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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Life in a Medieval Castle [Pdf]
This article is about Medieval castles including when and why they were built, their basic design, and what life in them was like. FYI for Kids (Volume 2, Issue 6).
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Castles for Kids: Homepage
Castles for Kids presents the features of a medieval castle, including the parts, the inside, and the people who lived in castles. Features include links to order books on castles and coloring activities.
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Dick Blick Art Materials Castles Lesson Plan
This illustrated lesson plan could easily fit into social studies or art unit on European castles. Students create a pop-up castle with construction paper and other art materials.
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Pics4 Learning: Images for Education: Castles
A treasury of photos of various castles from around the world! Although the images do not contain much information, they can be used as a visual reference for students of all grade levels.
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The Castles of Wales
This resource includes an index and maps of castles in Wales, plus essays, glossary of castle words, FAQ's, plus other information related to castles.
Schools of California Online Resources for Education
Score: Castle Builder
A lesson plan with plenty of discussion and research questions, as well as links to examples and more information. You'll also find extension ideas and adaptations for students with special needs.
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Camelot Village: British Castles
See castles of Ireland, England, and Scotland complete with picture and narrative.
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Medieval Britain
A true lover of British Medieval history, the author has crafted a site full of timelines, key medieval episodes and people, and maps. Of special interest is the 3D reconstructions of ruined castles and abbeys. Author does not state his...
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Castles: Heritage Explorer Images for Learning
This collection of 19 images of castles from across England consists primarily of photographs accompanied by short descriptive captions. This resource is also linked to a Heritage Explorer search engine maintained by The Historic...
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Bamburgh Research Project
Explore an old castle. Here is all the information and pictures to go along with it that will walk you thru the centuries of history of Bamburgh Castle. See the archaeology project unfold as volunteers uncover treasures from the castle's...
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Castles on the Web
An interesting site for castle lovers! Find photos, tours, a glossary of castle terms, and more. There are also castle related activities that students can enjoy like Castle Quest and Castles for kids.
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Casteland: Medieval French Castles
This website provides pictures, background information, and visual tours of many famous castles.
Georgetown University
The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
This site from Georgetown University offers a searchable collection of resources about a wide variety of topics relating to the Medieval Period.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Not Everyone Lived in Castles During the Middle Ages
Forget the romantic view of the Middle Ages. What was it really like? Lesson plan focuses on exploring the lives of the peasants, craftsmen, and monks. Hyperlinks lead to great illustrations.
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Nova: Secrets of Lost Empires: Medieval Arms Race
Defines and describes the weapons commonly used in medieval times when attacking a castle.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Medieval Castle
Medieval Castle of the Holy Roman Empire. "1 Moat, 2 Drawbridge, 3 Wicket, 4 Merlons, 5 Embrasures, 6 Rampart, 7 Portcullis, 8 Donjon or Keep, 9 Turret, 10 Escutcheon." -Foster, 1921
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Typical Medieval Castle
An example of a medieval castle.
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Imagin on Fun and Games: Castle Quest Maze [Pdf]
Try to find your way through the maze to reach the castle. A printable activity.
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Castles of Wales: Castle Terminology
Understand castles perfectly with this comprehensive list of terminology. Many of the terms on this site are illustrated with a photograph for understanding.
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Tom Richey: Power Point: Medieval Europe: Franks, Feudalism, and Chivalry
Tom Richey offers a 54 slide presentation with maps on Medieval Europe and informs us about the Franks, Feudalism and Chivalry in the Middle Ages.
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Class Flow: Castles and Weaponry
[Free Registration/Login Required] A brief introduction, including useful diagrams, to the three major types of castles from the Middle Ages as well as a look at some common medieval weapons.
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Web Gallery of Art: Skaters in Front of a Medieval Castle
An image of "Skaters in front of a Medieval Castle", created by Jan Van Goyen in 1637 (Oil on wood, 42 x 57 cm).
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Northern Fortress
A great description, history, maps, photos, and reviews of the northwestern fortresses of Finland and Russia. Many of these fortresses or castles date to the 12th and 13th centuries.
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Hemyock Castle: Feudal, Medieval, and Castle Terms
A comprehensive vocabulary list for terms extracted from medieval days.
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