This short activity is aligned to the NSW Stage 4 History curriculum that requires students to look at the roles of different groups in a medieval feudal society (ACDSEH008) Ever looked at the pieces on a chess board and the saw similarities with the some of the characters that lived during medieval society. This learning activity requires students to examine the roles of key pieces on a chess board and positions for people in medieval feudal society.

This activity addresses the following NSW Stage 4 History curriculum outcomes: ACDSEH050, ACDSEH051 This activity is designed to assist students to develop their vocabulary for the key features that associated with medieval castles

This learning activity will address the NSW History curriculum outcomes ACDSEH050, ACDSEH052 The focus for this virtual historical site study is the Basilica of Saint Denis, Paris. The architectural historical significance for the basilica is that it represents the first evidence of gothic elements of designs incorporated in European buildings. Additionally, the basilica has gained the status as a necropolis for the French monarchy since the 11th Century. The site study also examines role of Abbott Suger as he transformed a 11th Century simple Benedictine Abbey into a gothic basilica that established the standards for gothic architecture for centuries to come. Included with the resource package is a suggested report scaffold.

This activity addresses the following NSW Stage 4 History curriculum outcomes: ACDSEH008, ACDSEH050, ACDSEH050 In this research activity students are required to prepare a 12-day itinerary for a tourism operator that is involved in offering educational tours for History teachers. The proposed tour of the United Kingdom needs to offer an opportunity for History teachers to become immersed in aspects of medieval culture and society. Students are given a brief a and schedule for the mandatory stops and it is their task to identify significant medieval personalities and cultural achievements for each location.

This activity addresses the following NSW Stage 4 History curriculum outcomes: ACDSEH008, ACDSEH050, ACDSEH051, ACDSEH052. The research activity requires students to investigate the historical origins of four important medieval personalities and how aspects of their reign are still evident in the 21st Century. The four areas that student will examine are: The Royal Standard of King Henry I The 20th Century media exposure of King Richard I King John and the Magna Carta The Prince of Wales

This activity addresses the following NSW Stage 4 History curriculum outcomes: ACDSEH051. This research activity requires students to compare the features of two similar medieval weapons - The Anglo-Saxon longbow and the Norman crossbow. As part of their research students will investigate the reasons why the longbow became the standard weapon of choice for English archers and how it allowed the English to dominate the One Hundred Year War.

This activity addresses the following NSW Stage 4 History curriculum outcomes: ACDSEH051. During the 13th Century, King Edward I construct ten castles in Wales known as the ‘Ring of Iron’. In this activity students will gain a spatial perception for the concept of the Ring of Iron as they need to identify the location of the castles on a map.

This activity addresses the following NSW Stage 4 History curriculum outcomes: ACDSEH050, ACDSEH051, ACDSEH052 In this site study students will examine the ‘jewel in the crown’ of medieval Welsh castles that were constructed by Kind Edward I during the 13th Century as a means control any further rebellions in principality of Wales.

Caernarfon castle fact file This activity addresses the following NSW Stage 4 History curriculum outcomes: ACDSEH050, ACDSEH051 This activity supplements the Caernarfon Castle site study and investigates some additional historical features of the castle such as its unique ‘hour glass’ layout, the use of octagonal tower and the ceremonial home for the Prince of Wales.