help a seventh grader who is drawing a blank.?

Question

for a project i have, i have to create a game board. for the first part of this project is that i have to name 15 activities that i would find in an medieval village before the black death. i have to come up with fifteen activities that would normally happen in a medieval village. Do you have anby ideas on how you can help a seventh grade girl with her project.

Answer 1

Try researching some games that were played in the medieval village. Then just use that.

I know how it feels to draw a blank. I am too, and am not getting any responses to my most recent question :(

Answer 2

I would go online and try to find out all I can about the Medieval Period, life in England before the black death, and the black death itself. Search the encyclopedia sites, but also try just entering 'Medieval life', and 'the medieval period' into your search engine. Print it out.

You can also try history museum websites. Start with the Smithsonian. I don't know if a museum will offer a lot of help, but it certainly can't hurt.

Highliehgt the things you need for your list and write your list out.

You didn't mention if your game is supposed to be a modern game or not, so my suggestions are so you can make a modern board game.

Highlight the things you might want to have as a square in your game. Then get a game board (your favorite game would be helpful), and put post it's on each square to see how you would like to lay it out.

The final thing to do would be to play your game and see if you like the way it plays. If you don't, make adjustments, and play it again. Contine to play your game, and make changes until you have something you really like. Then get a heavy board (maybe two sides of a large cardboard box? Glue them together & let the glue dry really well), then glue down your game squares (did you look online for medieval artwork or illustrations that you could use to decorate your sqares?). After everything is dry, cover the surface with laminated paper.

I don't know how long you have until your project is due, but avoid playing your game hour after hour to try to get it right, or you may bore yourself silly. Space it out.

Next time you have a project, If you don't have a clue what you should do, take a day to breathe( if you don't have a day, take an hour).

Then brainstorm ( write down every idea that comes to you--no matter what you think of it. When you have a nice long list of ideas...leave your list alone for awhile, no less than an hour). Don't think about your project...but don't delay too long. Set an alarm or a timer.

Then go over your list looking for any ideas that appeal to you. Once you find something, start your assignment.
This will usually work, no matter what you have to write or what project you have to do at school.

I hope this helps!

Answer 3

Brewing beer
Sewing tapestry
Playing musing
Composing poetry
Throwing fruit at people locked in the village stocks
Hunting
Dancing
Performing wedding ceremonies
Performing seasonal rituals (druidisim)

Answer 4

funny. Im in tenth grade going over the same subject. try google and type in activities medieval towns. that sohould give you PLENTY on information

Answer 5

Here are a few:

firewood collector
animal tender - cows, sheep, goats, chickens geese etc
church (catholic in those days) person - priest, warden etc
housewife
servant in a big mansion who polishes etc
black smith that makes horse shoes and other metal objects - door latches and stuff for tools
shoe maker
candle maker
baker
miller
. . . hope that is a start.

Answer 6

going to church, going to the market, throwing rotton food at people in the stocks, anything like that. they used to put a red cross on a door of a house in which somone had the black death.

Answer 7

it would be interesting.
Back when people did things instead of sitting around watching tv, eating potato chips, and playing video games; these three things are the black death of the modern age.

Answer 8

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/medieval