Towns and Cities.notebook
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Monday, December 15, 2014
Warm up:
1. Imagine you and your friends want to start
a town somewhere.
2. How would you decide where to put it?
Write down what things do you think it is
important to consider for the growth/success
of your town?
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Beginning of
AD 500
AD 1500
The Rise of Towns and Cities
-Feudalism is well established in Europe
-Church was a constant force
-things are becoming safer, population is growing
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-Since things are becoming safer, people start
to travel more.
-European merchants travel abroad to buy and
sell certain goods
-They start trading these goods in the markets
of small villages
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-Read page 131-132
-Decide with a partner: Would you have
preferred to stay on the manor or moved to a
town/city?
-What are the advantages of the manor?
-What are the advantages of the city
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Growing Up “Ain’t” Easy
> Out of 27 kids your age:
– 15 (half) of you would be dead
– 10 of you would be working as an appren'ce
– 2 of you would be wealthy and go to school to learn to read and
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Other things about Medieval Towns!
-there was no sewage. Their "chamber pots" or toilets were
dumped into the streets. Produced 50 tons of filth a day in
medieval London.
-houses were built so tall in order to save space that often
times people across the street could high five each other.
Houses also burned. A lot.
-there were fast food sellers...kind of. They sold hot
sheep's feet and beef ribs.
-the whole town would have a curfew where everyone
would have to go inside their homes.
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