Medieval Legacy in Modern Life
Your child can name things from the Middle Ages we still use, like Parliament, English words, and universities. They know much of our world began back then.
In curriculum terms
What the Middle Ages gave us: Parliament, universities, common law, Gothic architecture, the English language (Anglo-Saxon + Norman French), place names, surnames; why we are still fascinated by the medieval world
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How to tell they’ve got it
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Try this together
Could your child name several things we still have today — from Parliament to English words to university degrees — that actually began in the Middle Ages?
Where this sits on the map
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Curriculum alignment
Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.
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Australian Curriculum v9 candidate
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