Beehive U10: Review "A history of clothes in the UK" and "The co

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The Middle Ages

In the Middle Ages, many women use to wear long dresses that was made from wool or sometimes silk. Men often used to wore a tunic with a belt and purse.

People in the Middle Ages didn't use to had washing machines (or electricity!), so how did they used to wash their clothes? They used to took their clothes to a river, put them in the water and then hit them against a rock!

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The 1920s

In the 1920s, clothes were simpler and more ​ (a)   . It was easier to ​ (b)   and move in these clothes. Women in the UK often used to have short hair and wear long ​ (c)   . Many men used to wear a ​ (d)   and hat.

People ​ (e)   their clothes in shops, and now they could wear different clothes every day!

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• The Globe Theatre.

• 2. I'm meeting the

• actors at the theatre tomorrow.

• 3. Our play will be at a theatre called

• play and he wants me to design

• 1. My friend Will has just written a

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• the audience gets wet!

• 5. If it rains,

• 1,500 people in the theatre to watch.

• 4. It's a round building and it's got a straw

• roof with a hole in the centre.

• 6. Yesterday afternoon, there were about

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28th March 1594

Dear Mother and Father,

Yesterday, I've bought all the materials I need to ​ (a)   the costumes for the play. I bought some velvet, silk and wool. They ​ (b)   very expensive and heavy!

I went to Will's house last night. I ​ (c)   his wife Anne and their three children. We had meat for dinner - it was delicious. Will said he ​ (d)   going to find an apprentice to help me with the sewing.

Your loving son, Robert

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10th May 1594

Dear Mother and Father,

Today was the most exciting day of my life! Queen Elizabeth watched our play! She had curly red hair and she was wearing a lot of white make-up. Her dress was beautiful. It was made of purple velvet and silk, and she had a big white ruff. She said she ​ (a)   so happy to meet the famous William Shakespeare, and she said she ​ (b)   the costumes that I made! I'm so happy!

Your loving son, Robert

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