The document provides instructions for students to imagine they are medieval-era news reporters reporting on environmental issues that affected people in both the medieval period and today. It gives background information on three issues - global warming/climate change, population problems, and pollution - and how they impacted medieval lives. It asks students to research how each issue affects modern times and the medieval period, then write a script for a news report with an introduction by an anchor and interviews with medieval sources discussing the effects of each issue.
2. Instructions: In your groups, discuss concerns about our human or natural environment that are commonly in the news. Pick your top 4 and add them to the spider diagram below. Environmental issues in the news 1) 2) 3) 4)
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4. Are you surprised to know that these are not just concerns for the 21 st Century ? ~~~~~~~~~~ Medieval people’s lives were affected by these issues too!
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9. Useful Websites! If you type in your brief titles ie “pollution” into any search engine, useful website addresses should appear. Good search engines include: www.google.co.uk www.yahoo.co.uk Some other useful websites include: www.schoolhistory.co.uk www.nationalgeographic.com www.dartfordarchive.org.uk/medieval/people.shtml www.bbc.co.uk/history/timelines/britain www.britannica.com
