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    CH 12: Saxon Farmers: What Jobs Did The People Do?

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    CH 12:

    SAXON FARMERS
    What jobs did the people do?
    FARMERS
    • Almost all Anglo-Saxons were farmers
    • They spent most of their time working on the land, growing food and
    looking after animals
    • They used lots of different wooden tools, like hoes, rakes and forks.
    • The farmers worked hard from dawn to dusk everyday
    • There might be 2 or 3
    large fields surrounding
    the village
    • They mostly grew wheat,
    rye, barley, oats, peas and
    beans.
    • The fields were ploughed in long strips and each farmer had a number
    of strips scattered among the large fields.
    • This is done with an equipment called a 'plough‘ pulled by several
    oxen. Attached to a wooden frame is a metal blade which is pulled
    through the soil. This:
    • digs a 'furrow' (a line in the soil to plant seeds in)
    • turns over the soil, bringing the best soil to the top
    • buries weeds and the remains of the last crop so they can rot and fertilize it
    • aerates the soil, making pockets to hold water better
    WOODLANDS
    • The woodlands surrounded the fields.
    • They used it for hunting wildlife
    • They also provided fuel, herbs, berries, nuts and food for animals (waste grass
    and bushes)
    • Vegetable plots grew cabbages and beans close to the village
    • Saxons also farmed animals: mostly cows, sheep and pigs, but they also kept
    goats, geese and chickens.
    • They used them for meat, milk, cheese, butter, eggs, wool, leather, bone &
    horn.
    • Cattle and horses were used for transport
    • Bees were kept for honey
    • Lakes and rivers were used for fishing
    Food that the Saxons
    grow/farm/ hunt:
    - Wheat (flour - bread)
    - Oat (porridge)
    - Berries
    - Nuts
    - Cabbage
    - Beans
    - Herbs
    - Fish
    - Honey (mead)
    - Milk (cheese, butter)
    - Wildlife
    - cattle
    • Men, women and children helped on the farm. Men cut down trees to
    clear land for ploughing and sowing crops.
    • Children with dogs herded cattle and sheep. They kept a lookout for
    wolves
    • Some people had special skills.
    • The smith made iron tools, knives and swords.
    • Woodworkers made wooden bowls, furniture, carts and wheels.
    • Potters made pottery from clay.
    • The shoemaker made leather shoes
    EXERCISE
    • What did the Saxons eat back then?
    • Find the answer in the WORDSEARCH PUZZLE below!

    https://wordwall.net/play/2863/360/344
    • Life was hard for the Saxons
    • There were no hospitals or doctors
    • Men lived up to 40 y/o
    • But women died earlier because
    pregnancy and childbirth was
    dangerous but frequent
    • One in three children died before they
    turn 10
    • People die easily from small wounds and
    illness
    • The diet was poor and limited – they
    only had what they grew in their fields
    & farms
    • If there had been a bad harvest – due
    to bad weather or damage by wild
    animals, they could starve
    • If the animals were sick because of
    plagues – less meat and fewer clothes
    • The poor mostly only had one set of
    clothes
    Activity – HOLIDAY HOMEWORK
    • Draw a picture of an Anglo- Saxon life on an A4 paper
    • You may include one or some of these;
    • A Saxon house – the inside and the outside
    • The chief’s long hall – include what the people are doing inside
    • The people in the villages working – men, women & children
    • The tools that they may use – the farmers, the smith, the
    potters, the woodworkers & the shoemakers
    • The animal in the village
    • The fields and vegetable plots

    • Remember to put LABELS in your picture!


    Food that the Saxons
    grow/farm/ hunt:
    - Berries
    - Nuts
    - Cabbage
    - Beans
    - Herbs
    - Fish
    - Honey (mead)
    - Milk (cheese, butter)
    - Wildlife
    - cattle
    Share your picture with the class!

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