Castles teaching pack
Castles and knights are a winning combination in the imagination of most primary aged children, so this medieval-themed topic pack explores not only the castles but the people who lived there.
Comprising a range of activity ideas and resources for history, geography, science, DT and English, this pack will provide your class with fantastic insight into how people once lived.
What's included?
- 29 teaching ideas and accompanying resources, including some for display
- appropriate for KS1 or lower KS2
- links to the curriculum.
What's inside?
History (pages 1-21)
- Curriculum coverage
- Teaching ideas bank
- Resources
- Castle comparisons
- Motte and bailey word search quiz
- Siege snakes and ladder
- Attacking a castle
- Castle defences glossary
- Medieval fun and games
- Becoming a knight
- A fit punishment – medieval crime and punishment
Science and DT (pages 22-39)
- Curriculum coverage
- Teaching ideas bank
- Resources
- Building a Norman castle
- Archery investigation
- Designing a shield for a knight
- Trebuchet investigation
- Medieval recipes
- Time to evaluate
Geography (pages 40-52)
- Curriculum coverage
- Teaching ideas bank
- Resources
- Castle locations
- Castle visit
- Where’s the best place to build a castle?
- My medieval style map
Literacy (pages 53-64)
- Teaching ideas bank
- Resources
- Medieval writing – missing punctuation
- Applying for a job at the castle – CV
- Let’s pretend – make believe
- Family history
- Writing a book of days
- Write your own legend – castle setting
Display (pages 65-74)
- Castle inhabitants – KS2 word mat
- Castle inhabitants – KS1 word mat
- Castles – KS1 word mat
- Castles – KS2 word mat
- Kings and Queens of England timeline
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Review this resource05/01/2019
I also haven't used it yet but will for the summer term. It has good ideas and helpful teaching notes.
20/04/2018
I have not used it yet but will in the Summer Term possibly. There are lots of interesting ideas, thankyou very much...it will save me a lot of time!
23/03/2014