The Power of the Christian Church

Wilfs

• To identify some reasons that shows the importance of the church

• To explain why the church played such an important part in people’s lives

• To judge the importance of religion on medieval society

What is the oldest building in Brayton?

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Task

• Mind map the ways the church was powerful and important in people’s lives in the Middle Ages

The Church wasimportant

Power

Hope Help

In groups

• Decide which reasons on your mind map are most important by either highlighting them or widening the arrows

• Select your top 3 reasons

• Be prepared to explain why!

Think…

• How important was the Church?

• How much power did it have

Analyse Doom Painting

Sources – Doom Paintings

• Who can you see in the picture?

• Why might this be happening?

• What is happening?• Where is the source

showing?• When might this

have been created?• How does it make

you feel?

Who?

Why?

What?

Where?

When?

How?

Play Heaven and Hell game

Keep thinking – what does it tell you about the Church and

Medieval beliefs??

Consolidation

• In groups think about the following and write a group conclusion:

• How powerful was the medieval Church in peoples lives?

• What have you learned about medieval beliefs?

• What were medieval lives like?

Wilfs

• To identify some reasons that shows the importance of the church

• To explain why the church played such an important part in people’s lives

• To judge the importance of religion on medieval society