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Towns & Trade

Your child can say how medieval towns grew and differed from villages, with markets and walls. They know a guild was a group that ran a trade and its rules.

In curriculum terms

The growth of medieval towns: markets, guilds, the merchant class; how towns won charters of self-governance; the shift from purely rural to partly urban life

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How to tell they’ve got it

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Try this together

Could your child explain why medieval towns grew and how the rise of markets and guilds changed the way people lived and worked?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
Medieval Pyramid of Powerages 7–9Must understand feudal rural society before grasping the significance of urban growth
The Crusadesages 7–9Crusades stimulated trade which fuelled town growth
Towns & Tradethis skill · ages 9–11
Unlocks
Medieval Worlds Beyond Europeages 9–11Trade networks connect European towns to broader medieval world
Printing Press & Renaissanceages 9–11Growing towns and trade created demand for printed material

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Curriculum alignment

Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.

This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1). No NSW K–6 outcome code matched (v0.1). No Victorian Curriculum 2.0 code matched (v0.1).

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