SCRIPT 4.3
1. HOST guten tag (pronounced goo-ten-TAHK). Tell them
“we are members of a cobblers’ guild in a German city”,
a guild is:_________________________________________
“This is our sign that hangs outside our shop and identifies our
guild. “These are the types of goods that cobblers produce, such as
shoes, boots, belts, and handbags. “
2. COB 1 Ask: “would you like to buy a pair of custom-made shoes?”
(*Then, acting as a journeyman, have a visitor take off her or his
shoe. Trace the outline of the visitor’s foot onto scrap paper, and)
COB 1 explains: “I will use this to create the “leather” sole of the
new shoe. “
3. COB 2 (guide a visitor as he or she cuts out the “sole” for the
customer’s shoe.)
Explain: “a person becomes a member of a guild by:____________”
4. COB 3 Have another member of your group, acting as an apprentice,
“ask a visitor to help you clean up the shop.” Explain how “you are
‘paid’ for your service to the master craftsman in this shop.”
5. COB 4 Have a member of your group, acting as a master craftsman,
show your visitors a puncture wound on his hand that he got from a
sharp needle. Explain that “the cobblers’ guild provided food to
your family while the wound healed.”
6. Pretend to step outside of your shop and show your visitors some of
the other guilds in your city.
7. HOST Ask if your visitors “have any questions?”, and answer them.
“Thank them for coming”, and say goodbye using the German words
auf wiedersehen (pronounced owf-VEE-der-zay-en).
SCRIPT 4.4
1. Host-Greet your visitors by using the Dutch word
hoi (pronounced hoy).
Tell them
“We are merchants gathered at a market in a city in Flanders.”
2. Host-Show your visitors a document signed by the king. Explain that:
“without permission from the king, we would be unable to do
business at this market.”
3. Trader1-One of you, acting as a salesperson, “show silks and spices
that you have for sale.” Explain how “we acquired these goods by
_______________________________________________________.”
4. Trader2-One of you, acting as a moneylender, “do you need a loan?”
to a visitor. Describe “moneylenders are often mistreated.” Pretend
to withdraw some coins from a wooden box to make change for one of
your visitors. “Here is your Change.”
5. Trader3-One of you, acting as a grocer, pretends to sell your visitors
“Here is some cabbage and an eel, would you like anything else?”
6. Trader4-Show your visitors a bill of sale from a transaction. Have one
of them help you place a “wax seal” upon the document to make it
official.
7. Trader5-Have one of your visitors pretend to use a balance scale to
weigh two types of coins. Tell your visitors that “most merchants carry
balance scales to weigh coins to determine their value.”
8. Host-Ask your visitors if they “have any questions”, and answer them.
“Thank you for coming”, and say goodbye using the Dutch words
tot ziens (pronounced TOHT-zeens).
SCRIPT 4.5
1. Host-Greet your visitors by using the Italian words
“buon giorno (pronounced bwohn-JOR-noh).
”Explain that “you have come to the home of a wealthy merchant
and his family in Italy.”
2. Host-Show your visitors a drawing of the floor plan of your house.
Explain how “the houses of ordinary people are different from yours.”
3. Person1-Tell your visitors “Please sit at our table.” Ask one visitor to
“Please help my servant remove some bread from my oven.” Then
serve your visitors bread and other food items you have prepared.
4. Person2-Have your guests “Please help my servant clear the table.”
Have them pretend “go ahead and throw the food scraps to the dogs
and dump extra liquids into the street outside our home.”
5. Person3-One of you, pretend to perform a musical piece on the lute by
playing along with CD Track 3.
6. Person4-One of you, show your visitors a painting you are creating.
Explain how “our family’s wealth allows me to participate in such
activities.”
7. Person5-One of you, pretending to be an unmarried 13-year-old girl,
show your visitors some letters you have received from suitors. Ask
your visitors “Please read my letters and identify which suitor you
think would make the best husband for me.”
8. Host-Ask your visitors if they “Do you have any questions?”, and
answer them. “Thank you for coming”, and say goodbye using the
Italian word
“arrivederci (pronounced ar-E-vay-DER-che).”
