Students recreate a medieval feast, complete with medieval food, costumes, and typical feast customs and procedures. They research and select recipes to prepare, and present their costumes with oral presentations.

Students celebrate medieval-style. In this Middle Ages lesson, students plan a medieval celebration that includes typical decor, entertainment, foods, and dress of the time period. Students invite parents and guests to the feast.

Students use their creativity with the knowledge learned about the Middle Ages. A.D.400-1500. They use their information and creativity to design a castle and a personal coat of arms, then plan a medieval feast.

In this social studies word search, learners find the words that are associated with the medieval age and the answers are found at the bottom of the page,

In this social studies worksheet, students find the words that are associated with the medieval times and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.

Students investigate early African civilizations. They create Kufi hats, musical instruments, pottery and African masks, sing songs, play African studenT games, and participate in a feast and tour of a museum where their artwork is...

Learners compare their life-style with the Middle Ages, create their own castles and end with a feast. They explore life in the Middle Ages, use their information and creativity to design a castle & a personal coat of arms; students...

Students compare the holidays celebrated in the Middle Ages to those celebrated in American culture today. For this cultural tradition lesson, students read Internet-linked articles about holidays of the Middle Ages. Students create...

Learners identify periods of history and read a news article about a librarian who wrote an award winning book. For this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a class challenge and a vocabulary activity, then...

Bring the past to life through hands-on activities for families and schools. Travel back in time and discover what life was like in Norman times. Compare the food we eat today with food from Norman times and discover the importance of...

An interesting look at medieval art that depicts a facet of ordinary life: eating. Organized into three sections on food, cooking, and meals, this online exhibit tells us much about the medieval diet, the value of certain foods, the...

A large collection of information about medieval food. Includes links to sections on meals, food preservation, feasts, types of foods eaten, and much more.

View a series of extracts from some of the oldest known cookbooks written in English. Accompanying essays explain various aspects of the medieval English diet, including the differences in food eaten by peasants and by medieval elites at...

Created for the high school student who is taking classes in European history.

Download activities covering castles, medieval feasting, creating your own Bayeaux tapestry, and the Battle of Hastings to re-create life in Norman Britain.

Long before Santa Claus, caroling and light-strewn Christmas trees, people in medieval Europe celebrated the Christmas season with 12 full days of feasting and revelry culminating with Twelfth Night and the raucous crowning of a "King of...

This site features a simulation and an abundance of background material on this "Collection of plays that together tell Biblical history from Creation to Doomsday."

On this site, students learn about entertainment in the Middle Ages and Medieval times including feasts, games, sports, festivals, music, and troubadours.