1. EQ: Which medieval woman will be in your textbook?
EQ: Which medieval woman should be in a textbook?
How are they significant?…

2. So what of our textbook then?

3. To do this well you will need to produce:
If we remember back to last lesson, your outcome task for this enquiry – on which medieval woman was most significant – was to produce your very own chapter for our Medieval Minds textbook.
To do this well you will need to produce:
An interesting title;
A detailed picture;
And three paragraphs on what is significant about your chosen medieval woman.

4. Remember these criteria words which you wrote down in our second lesson, and which we have been using ever since:
Extraordinary. Is she extraordinary in anyway?
Impactful. Did she have an impact on the people of the time?
Makes us aware. Does she makes us aware of anything?
Especially big. Did she do anything which was big in scale?
Different. Was she different to other people of the time?
You will be need to refer to AT LEAST 3 in your final task – and importantly justify why you have used that particular word with a good reason. This is vital because these words will help you to explain not only why your medieval woman is significant, but the way in which she is significant.

5. So how do we start?

6. Do flick back to your previous work to help you.
Remember the final tasks from previous lessons: the interesting title; the detailed picture; and the paragraph which had to feature our criteria in it?
Well that is precisely what you need to do here – but this time you need to do it for the medieval woman you decide is MOST significant.
Do flick back to your previous work to help you.

7. Mr Horrocks will be happy to show you one more (awful) example of what it might look like finished before you get started:

8. A real page-turner: The very extraordinary life of Margery Kempe
Significant detail in title
Mention criteria
A real page-turner: The very extraordinary life of Margery Kempe
‘Margery Kempe is significant because she is incredibly different in the ways that she behaved and acted. She was not like many women of her status, who would get married and stay at home. Instead, she took great pilgrimages, as far as Jerusalem and Spain! She also ignored the way that women of her status used to dress; they used to dress in black, but Margery Kempe dressed in white to show that she was a ‘bride of God’.
Margery Kempe is also significant because…
Finally, Margery Kempe was significant because…
I therefore think that Margery Kempe deserves a place in the Medieval Minds textbook.
Support your point
Significant details in the picture
Mention significance

9. To help you is this double-sided sheet:
It has information on all our medieval women (in case you have forgotten any details) and some handy starters.

10. Margery Kempe Criteria Extraordinary
She went on long pilgrimages as far as Jerusalem & North-Western Spain.
She visited important religious sites and met some key figures like the Archbishop of Canterbury.
She had 14 Children.
She was tried for Heresy and narrowly escaped being burnt at the stake. People did not like her because she stood up to authority.
She created the first autobiography in the English language.
She could not read or write.
She cried an awful lot (mostly about Christ and at holy sites or during mass).
She wore white, unlike most women of her age and status (who wore black).
She is honoured in the Anglican communion.
Criteria
Extraordinary
Different
Impactful
Especially Big
Makes us aware
You might want to use it for just remembering information OR you may want to link criteria to evidence.

11. In case you are stuck on how to begin your paragraphs.
Handy Starters
She was extraordinary because…
She was different because…
This was extraordinary because…
This had a big impact because…
She was significant because… she had more power
Her actions are particularly significant to us because…
Her actions are specifically relevant because…
She was the first to… and this was extraordinary / different / makes us aware / especially great / impactful
Remember extent words:
Very, Particularly, An awful lot of, tremendous amount
In case you are stuck on how to begin your paragraphs.

12. *If you need any help, please ask.
Your task is to:
Create your very own chapter in a textbook, based on one of the medieval women that we have studied – the one you think is MOST significant according to our criteria.
To do this well you need to complete:
Your title;
Your picture;
Your three paragraphs (at least three criteria).
Time to crack on!*
*If you need any help, please ask.

13. Margery Kempe Criteria Extraordinary Different Impactful
She went on long pilgrimages; as far as Jerusalem & North-Western Spain.
She visited important religious sites and met some key figures like the Archbishop of Canterbury.
She had 14 Children.
She was tried for (accused of) Heresy and narrowly escaped being burnt at the stake. People did not like her because she stood up to authority.
She created the first autobiography in the English language.
She could not read or write.
She cried an awful lot (mostly about Christ and at holy sites or during mass).
She wore white, unlike most women of her age and marital status (who wore black).
She is honoured in the Anglican communion.
Criteria
Extraordinary
Different
Impactful
Especially Big
Makes us aware

14. Eleanor of Aquitaine Criteria Extraordinary Different Impactful
One of the wealthiest and most powerful women during the Medieval period.
Queen consort (wife) of both England at France – at different times – through marrying first Louis VII & then Henry II.
Plays an active role in running Henry’s Empire for two decades – travelling between France & England.
Involved in the meetings on military strategy and tactics.
Leads 300 women and 1000 knights during the Crusades.
She was considered to be incredibly clever, civilised and sophisticated.
She sided with her uncle over her husband, Louis, during military talks.
Gets an annulment.
Of all the women before her, she is said to have ‘surpassed them all in fame and notoriety’.
Criteria
Extraordinary
Different
Impactful
Especially Big
Makes us aware

15. Margaret of Anjou Criteria Extraordinary Different Impactful
Margaret marries Henry VI, securing a treaty (an agreement) between England and France to end fighting.
She rules, in Henry’s absence, over England.
Margaret is responsible for raising taxes and match-making amongst the aristocracy – a role that would normally be the King’s.
Margaret is described as a “She-wolf” because of her powerful, determined and fierce personality.
During the War of the Roses Margaret sides with the House of Lancaster AGAINST York – she is trying to protect the throne.
Margaret organises military campaigns, with men like the Earl of Warwick, in order to fight in battles.
She manages to regain the throne.
Criteria
Extraordinary
Different
Impactful
Especially Big
Makes us aware

16. Handy Starters She was extraordinary because…
She was different because…
This was extraordinary because…
This had a big impact because…
She was significant because… she had more power
Her actions are particularly significant to us because…
Her actions are specifically relevant because…
She was the first to… and this was extraordinary / different / makes us aware / especially great / impactful
Remember extent words:
Very, Particularly, An awful lot of, tremendous amount