SCRIPT 4.6
1. Host-Greet your visitors by using the using Spanish words
Buenos Dias (pronounced BYWAY-nohs DEE-ahs).
2. Explain that they have entered a doctor’s office in a Spanish city.
3. Examine your visitors and pretend to identify their various ailments including a fever, a bruise, a rotten tooth, and persistent cough.
4. Ask the visitor with a “fever” “what astrological sign he or she was
born under?” Then explain why “you will consult a star chart before
treating him or her. “
5. Pretend to place a poultice (a paste made of herbs) on the “bruise”
that one of your visitors has. Explain how “you use herbs such as
marjoram to make poultices. “
6. Offer to pull out the “rotten tooth” that one of your visitors has. If they
refuse to have this done, pretend to create solution of vinegar, oil, and
sulfur. Explain that “this may relive some of the pain. “
7. Pretend to place a leech on the forearm of the visitor with the
“persistent cough.” Explain why “doctors use the technique of
bloodletting to ___________________________________________ . “
8. Offer your visitors “some wormwood (a strong-smelling plant) to
place on their clothes to repel fleas. “
9. Host-Ask your visitors if “they have any questions?”, and answer them.
Thank them for coming, and say goodbye using the Spanish word
adios (pronounce ah-dee-OHS).
SCRIPT 4.7
1. Host-Greet your visitors by using the Latin word
salvete (pronounced SAHL-way-tay).
 Explain that “you have gathered here to administer the law in an
English city and that you are speaking in Latin because it is the
official language used in legal matters. “
2. Have your visitors pretend to “read from a court record that describes
some serious crimes and how they are punished.”
3. One of you, acting as a person accused of stealing, throw yourself at
the feet of the king’s justice (judge) & explain “why you are innocent.”
4. One of you, acting as the king’s justice, pretends to interview the
accused person “about the crime he or she is accused of committing.”
5. Ask your visitors “to determine the accused person’s innocence or
guilt.”
6. Take your visitors outside & show them the stocks. Explain that “the
stocks are used to punish people of minor crimes as drunkenness and
cursing.” Have your visitors pretend to pick up pieces of rotten
vegetables. Tell them that “while trapped in the stocks, a person is
exposed to a jeering crowd and pelted with rotten vegetables.”
7. Take your visitors to your town’s gallows, where condemned criminals
are hanged. Describe “some of the ways in which those who
committed serious crimes are punished were:
________________________________________________________
8. Host-Ask if your “visitors have any questions” and answer them.
Thank them for coming, and say goodbye using the Latin word
valete (pronounced WAH-lay-tay).
SCRIPT 4.8
1. Host-Greet your visitors by using the French word
bonjour (pronounced BONH-joor).
 Explain that “they have come to a fair in France where people
can have fun and be entertained.”
2. Teach your visitors how to play bowling hoops. Describe “some other
games that are popular with children were: ____________________.”
3. One of you, show your visitors a lump on your head that you received
while playing soccer. Explain “that soccer has been banned in some
villages because the games have become too violent.”
4. Hand one of your visitors a pair of dice. Ask the visitor to “roll the dice
and predict the sum that will be displayed.” Explain how “people like
to make bets on which numbers they throw.”
5. Show your visitors a chessboard, and teach them how to move some of
the pieces. Explain that “this is a newer game that came to Europe
from the Middle East (or Southwest Asia).“
6. Play CD Track 4, and encourage your visitors to dance with you to the
music. Stand next to your partner. Each of you raise a hand above
your shoulder so that your palm is touching your partner’s. Then move
in a circular pattern to the rhythm of the music.
7. One of you, acting as a mummer, pretend to be the dragon that
battled St. George in a play. Describe how “plays are popular with
people in medieval Europe.”
8. Host-Ask your visitors “if they have any questions?”, and answer
them. Thank your visitors for coming, and say goodbye using the
French words
au revoir (pronounced O-ruh-VWAH)