This outstanding lesson on why Medieval Castles declined in importance is designed to be fun, interactive and to develop your students’ critical thinking skills. It is aimed at KS3 / KS4 students and looks at the changes in society, the economy, politics, fashion, warfare, the legal system and how they contributed to the decline of castles. It includes a wide range of activities that will appeal to the broad spectrum of ability including a Venn diagram, thinking skills review triangle, heads and tails, word search and an extended writing task.
The lesson begins with a selection of starters that look at why castles were built and how they developed before moving onto the different factors that led to their decline. This is then consolidated through a Venn diagram activity which gets students to compare and contrast how the role of castles changed from Medieval to the Tudor periods and a thinking skills review triangle that get students to prioritise which factors were the most important. If you then wish to extend the lesson .you can move onto an extended writing activity which has been supported with PEEL writing frames. We have included a selection of plenaries to choose from including aheads and tails activity and a word search, which can be found in the extra resources and template section at the end.
When you download this lesson, you will be able to access a 41 slide PowerPoint and a supporting 5 page worksheet, which includes all the supporting information, tasks, writing frames and activities to accompany the PowerPoint. Please see the detailed preview for more information.
The aims and objectives of this lesson are:
Theme: Medieval Castles
Know: Why did castles began to decline during the Medieval period?
Understand: How political, economic, social and military factors led to their decline?
Evaluate: Which were the most important reasons why castles declined?
Skills: Cause, Consequence, Continuity and Change.
WILF – What Am I Looking For?
Can You Describe: Why many castles declined and became ruins?
Can You Explain: How political, economic, social and military factors led to their decline?
Can You Evaluate: Which was the most important factor to explain why they declined?
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