Castle Builder http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/castle_builder/ Travel to Wales to study feudalism, geography, and castle life.
After learning about daily life in medieval Wales, students are directed
to design and build a castle appropriate to the times of Baron William
de Claire. Keep a Builder's Journal to record important facts to assist
you in your castle design.
Castles
of Britain Read about the building of a castle, the types of castles,
and People of the Castles.
Topics include: About castles, Bird's Eye View, Building a Castle, Concentric
Castles, Halls, Keeps, Parts of a Castle, Motte and Bailey Castles.
Architecture- read the lists of building features through
the medieval time period
Virtual Gallery- rotate a castle on-line, view sections
of the castle
Life
in a Castle http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/castle.html Professor
Richard Holmes, a British military historian featured in the NOVA film
"Medieval Siege," talks here about everyday life in a medieval
English castle, giving a sense of how lords and ladies, archers and
engineers, cooks and carpenters lived their lives behind castle walls.
Kids'
Castle http://kotn.ntu.ac.uk/castle/view.html
Kids' Castle is a fictional but historically accurate castle based on
Nottingham Castle as it was in about 1480.
Explore the parts of castle by clicking on the different buildings.
