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Castle Builder
Discover a wonderful series of lessons on castles, life during medieval times, and finish by having your learners actually construct a castle. First, they look at the importance of castles during medieval times. Next, they study certain...
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Castles With Character
Students read historic or contemporary fiction that is set in and around castles. Then they build castles and characters to use in retelling stories, demonstrating their understanding of fiction texts and period architecture. Students...
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Kindness Castle
Students discuss recognizing when kind deeds are performed. They design and construct a castle-like structure to place notes of appreciation for their classmates. Castles include a dungeon for "grumpy" notes as well. Once castle is...
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Castle in the Countryside
Learners research the architecture and agricultural products of European countries during the Middle Ages. Then they research the climates that are best for growing grapes or other crops. Students also sculpt a replica of a castle and...
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Castle in the Sun
Students use the internet to find pictures of castles throughout Europe. After reading stories about castles, they use recycled boxes to build their own. To end the lesson, they write their own script and act it out in front of their...
Positively Autism
Travis the Train Visits a Castle
On this visit, Travis the Train learns about the different parts of a castle. Some of the pages features photos of actual castles, others are photos of toy castles or drawings of castles.
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Knights and Castles Vocabulary
Are your learners fascinated by dragons, knights, ladies? Capture their their interest with words associated with knights and castles. Each page features one image and the vocabulary printed in large type.
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Medieval Castles: Ceramic Art Lesson
A lot went on in Medieval Castles, and they were an obvious symbol of feudal power. Have learners use clay to make a Medieval-style castle to show what they know about Europe during the Dark Ages. This resource provides basic background...
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Clay Sand Castles
You can start off this sand castle art project by previewing the included architectural vocabulary. Learners explore images, the web, and books that show both sand castles and architectural design. They then get creative and make their...
Positively Autism
Knights and Castles Matching
As part of a unit on knights and castles, learners with autism use cards picturing previously studied images and match the images with those printed on the provided sheet.
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Castles: Construction and Destruction
Students identify the details of medieval castles. In this history lesson, students discuss the possible ways that enemies could invade a castle, then they construct their own castle, utilizing the ideas that would have kept it safe...
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Keeper of the Castle
Set up four Hula Hoops in each corner of the gym that will be used as a base for each team. Use the center circle of the gym as the "castle" with a bunch of "treasure" in it. The treasure consists of a variety of pieces of equipment....
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Building Castles
Students research castle building. In this research and design instructional activity, students research castles, visit a Castle Builder website, and use graph paper to draw a blue print of a castle. Students continue to work on their...
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Castle/Fort Unit
Students compare and contrast castles and forts. They observe buildings in their community and consider how castles and forts are similar. They design their own castle or fort and brainstorm materials to build with, discuss how the...
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Medieval Times: Castles, Knights, and Heraldry
Young scholars demonstrate the ability to use the computers for research and exploration of castles and any other sources needed and locate web sites for various needs. They explain what a coat of arms was and make their own .
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Sand Castle: Lesson 29
The story Sand Castle is the basis for each of the four learning activities found on this worksheet. Learners will write spelling words, fill in the blanks, compose sentences, and answer comprehension questions relating to the story....
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Outside The Castle
Students examine pictures of people who lived during the feudal system. In groups, they research the role and lifestyles of the nobility and commoners. To end the instructional activity, they draw their own fictional person and write...
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Castle Maze
Learners calculate the most efficient way to get through a castle maze starting at the top and ending at the bottom at the drawbridge. This is a great worksheet to keep on hand for free-time activities.
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Castle Maze
Calculate the most efficient route for a knight to get through a maze of water and trees to reach the castle entrance. This is a great learning exercise to keep on hand for free-time activities.
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Middle Ages Cross Curriculum Project
Middle schoolers complete several projects on the Middle Ages. In this world history lesson, students complete language arts, social studies, math, and science projects. Some of these include: comparing a teenager's life now to that in...
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France's New Medieval Castle Takes Shape
Students explore how a dream to build a medieval castle came to reality. In this instructional activity, students read an article about a knight's castle that is being built in France, then complete numerous activities such as a quiz, a...
Positively Autism
Knights and Castles Boy/Girl Sort
Learners with autism examine a series of cards with drawings and photographs of knights and ladies, and then sort the images onto printed pages labeled "boys" and "girls." All the figures are dressed in courtly attire.
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Castle Terminology
In this literacy instructional activity, students find the vocabulary terms that are related to castles. The answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Castles Word Search
In this social studies instructional activity, middle schoolers find the words that are associated with castles and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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