Year 8 History Medieval Museum Showcase

To understand the importance of artefacts and material culture in the process of examining and reconstructing the past, Year 8 History students designed and created a historically accurate artefact. Students used this artefact to practise and refine the skill of source analysis when showcasing ideas about Medieval European society to students from Gioia House and Years 8 and 7. This was a positive learning experience for students who demonstrated creativity and critical thinking. A huge thank you to Ms Cartwright for supervising the Showcases.

Brigida Zagora
Head of HSIE (Humanities and Social Sciences)

The History Exhibition on Monday 13 March was a great success. The Medieval Europe exhibitions about crime and punishment, military and towns, commerce and cities were extraordinarily detailed. There was a wide variety of displays from ducking stools to model castles. Everyone enjoyed presenting to the Gioia House girls who were able to come to see the exhibit. 

Here are some of our peers’ reflections: 

I admire the Gioia House girls’ passion and curiosity about medieval crime and punishment and dunking Barbie dolls in water.  

Maia

I enjoyed presenting to the Gioia girls, they were surprisingly inquisitive and made the experience so much better.

Evelyn

I really liked the open interaction; it’s a good way to introduce our grade to presenting.

Tanvi

I liked how they enjoyed learning about military and defence systems.

Eliza

I enjoyed the making of the project and having the option to pick a design. Although my favourite part was when we got the chance to demonstrate our model to the Gioia House students, and we got the chance to explain all of the information to the students. The excitement on their faces really made me feel proud of the hard work I had done.

Angelina

Frankie Martin and Charlotte Read
Year 8