2. Starter: 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)

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!

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