Economy+and+Society

**SECTION A** How was Society structured in Early Modern England?

 This first section is not as exciting and intriguing as the following ones - BUT it is necessary to develop your understanding of the different strata of society, if you want to clearly understand the reasons why people lived the way they did; believed in the things they did; and made decisions about how they lived.

 Our first foray into this world is looking at the Family in Early Modern England.


 * 1) Women had very important roles - despite the restrictions placed on their lives. Their roles were __prescribed__ but still very important. In fact no less so than the men, in terms of family structure.
 * 2) Men had a lot of pressure on them - they were the breadwinners, and they had to be __seen__ to be fulfilling their 'manly' duties - otherwise they were mocked.
 * 3) Social status was EVERYTHING in EME - without it, your opportunities were very restricted.


 * //Download this file to have brief look at how life worked in EME.//**

Your first essay task is to describe the nature of __family life__ in EME - particularly the roles that men and women played in society. Here is PPT if PDF file too big to download.
 * Use the notes in the file below to develop an essay plan for this SITUATION essay.

**MARRIAGE **
 * Marriage was (as it is now) an important part of EME society. The way it worked was a bit different to now though. Parents had much more say in who their children married.
 * Read through the notes attached to make sure you understand how it worked. This will be the topic for the next essay.


 * [[file:Marriage.pptx]]
 * You can also read through notes on this subject from a different book. Gives some other examples of choices and consequences. See this PPT for these notes from Graves and Frood, //Change, Conflict and Crisis.//
 * [[file:Ch 2 MArriage etc.pptx]]
 * 11th April 2011 - Will try and make sure I date everything from now on to help you keep organised.
 * Some other background reading that might be useful is from this Word document. I am only putting bits up at a time to make sure you read the whole thing! It is pretty lengthy in full, so chunks is the best way to go. This particular section is on reasons for marriage - will help in preparing your essay.
 * [[file:Marriage and Family notes 1.doc]]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">And for those of you that missed the lesson today (11th April)- here is the handout to ASSIST with your essay due on Friday - don't let it be the sum total of your thinking on the topic !!
 * [[file:FACTORS LEADING TO MARRIAGE.doc]]

<span style="color: #db0f0f; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Role of Parents in E.M.E
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">14th April - Last day of term tomorrow !! Here are the notes we have been going through this week on Parents and Children.


 * [[file:PARENTS AND CHILDREN.doc]]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">There are notes on the family setup in the Longman Write-On Notes (Green book) and also some stuff for you to read on Education. These notes are under the Economy and Society section pages 40-43.

__ TERM 2 - Week 1 __ __//<span style="color: #5862e9; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">RELIGION IN E.M.E //__
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px;">No sphere of life was more important in 16th and 17th Century than the religious sphere. This was a period of enormous change and no subject created more debate, fear and anger than the choice of religion.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px;">See Powerpoint notes on Religion we have been looking at this week.
 * [[file:CH 9 Religion.pptx]]

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> ESSAY WRITING HINTS
 * **Introductions are the hardest bits of an essay - "Where do I start?" What do I write?" Is it the right thing?"**


 * **The answer is - "Nobody will ever know unless you put pen to paper and have a go - if it isn't very good I will tell you why and give you feedback on how to improve. If you write nothing, there isn't anything we can discuss !!**


 * **The best thing you can do is START. Once you have done that, you can only improve.**

**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">TERM 2 WEEK 2 ** **A few people are having trouble getting the PPT files off the WIKI, so I have attached them all again here in an older format. let me know if you are still having issues.**
 * 1) [[file:Gender Roles.ppt]]
 * 2) [[file:FAMILY LIFE notes.ppt]]
 * 3) [[file:Marriage notes.ppt]]
 * 4) [[file:Marriage extra notes.ppt]]
 * 5) [[file:Religion notes.ppt]]

**TERM 2 Week 3**
 * Structure of the Church**


 * It is important to note that the structure of the English Church did not change a great deal after Henry VIII made his break from Rome. He was still remarkably Catholic in his views - but was arrogant enough to ignore the warnings and eventual excommunication he received from the Pope.**


 * The notes for this week have focussed on the role of the Church itself as a part of government. Church and the Monarch worked together, mostly for mutual benefit. A key idea to understand is the power of the Church over the mind of people in EME.**



<span style="color: #ff0300; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**FILM STUDY** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">This week we have been looking at the film, // The Other Boleyn Girl //, to try and gain a deeper understanding of gender roles, how families used their children to increase their social status and some of the background to the English Reformation.
 * Go to the discussion tab for this topic and answer the questions there - generate some discussion amongst yourselves about how useful this film was as a historical resource about the Reformation.

<span style="color: #f12222; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">AGRICULTURE / INDUSTRY / ECONOMY
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Over the past few weeks we have been looking at the economy of EME.


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The basic information you need to understand is in the PPT files attached to this section. In terms of an essay topic, I would advise you strongly to steer away from these, BUT for the sources, you will need to at least understand how things worked.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Here are the notes for :
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Agriculture (answers for worksheet coming soon)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Industry [[file:Ch 15 - Industry.pptx]]

SOURCE INTERPRETATION.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This is the hardest of the three externals as it requires a breadth of knowledge across the course. Generally there is a themed focus for this and we will spend much more time practicing this next term.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Key thing to remember is YOU MUST READ THE QUESTION CAREFULLY !!!
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Make sure you take the time to read and understand the question BEFORE you start answering it. You would be amazed at how many people fall into the trap of rabbiting on about how mucht hey know, without actually answering the question !
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Also, another real issue with the sources is the Old English used. Sometimes it is not that easy to understand what is being said so you need to spend time reading it carefully and underlining the passages you have trouble with.

MODEL ESSAYS
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">Here are a couple of model essays on the first part of the topic. Would be a good idea to read through them and post questions here about anything you don't understand. We could also talk about what kind of mark they would be worth to give you an idea of what is required.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">This is not really an essay but gives you a good base understanding of the Reformation .[[file:Y13-Religion_Intro.pdf]]
 * [[file:Reaction to EZ settlement.docx]]
 * [[file:DESCRIBE THE IMPORTANCE OF LONDON AND TOWNS IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND.doc]]
 * [[file:Describe the main features of popular beliefs that were held by people in England btw 1558 – 1667.docx]]

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The best thing you could do for History homework over the next few weeks is to read these and discuss them.