{
"week": 14,
"day": "Wednesday",
"topic": "Market Day and Medieval Jobs",
"subtitle": "Hands-On: Run Your Own Medieval Market",
"icon": "🧺",
"pages": [
{
"title": "🧺 Market Day!",
"sections": [
{
"type": "reading",
"title": "Reading Time",
"icon": "📖",
"paragraphs": [
"The most exciting day in a medieval town was <strong>market day</strong>! Farmers brought eggs, cheese, and vegetables. Crafters brought their goods to sell or <strong>trade</strong>.",
"Every worker had a special job. The <strong>baker</strong> made bread. The <strong>blacksmith</strong> hammered hot iron into tools and horseshoes. The <strong>weaver</strong> turned thread into cloth. The <strong>cobbler</strong> made shoes, and the <strong>potter</strong> shaped clay into bowls and jugs.",
"Sometimes people paid with coins, but often they traded — a basket of eggs for a loaf of bread! Today you will set up your own market and try trading just like they did."
]
},
{
"type": "questions",
"title": "Reading Questions",
"icon": "✏️",
"questions": [
{"text": "What happened on market day?", "lines": "single"},
{"text": "What did a blacksmith make?", "lines": "single"},
{"text": "What does it mean to trade?", "lines": "double"}
]
},
{
"type": "sort_table",
"title": "Match the Job",
"icon": "📊",
"instruction": "Match each worker to what they make. Write the letter: A (bread), B (tools), C (cloth), D (shoes), E (bowls).",
"header": ["Worker", "Makes (A–E)"],
"rows": [
["Baker", ""],
["Blacksmith", ""],
["Weaver", ""],
["Cobbler", ""],
["Potter", ""]
]
}
]
},
{
"sections": [
{
"type": "activity",
"title": "Hands-On: Play Market Day",
"icon": "🔍",
"content": [
"<strong>You need:</strong> a family member and small items from around the house (toys, snacks, drawings).",
"<strong>Step 1:</strong> Pick a medieval job — baker, blacksmith, weaver, cobbler, or potter.<br><strong>Step 2:</strong> Set up your 'stall' with items to sell (pretend your items are bread, tools, or cloth).<br><strong>Step 3:</strong> Trade with your family — no money allowed! Try to make a fair trade.",
"After trading, talk about it: Was it hard to agree on a fair trade? Why might coins be easier?"
]
},
{
"type": "questions",
"title": "After the Market",
"icon": "✏️",
"questions": [
{"text": "What job did you pick and what did you 'sell'?", "lines": "double"},
{"text": "What trade did you make? Was it fair?", "lines": "double"},
{"text": "Why might coins be easier than trading?", "lines": "double"}
]
}
]
},
{
"sections": [
{
"type": "draw_grid",
"title": "Draw Market Day",
"icon": "🎨",
"instruction": "Draw a busy medieval market with at least two stalls. Show what each stall is selling.",
"boxes": 1
},
{
"type": "fill_blank",
"title": "Fill in the Blanks",
"icon": "✏️",
"wordbank": ["baker", "blacksmith", "weaver", "trade", "market", "cobbler"],
"items": [
"On ______________ day, everyone came to buy and sell.",
"The ______________ made bread.",
"The ______________ hammered iron into tools.",
"The ______________ turned thread into cloth.",
"The ______________ made shoes.",
"To ______________ means to swap one thing for another."
]
},
{
"type": "review_table",
"title": "Review",
"icon": "📊",
"header": ["I did it!", "Circle one"],
"rows": [
["I can name three medieval jobs", "YES / NOT YET"],
["I played market day and made a trade", "YES / NOT YET"],
["I can explain what trading means", "YES / NOT YET"]
]
}
]
}
]
}