CLIP 5231
Ordinary families in Anglo Saxon times
Key Info
- Ordinary families in Anglo Saxon times
- Duration: 00:53
- A look at what life would have been like for an ordinary Anglo Saxon child. How they would have been expected to help around the house from an early age and the fact that the amount of time they were treated as 'children' was much shorter than it is today.
- Subject:
History
Topic:Anglo-Saxons
- Keywords: Anglo Saxon, Anglo-Saxon, invaders, treatment of children, family, family life, expectations, education, boys, girls, chores, childhood, opportunities, ordinary, early medieval England
Ideas for use in class
- Students could consider what life would have been like for somebody living in Anglo Saxon times. This could be used as part of independent or group research, finding out about the lives of children from ordinary families.
Background details
- Clip language : English
- Aspect ratio : 4x3
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