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...

As part of a unit on Arthurian literature and medieval culture, learners imagine they are reporters living in the realm of King Arthur and create newsletters/newspapers based on their study and research.

Through a focus on digitized images of manuscripts and print editions of Chaucer's work, learners will develop their understanding of how his poetry has been produced and read over the centuries.

This lesson plan focuses on the importance of record keeping, in journal or diary form, by people in the past. Students learn much about their lives from these documents and they study the Middle Ages as they create journal entries in...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson in which students explore three primary sources and one New York Times article to determine if Galileo was a heretic as accused by the Inquisition. Lesson plans, PowerPoint and primary resources...

Waste disposal has been an ongoing problem since medieval times. Environmental engineers are employed to develop technologies to dispose of the enormous amount of trash produced in the United States. In this lesson, learners will learn...

In this instructional activity, 7th graders examine the widespread impact of the printing press on promoting literacy and spreading ideas across societies and between countries.