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BBC

Bbc: Hands on History: The Normans: Medieval Feasting [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 6th
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...
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Read Works

Read Works: The Middle Ages Medieval Castles

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about medieval castles and their role in the feudal system. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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South Carolina Educational Television

Kids Work! History of Theater

For Students 3rd - 8th
A brief history of theater practice told in five snapshots and commentary: theater in ancient times, the medieval theater, the Renaissance theater, Kabuki, and modern-day community theater.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Is a Butt Tuba and Why Is It in Medieval Art?

For Students 9th - 10th
A rabbit attempts to play a church organ, while a knight fights a giant snail and a naked man blows a trumpet with his rear end. These bizarre images, painted with squirrel-hair brushes on vellum or parchment by monks, nuns and urban...
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South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Kids Work! History of Medicine

For Students 3rd - 8th
A brief history of medicine told in five snapshots of time: ancient times, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the early modern period (eighteenth and nineteenth centuries), and modern times.
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Other

Theatre History on the Web

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an extensive list of links to historical information, current practices, and to all aspects of drama and theatre. It truly is a treasure trove for theatre historians and students of the theatre's history.
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Other

Scot Clans: Scottish History

For Students 9th - 10th
Step back in time and explore Scotland's history through a series of timelines, charting events from ancient times, through the Middle Ages and Renaissance, up until today. Read about the country's mysterious beginnings, its contact with...
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Travel Document Systems

Tds: Benin: History

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief discussion of Benin's early history. A majority of the information is on its recent history since 1972, including the most recent elections in 2007. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communication: History of Public Speaking

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson offers a brief history of public speaking drawing upon the Western thought from Greece and Rome with Aristotle and Cicero. It lists and discusses the periods and the major speakers of each period.
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A&E Television

History.com: How the Black Death Spread Along the Silk Road

For Students 9th - 10th
The Silk Road was a vital trading route connecting East and West -- but it also became a conduit for one of history's deadliest pandemics. The Silk Road, a network of land and sea trade routes that connected China and the Far East with...
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A&E Television

History.com: How Trick or Treating Became a Halloween Tradition

For Students 9th - 10th
Why do children dress in costume and knock on strangers' doors to ask for treats on Halloween? Trick-or-treating setting off on Halloween night in costume and ringing doorbells to demand treats has been a tradition in the United States...
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BBC

Bbc: Hands on History: Normans

For Students 3rd - 6th
Download activities covering castles, medieval feasting, creating your own Bayeaux tapestry, and the Battle of Hastings to re-create life in Norman Britain.
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A&E Television

History.com: How Christmas Was Celebrated in the Middle Ages

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Other

The World of Dante

For Students 9th - 10th
A multidisciplinary interactive site that explores Dante's Divine Comedy. Find the texts of all three sections presented in both Italian and English. Significant people, places, creatures, deities, structures, images, and music are also...
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Mother Earth Travel

Mother Earth Travel: Medieval Germany

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise historical resource identifies the German dynasties during medieval times. Know who the people of Germany were from ca. 500 through the Habsburgs who came into power in the late thirteenth century.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Middlel Ages: Clothing

For Students 3rd - 8th
Clear and concise overview of the kinds of clothing worn during the medieval period by different classes of persons: peasants, royalty, clerics.
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Islamic Art: Early Medieval Period: History

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of Islamic art from the early medieval period (approximately A.D. 1000 to A.D. 1150) that begins with a historical overview of the shifting Islamic politics of the time. With informative descriptions and wonderful...
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Internet Medieval Sourcebook: Internet Medieval Source Book

For Students 9th - 10th
The Fordham University Center for Medieval Studies provides excerpted and full-text Medieval documents in English translation and in original languages as well, such as Beowulf and the Song of Roland, the lives of the saints, and so on.
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Other

Net Serf: Medieval Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides links and descriptions to sites covering all aspects of medieval life, including architecture.
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Other

Castles for Kids: Homepage

For Students 3rd - 5th
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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The History Cat

The History Cat: European Feudalism

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed look at the system of feudalism that existed in medieval Europe.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Medieval Inquisition

For Students 9th - 10th
A Wikipedia article that reports on the Medieval Inquisition throughout Europe during the 12th and 13th centuries. Discusses the origin and history as well as the procedure of investigation, trial, torture, and punishment.
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Other

Warwick Castle

For Students 9th - 10th
Enjoy this castle as you view the rooms through the ages. This is an excellent example of a medieval castle in England. Younger students can create a character and print it out to send to the castle itself.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Peter Abelard

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the Modern History Sourcebook of Fordham University, you can read an excerpt from Abelard's translated autobiography entitled "The Story of My Misfortunes." Includes an informative introduction about Abelard and his life.

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