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Homework
for Fri 19th Jan 2007
Medieval
Monastery
Complete
these sentences around your picture of a monastery on
your photocopied worksheet. Write neatly in ink:
Church
A monastery church is called an abbey. It is in the
form of a crucifix pointing eastwards. Seven services
a day were held here.
Dormitory
Monks slept in this long room without any heating. They
were woken just afetr midnight for the first service
and descended the night stairs to the abbey.
Abbot's
House
Since the abbot would have business to conduct with
the outside world his house was set apart from the cloister.
Guest
House
This is where pilgrims and other travellers could stay
for the night. The Abbot had his own guest house for
more important people.
Refectory
Meals were served in turn by the brothers. One of them
read from a raised lectern. Monks eat in silence.
Bathrooms
The necessarium (WCs) and lavatorium (washroom) were
over a river, usually downstream from the kitchens.
Chapter
House
Here morning assembly took place. Jobs and punishments
were given out. A chapter of St Benedict's Rule was
read.
Infirmary
This was away from the cloister so that infection couldn't
spread. It had a warm fire and its own chapel.
Visit
to Royaumont
Homework
for Tues 23rd Jan 2007
Investiture
Ceremony
Do
the exercise from page 5 on worksheet. One paragraph only
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Feb
2007 Exam Revision
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Brazil. Map. Photocopied notes : poor north-east
and dynamic south-east of the country. Migration
between the two regions. Video questionnaire 'Survival
in the City'.
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Normans and Bayeux tapestry. Reading questionnaire.
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Medieval knight : photocopied picture and
labels
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Visit to Royaumont visit notes. Monastery
photocopied picture and labels. Page 136 'Middle
Ages' picture and labels.
How
to revise:
- Read
through the chapters in your notes and make
sure you understand the subject.
- On
small 10X14cms note cards write the key vocabulary
(ideas, themes, names, dates , places etc)
.
- Learn
by heart the vocabulary.
- Ask
someone to test you
Some
sections require short answers and some ask for
longer explanations.
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Homework
for Fri 09th March 2007
Kenya
Kenya
climate : do question 3 on page 2 of photocopy.
Kenya population : do question 2 on page 4 of photocopy.
Tues
6th March 2007
Visit
to Musée de l'Armée Armour Rooms
Meet
at 13h30 outside old collège office. Meet guide
at 14h00. Bring:
- notebook
-
pen/pencil
- camera
(if you want to)
Homework
for Tues 13th March 2007
Maasai
Tribesmen
Read
about the Maasai on pages 116 & 117 photocopy
Homework
for Tues 27th March 2007
Maasai
Tribesmen
In
pairs research these people and write paragraphs of your
own on the following:
-
Where they live
- Pastoral farming
- Huts & villages
- Appearance (costume, jewellery, hairstyles etc)
- Traditions, ceremonies and religious beliefs.
Work
together : decide who does what and e-mail each other.
Make it look as if only one person has worked on it.Use
books and encyclopedias as well as the internet. Add pictures,diagrams
and maps. Write a list of your sources of information.
Length:
4 sides (max) .
Visit
to Armour Rooms, Les Invalides
Don't
forget to keep your Visits Diary up to date (Royaumont
and Armour Rooms)
Fri
23rd March 2007
Visit
to Guédelon
Have
a look at Guédelon
website.
Bring
Guédelon permission slip signed
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