Medieval hats

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of British Clothing 1066 to Present Day Natural Dyes

Objectives

History

  • Study an aspect or theme in British history (clothing) that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066.
  • Children should understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.

Design and Technology

  • Build and apply a repertoire of knowledge, understanding and skills in order to design and make high quality prototypes and products.

Lesson Planning

Children will consolidate their knowledge of Medieval clothing. They will explore more about Medieval hats with a quiz and then create their own hats for their peg people.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • Learn about the type of hats and headdresses worn by rich and poor people and men and women in medieval times.
  • Create a medieval hat for a peg doll and apply historical knowledge of the Middle Ages.

Children will:

  • Learn about the different types of hats worn in medieval times and consolidate knowledge with a quiz.
  • Make a medieval style hat for their peg person using their own hand dyed fabric, felt and card.
  • Finish their zigzag information book by adding 4 new pages on medieval hats.
  • Learn more about natural dyes and new developments in synthetic dyes by playing a quiz game.

You Will Need

  • Off-cuts of the remainder of the hand dyed fabric created in session 1
  • Small pieces of card (for steeple hats)
  • Fabric scissors
  • Tissue paper
  • Wool in hair colours, e.g. shades of brown, yellow, orange, grey and black
  • Some fine tipped permanent black marker pens
  • Small off-cuts of felt in natural (straw hat) shades, e.g. cream, light brown, yellow