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Year 7 Students research the origin of surnames<\/a> of students \/ teachers in the school and either plot these on a Google Earth map (if the names originate from places) or in a Diamond9 Diagram from www.classtools.net to distinguish between high-status and low-status professions that existed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Year 7 Students research the origin of surnames of students \/ teachers in the school and either plot these on a Google Earth map (if the names originate from places) or in a Diamond9 Diagram from www.classtools.net to distinguish between high-status and low-status professions that existed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medieval","category-year-7-history"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":791,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/uncategorized\/origin-surnames-worksheet\/","url_meta":{"origin":580,"position":0},"title":"Origin of Surnames Worksheet","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"October 22, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"An updated version of the Year 7 History Worksheet; now included is a template map of the UK (for students to plot names relating to places) and a diamond9 diagram for students to plot profession-based surnames in rank order of status.","rel":"","context":"In "1000-1450 (Year 7 History)"","block_context":{"text":"1000-1450 (Year 7 History)","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/category\/historical-periods\/medieval\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2885,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/year-7-history\/researching-and-presenting-the-origins-of-surnames-of-people-in-the-school\/","url_meta":{"origin":580,"position":1},"title":"Researching and presenting the origins of surnames of people in the school","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"October 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"What's in a name? - Researching and presenting the origins of surnames of people in the school In this activity, students research the origins of surnames of people in the school. 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