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How did life change for ordinary people 1500-1750?. L/O – To understand that people’s lives in the past were different and to identify how events can affect ordinary lives. 1500: Which home would you like to live in?. 1. Edward and Elizabeth, a merchant family.
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How did life change for ordinary people 1500-1750? L/O – To understand that people’s lives in the past were different and to identify how events can affect ordinary lives
1500: Which home would you like to live in? 1. Edward and Elizabeth, a merchant family 2. Thomas and Anne, a yeoman family 3. Will and Mary, a husbandman family
1. Edward and Elizabeth, a merchant family 2. Thomas and Anne, a yeoman family 3. Will and Mary, a husbandman family
Moment of Fate 1 – The Dissolution of the Monasteries, 1536-1540
Moment of Fate 2 – Religious changes, bad harvests and food prices, 1580s
How did life change 1500-1750? • Introduction: Introduce your family, who they are, what they do for work, how they live. • Divide up the main section into years/events • Did life get better? How? Why? • Did life get worse? How? Why? • What were the worst events? • Conclusion: Overall, did life get better or worse? Make a judgement.