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Festivals and Fairs
Students celebrate May Day. In this Medieval festivals activity, students research May Day and information about may poles. Students build their own may poles and discuss the significance of the May Day festival.
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Checkmate: The Play's The Thing
Students investigate the Middle Ages and it's relation to the theater. For this acting lesson, students read Arthurian stories form the Middle Ages and practice using vocabulary words from the Medieval Times. Students write a...
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Medieval Recipe Translations
Young scholars analyze recipes from several medieval English manuscripts and collections. They view them in their original language accompanied with a literal translation and followed by a modern interpretation of the recipe and its...
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Merchants and Craft Guilds
Students compare and contrast the craft guilds of the middle ages to the production of goods today. In this Middle Ages lesson, students discuss the structure of craft guilds after they have read articles on the topic. Students conduct...
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Renaissance: Rebirth to Revolution
Sixth graders use a variety of resources to research the Middle Ages and Renaissance over a nine-week period. Working in cooperative teams, they become experts on specific topics. Students hold a Renaissance Faire and role-play as...
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Proportional Taxes
Students are able to define and give an example of a proportional tax and the impact that it can have on different income groups and explain how a proportional tax takes the same percentage from all tax groups.
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BOWEN'S REACTION SERIES
Students research Bowen's Reaction Series and recreate the process in an experiment which details the crystallization sequence of minerals that can be observed in nature.
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Mushroom
Students identify the different types of mushrooms. In this biology lesson, students explore different mushroom experiments they can do at home. They discuss ways to extend sliced mushrooms' shelf life.
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Feudalism
Young scholars have tournaments in teams after learning information about The Middle Ages. In this Middle Ages lesson plan, students learn that tournaments are mock battles, but that they will have these battles by answering questions in...
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In a Tights Spot
Students investigate the work of the Chamber of Commons. In this current events lesson, students visit selected websites to learn what the Chamber of Commons is responsible for and determine how their jobs may be changing.
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Alex: Days of Our Medieval Lives
This project is designed for a class on block scheduling with class times ranging from 60-96 minutes. Students will be assigned a character in feudal society. Through this character, students will immerse themselves in medieval culture...