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Life in a Medieval Village

History · Medieval Times · ages 5-7
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. What stood in the middle of a medieval village?

    • A castle
    • A church
    • A train station

  2. What covered the roofs of medieval village houses?

    • Straw thatch
    • Metal tiles
    • Glass panels

  3. Which of these is a job a villager might do each day?

    • Fly in an airplane
    • Watch television
    • Fetch water from a well

  4. Which best describes a medieval village?

    • Tall glass skyscrapers
    • Small thatched houses near fields and a church
    • Houses on a beach with surfboards

  5. Look at the villager's day. What did they do right after fetching water?

    wake upfetch waterbake breadwork fieldsleep
    • Bake bread
    • Work in the field
    • Sleep

  6. People in medieval villages had electric lights in their homes.

    Circle one:   True   False

  7. Which is NOT a real difference between medieval village life and life today?

    • People used the same phones we use today
    • People used candles instead of electric lights
    • People carried water instead of using taps

  8. Anna says villagers had no chores and played all day. What is wrong with that?

    • Villagers really did play all day
    • Villagers only worked one day a year
    • Villagers had daily tasks like farming and fetching water
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  1. A church · A small church usually stood at the center of the village.
  2. Straw thatch · Villagers used straw, called thatch, to cover their roofs.
  3. Fetch water from a well · Villagers fetched water every day, since there was no running water.
  4. Small thatched houses near fields and a church · Villages had small thatched homes near fields, with a church close by.
  5. Bake bread · After fetching water, villagers helped bake the day's bread.
  6. False · Medieval villages had no electricity. People used candles or firelight instead.
  7. People used the same phones we use today · Phones did not exist in medieval times, so that is not a real similarity.
  8. Villagers had daily tasks like farming and fetching water · Villagers worked every day on tasks like farming, baking, and fetching water.
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