Lesson Planning

Study and examine different styles of clothing covering: the Middle Ages and the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Centuries.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To consider the range of sources that have been used to learn about clothing from the Middle Ages.
• To use the internet to research fashion from the Middle Ages.

Children will:

• Begin a class timeline, starting at 1066.
• Know what life was like in Britain at this time.
• Understand what influenced the style, colour and clothing design choices during this period.
• Know that knowledge of the past comes from a range of sources and some considered ‘guesses’.
• Use the internet and topic books to research the style of the rich during the Middle Ages.