Medieval market

Choose the appropriate historical epoch

which is the most satisfactory for you

Get to know the units of the measure, the

weight and the volume from that epoch

Find out the information concerning the

monetary measures which were used in that

historical period

The next step is to find out information about how markets and fairs were organized in the past

You also have to know what kind of products

( which are available nowadays ) could have

been on the booths of the merchants and what were the prices of the individual products

Good advice:

if you involve 2-5 children in the tasks it gives them a chance to learn with the source

texts if you want to simplify your task you can organize the polish, renaissance market and

use the some data prepared in Poland

Gather the necessary stuff to organize a play (the weights the dishes and the products)

Good advice: you can use real products or the models of them

After analyzing the measure and the

weights you can simplify them in the

way to be understood by the children

of the age chosen by you.

You should apply the same

procedure with the monetary

measure, simplifying both the form

and the value.

Try to do all your best that some of the tasks

could be used for further, creative play for the

children ( for example ''sewing a costume'' or

preparing a simple dish etc.)

Prepare the mathematical tasks which are adequate to pupils' knowledge and their capabilities.

Find the right place for you and organize

the booths for merchants there

Good advice:

Adjust a decoration to the time and the

available resources and the technical

possibilities

Divide the pupils into two groups, one group is

going to act the roles of the sellers and the

second group (bigger) pretends to be the

buyers.

Now the group of the merchants should be

divided into the smaller, competing teams

Give the teams out the tasks to be

performed

The buyers have to do the

calculation, then do the shopping.

16. The task of the sellers is to

weight and measure the needed

products in the precise way

The team which will do the needed shopping is involved in the task which demands a cooperation and the creative skills (for example the costume for a princes)

The winner is the team which performs their tasks in the best and the fastest way

Finally, the mathematical play can be

finished by the renaissance fashion

show or tasting the dishes which can

be prepared of natural products

purchased at the market