Medieval Feudalism
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Description:
| Explore these sites and learn what it was like to live during the Middle Ages. Topics include serfs, kings, monasteries, and more. There are links to eThemes Resources on castles, knights, and children's books that took place during the Middle Ages. |
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Grade Level:
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Resource Links:
| Middle Ages: Feudal Life
This site covers many aspects of life in the Middle Ages including feudal life, religion, town life, and more.
Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture
Read definitions and view illustrations of words. Also listen to audio files of the pronunciations.
Social Classes in Medieval Times
These are selections from primary source documents that highlight the treatment of slaves and serfs in Medieval Europe. These documents are very revealing.
Infoplease: Other Feudal Systems
This is a short paragraph that describes the feudal systems that existed in Japan, China, India, and elsewhere besides Western Europe. NOTE: The site includes ads.
Medieval Times
Learn about people who lived during the medieval time period by reading research projects completed by students. Each topic includes a brief biography and artwork.
PBS: Medieval Siege
This site helps students understand life in a castle. Click on "Destroy The Castle" to play an interactive game. Also learn about the arms race in the Middle Ages and a recent attempt to build a trebuchet, a medieval weapon.
Medieval Estate
Click on the map icons to learn more about the different aspects of life on the medieval estate.
Medieval World Encyclopedia
Explore this collection of articles about British history from 1066-1500. Includes illustrations. First choose from the text titles at the bottom, then click on more specific titles. NOTE: The site includes ads.
ThinkQuest: Medieval Quest
This site was designed by students and includes information about many aspects of medieval life, including food, castles, and myths. Click on "Activities" for a crossword puzzle and an interactive quiz.
Walk through Wharram Percy
This is a fun slide show that helps students understand what it was like to live during medieval times. Includes illustrations.
Quia: Middle Ages
Try these quizzes about the Middle Ages.
TimeRef
This is an extensive site that has information about kings, abbeys, castles, cathedrals, and more. Includes 3D images of buildings.
Discovery: The Middle Ages
This is a lesson plan about the Middle Ages.
BBC: Paint a Cathedral
This is a fun online game that allows you to paint a medieval cathedral using your mouse or the SMARTboard.
BBC: Build a Cathedral Arch
Try this fun interactive activity to see if you know how to build a medieval architectural masterpiece.
Classroom Clipart
This site has a variety of clip art depicting crusades, feudalism, food, and more. NOTE: The site includes ads and a pop-up.
A Medieval Timeline
Find out what happened during the Middle Ages on a certain day. Enter the month, day, and year. NOTE: This site contains sponsored links.
Not Everyone Lived in Castles
Students can learn about daily life for people of various classes in this lesson plan unit.
eThemes Resource: Medieval Castles
Learn about the history, architecture, and other basic facts about castles. Take a virtual tour of a historic castle, build your own online weapon to protect a castle, or construct your own castle model out of sugar cubes or cardboard. Includes several photographs. There is a link to an eThemes Resources on feudalism and two links to book resources that have a medieval setting.
eThemes Resource: Medieval Knights
These sites are about the knights from the Middle Ages or the Medieval period. Covers the topics of heraldry and chivalry. Includes photographs of armor and weapons used by knights. There are links to eThemes Resources on medieval castles and feudalism.
eThemes Resource: Literature: "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
These sites are about the book "The Whipping Boy," author Sid Fleischman, and illustrator Peter Sis. Learn about life in the Middle Ages. There are literature and castle games and activities. An eThemes Resource about Medieval Feudalism is included.
eThemes Resource: Literature: "The Castle in the Attic" by Elizabeth Winthrop
There are activities, discussion questions, and interactive quizzes and games that relate to the book. Includes information about castles, medieval life, coat of arms and governesses.
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Education Standards:
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AL Standards:
1.1, 3.1, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1
AR Standards:
H.6.7.4.d, H.6.7.12, H.6.7.14, H.6.7.15, H.6.7.17, H.6.7.28, H.6.7.33
IL Standards:
16.A.1b, 16.A.1c, 16.B.2a W, 16.B.2b W, 16.A.3b, 16.B.3b W, 16.B.3c W
ME Standards:
2.B.1, 2.B.2, 2.A.1, 2.B.3
MO Standards:
1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.9, 1.10, 2.4, 2.5, 4.3, 3, 5, 6, 2, 6, 7, 2b.A.1.c, 2b.A.1.d, 2b.C.1.a, 2b.C.1.b
NV Standards:
H.1.3.2, H.2.3.1, H.1.5.2, H.2.5.1, H.2.5.2, H.4.5.1, H.1.8.2, H.2.8.2.e, H.3.8.3.a, H.3.8.3.e, H.3.8.4.b, H.3.8.4.f, H.4.8.4
OH Standards:
1.B.4.a, 1.B.4.b, 1.B.4.c, 1.B.4.d, 1.B.4.e, 1.B.2.a, 1.B.2.b, 1.B.2.c, 1.C.3
UT Standards:
2.1.b, 5.1.a, 5.1.b, 5.1.c
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