How did life change for ordinary people 1500-1750?

L/O – To understand that people’s lives in the past were different and to identify how events can affect ordinary lives

1500: Which home would you like to live in?

1. Edward and Elizabeth, a merchant family

2. Thomas and Anne, a yeoman family

3. Will and Mary, a husbandman family

1. Edward and Elizabeth, a merchant

family2. Thomas and

Anne, a yeoman family

3. Will and Mary, a husbandman family

Moment of Fate 1 – The Dissolution of the Monasteries, 1536-1540

Moment of Fate 2 – Religious changes, bad harvests and food prices, 1580s

Moment of Fate 3 – The Civil War, 1642-1649

Moment of Fate 4 – Plague, 1665

Moment of Fate 5 – The Flying Shuttle, 1733

How did life change 1500-1750?• Introduction: Introduce your family, who they are, what

they do for work, how they live.

• Divide up the main section into years/events• Did life get better? How? Why?• Did life get worse? How? Why?• What were the worst events?

• Conclusion: Overall, did life get better or worse? Make a judgement.