History: Age 12

5 illustrated History lessons for Age 12.

Life on a Lord's Estate In the Middle Ages, much of the countryside was divided into estates owned by a lord, who lived in a castle or…
A Lord's Manor A medieval lord's estate spreads across the countryside. The lord's own fields, peasant strips, a mill, an ove…
Gutenberg's Printing Press Around 1450, Johannes Gutenberg built a press that used movable metal letters to print pages quickly. Printed …
Walled market town A town is packed inside stone walls, with a market square in the middle and workshops along the lanes. The peo…
Three Lamps on One Street For most of history, streets at night were lit by candles and oil lamps, then by gas, and later by electricity…