THE MIDDLE AGES, CHAUCER, AND THE CANTERBURY TALES
Visit the sites indicated below and collect the answers to the questions. The last site will help you determine
what medieval job would most suit you.
Life in the Middle Ages: http://www.learner.org/interactives/middleages/
Explore each of the following sections:
Feudal Life
1. What was the hierarchy of the feudal system?
2. Explain the Magna Carta and its purpose.
3. Discuss one item learned about Peasant Life.
4. Discuss one item learned about the Role of Women.
Religion
5. Discuss difference between bishops and priests.
6. List one thing learned about monks or nuns.
7. Which cathedral collapsed?
Homes
8. Discuss difference between the homes of the poor and the homes of the wealthy. (Window, floors,
kitchens)
Clothing
9. Discuss the difference in the clothing of the poor and the clothing of the wealthy.
10. What piece of jewelry is mentioned from the Canterbury Tales and what is its inscription?
Health
11. When were antibiotics invented?
12. Explain a myth about health.
13. What is a humor? What are the four humor and their elements?
14. Explain one way of treating or healing a person.
Arts and Entertainment
15. Discuss two things learned about arts and entertainment of the Middle Ages.
Town Life
16. What items did people use for trade?
17. What would they trade for?
18. Discuss town governments of this time.
19. Tell one thing learned about the first companies.
The Literature: http://www.enotes.com/canterbury-tales
20. List two reasons the Canterbury Tales were and are important:
Pilgrimages: http://www.godecookery.com/pilgrims/pilgrm02.htm
21. Why did people go on pilgrimages in the medieval times?
22. What was another popular pilgrimage besides Canterbury?
23 Medieval Job Finder: Type http://www.cmi-lmi.com/kingdom.html
Enter the realm of the Kingdomality Personal Preference Profile.
Put in the required information and take the profile test (name and occupation—"student"). For what
medieval job did you turn out to be best suited? Explain.