

Links to the abstracts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5