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History // Medieval Times
Castle Design Through the Ages
How castles were built and evolved: from wooden motte-and-bailey to stone keeps to concentric castles; rooms and their uses; how castle design responded to new…
Ages 7 to 9Concept
History // Medieval Times
Anglo-Saxon Britain
Who the Anglo-Saxons were: Germanic peoples who settled in Britain after the Romans left; their kingdoms, villages, place names, art, and eventual conversion to…
Ages 7 to 9Concept
History // Medieval Times
Siege Warfare
How castles were attacked and defended: siege weapons (trebuchets, battering rams, siege towers), boiling liquids, arrow slits, murder holes; the drama of a…
Ages 7 to 9Concept
History // Medieval Times
The Black Death
The Black Death of 1348-49: what the plague was, how it spread, its devastating death toll; how it changed society by giving surviving workers more power and…
Ages 7 to 9Concept
History // Medieval Times
Vikings vs Anglo-Saxons
The conflict between Vikings and Anglo-Saxons for control of England: Viking raids, Alfred the Great's resistance, the Danelaw, Athelstan as first king of all…
Ages 7 to 9Concept