| S4 History |
Last
update -
03 February 2012 |
Official European
School History 4-5 Syllabus:
English,
French,
German. |
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Unit 3 - Medieval warfare |
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Key Questions |
Lessons |
Additional resources and external links |
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What was a medieval castle? |
Worksheet (PDF)
and stone keep castle
diagram. |
Top
100 castles
in the world website. |
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How were medieval castles defended? |
Worksheet (PDF)
and PowerPoint. |
Main
defensive functions of castles are well illustrated on this
website.
Outstanding
video about medieval castles and the reconstruction of
medieval trebuchets in a modern experiment to test castle
defences. |
| How were
medieval castles attacked? |
Worksheet (PDF)
and PowerPoint. |
Powerful
video
reconstructing a medieval siege from the feature film Kingdom of
Heaven. How accurate is the film? See Alex von Tunzelmann's
review.
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The Treb Challenge. Excellent online
game introduces the engineering and physics of
trebuchet building. Crush the Castle
game which tests your skill in attacking castles and
in the
advanced version also building them. |
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How were medieval castles built? What were they
like to live in? |
Video and worksheet (PDF) |
Complete version of
the video |
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Who were the soldiers of medieval Europe? |
Worksheet (PDF) |
Terry Jones video on
the medieval knight and a series of
videos looking at
different types of weapons used in medieval Europe.
Video on
how to attack a medieval knight. Entertaining look at weapons
available to medieval infantrymen. |
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Case study: The Norman conquest of England - How
did William of Normandy prepare for the invasion of England? |
Worksheet (PDF)
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The
full tapestry
online and the
Wikipedia
entry. Make your own
virtual Bayeux Tapestry - great fun. The tapestry
museum
in Bayeux.
Videos about the Bayeux Tapestry
and the Battle of Hastings |
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How did William of Normandy win at Hastings? |
Worksheet (PDF) |
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How was Harold killed: a sourcework activity |
Worksheet (PDF) |
Videos about the Battle of Hastings |
| Why
did medieval people go on the Crusades? |
Worksheets: Parts
1,
2 and
3 |
Video - The
Crescent and the Cross.
Video
- Terry Jones explains the motivation of those who went on
Crusade.
Beautiful High-Definition
BBC documentary
on medieval maps and what they reveal about medieval minds.
Also an excellent supporting
website with a chance to view the
maps up-close. |
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B Test 3
Friday 17th February 2012 |
Revision
quiz |
