Year 8 CAT2 CONNECTIONS TO CONCEPTS FROM MEDIEVAL TOPICS.

Humanities Year 8

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Type of Assessment Task: Written Responses

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CONNECTIONS TO CONCEPTS FROM

MEDIEVAL SOCIETY.
Aim of Task: Students will be able to analyse evidence from primary and secondary sources
to connect to the historical sources and aspects of society in the Medieval times.
Background/Task/Directions:
Students will use the guiding questions to connect concepts to Medieval society.
Students will use evidence from primary and secondary sources to support their connections.
Students will use Tier 2/3 words in their writing.
See Task Instructions and Success Criteria attached for further information.

Circle the appropriate value from 1 to 10 (1 very low to 10 very high):

BEFORE: How much effort did you put in preparing for this SAC? AFTER: How well do you think you did?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
 TASK INSTRUCTIONS

Students are to pick 2 of the topics below and research them deeply, collect evidence and answer the
following questions on their 2 chosen topics.
TOPICS.
1. Medieval crime and punishments.
2. Strength and impact of the Medieval Church.
3. Black Death.
4. Feudalism.
Please tick the appropriate two boxes for your chosen topics.

Medieval crime and Strength and impact Feudalism Black Death

punishments of the Medieval
Church
Medieval crime and punishments
PART A

1. Describe your Medieval

topic in detail using Tier
2/3 words. (400-500
words)

2. Explain reasons for

choosing this topic.

3. Collect 2 Primary or
Secondary sources of
evidence that connects
to your topic and
explain the connection.
PART B

4. How does this topic

connect to the concept of
CONTINUITY and
CHANGE?

5. Compare the Medieval

punishments to the 21st
century punishments
using Primary and
Secondary sources as
evidence.
Strength and impact of the Medieval Church
PART A

1. Describe your
Medieval topic in
detail using Tier 2/3
words. (400-500
words)

2. Explain reasons for

choosing this topic.

3. Collect 2 Primary or
Secondary sources of
evidence that connects to
your topic and explain the
connection.
PART B

4. How does this topic

connect to the Historical
concept CAUSE and
EFFECT?

5. Has the influence of

religion continued to
have an impact on
people’s lives in the
21st century? Explain
using Primary and
Secondary sources as
evidence.
Black Death
PART A

1. Describe your
Medieval topic in
detail using Tier 2/3
words. (400-500
words)

2. Explain reasons for

choosing this topic.

3. Collect 2 Primary or
Secondary sources of
evidence that connects to
your topic and explain the
connection.
PART B

4. How does this topic

connect to the concept of
SIGNIFICANCE?

5. Research to report on
whether the Plague is still
an illness in the 21st
century. Create or find a
bar graph to show the
difference in numbers of
deaths from the plague
during Medieval times up
to the 21st century.
Feudalism
PART A

1. Describe your
Medieval topic in
detail using Tier 2/3
words. (400-500
words)

2. Explain reasons for

choosing this topic.

3. Collect 2 Primary or
Secondary sources of
evidence that connects to
your topic and explain the
connection.
PART B

4. Explain why Historians

would have to look at
different Perspectives
when studying the lives of
the people on the
different levels of the
Feudal System?

5. Create a Feudal System

Pyramid to show how a
Secondary College is
layered.

6. Pick two sections of the

Medieval Feudal System
and compare them. You
may use a Venn diagram
to show the similarities
and differences rather
than a chunk of writing.
CREATE A BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR YOUR SOURCES.
Books should include author, date published, title, publisher and country of publication and page
reference.
Websites should include author of page (this may be an organisation such as the BBC), date
published (usually located at the bottom of the page), title of the page, URL and date accessed.
 HUMANITIES – Connection to concepts and Medieval Society
SUCCESS CRITERIA
10
Discusses the 9
historical
significance of
an event,
individual,
movement, or
development
2.3 Explains the ideas 3.3 Explains the 4.3 Discusses different 5.3 Uses evidence to 6.3 Explains the 13-15 8
and values conveyed impact of cause and interpretations of the discuss the ethical historical
in the source effect past using evidence dimensions of an significance of 11-12 7.5
event, individual, an event,
group, idea, individual,
movement, or movement, or
development development
1.2 Detailed 2.2 Identifies the ideas 3.2 Identifies how a 4.2 Identifies multiple 5.2 Uses evidence to 6.2 Describes 8-10 7
description of and values conveyed cause leads to an interpretations of the explain the ethical the historical
medieval topic using in the sources effect past dimensions of an significance of 6-7 6.5
Tier 2/3 words. event, individual, an event,
group, idea, individual,
movement, or movement, or
development development
1.1 Limited 2.1 Identifies the type, 3.1 Distinguishes 4.1 Identifies 5.1 Identifies an 6.1 Identifies an 3-5 6
description of author or creator, and between cause and interpretations of the ethical dimension of event,
medieval topic using the intended audience effect past the past individual, 0–2 5.5
Tier 2/3 words. of the source movement, or
development as
historically
significant
Insufficient evidence Insufficient evidence Insufficient evidence Insufficient evidence Insufficient evidence Insufficient 0
evidence
Understanding of Concept: Using Concept: Analysing Concept: Taking Concept: Explain Concept: Point Range Level
Medieval topic sources as evidence cause and effect historical perspectives continuity and change Understand
historical
Topic: Strength and Topic: Feudalism Topic: Medieval crime significance
impact of the and punishments
Medieval Church Topic: Black
Death