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A day in the life of an Anglo-Saxon - Coggle Diagram
A day in the life of an Anglo-Saxon
Food and drink
Fish
Chickens gave them eggs
Used milk from the animals they hunted such a goats to make their own cheese and butter.
Grow their own fruit and vegtables such as carrots, leeks, blueberries.
Homemade bread
oats
Barley was used to make weak beer, which was drunk instead of water. River water was often polluted. wine was imported from the Mediterranean but only drunk by the very rich.
Village life
Family groups lived in smaller village houses
The Anglo-Saxons positioned their villages near a water source, such as a river or lake, which would provide drinking water and fish to eat.
Livestock was kept in the village. Children would often be responsible for looking out for wolves, which were wild in Britain during the Anglo-Saxon times.
The chief of the village lived in a larger house in the centre of the village. This house might also contain a meeting hall.
Jobs
Blacksmiths forged metal to make tools and weapons.
Woodworkers made bowls, wheels and furniture.
Jewellers made brooches and ornaments for the rich.
childhood was short for the Anglo-Saxon girl or boy, and girls of five or six were already spending part of their day learning to spin wool, to card fleece, or help with the younger children in the family. Boys tended animals or helped in the fields. Boys also played with small spears and knives carved of wood, learning the arts of hunting and defense at a young age.
Clearing and ploughing the ground.
Grinding flour and making bread.
Growing crops and tending to livestock.
Hobbies
Children played with homemade toys. They had rag dolls and carved wooden toys, as well as games that used counters and dice.
Hunting
Storytelling, singing and dancing was apart of the long indoor Winter evenings.
Telling riddles