Medieval Castles - Activities

Castles - Interactive exercises

 
1. Castles: Defence and Attack! [Interactive]
A game of strategy: Spend your budget on your choice of features, then read a story of how your castle fares when faced with attack! Complete with worksheet and extension activities.
Castle Building Game
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Castles - Quizzes [Interactive]
The following quizzes are a good way of testing factual knowledge after students have finished the simulation above.
Wordshoot: Castles
Manic Miner: Castles
Fling the Teacher - Castles

History Quiz - Manic Miner

Medieval Castles - Links

Castles - External Links

1. Destroy the Castle!
A shockwave game that allows you to test your military skills with a trebuchet.
2. Medieval Arms Race
Great for assessing different methods of attack.
3. Virtual Tour of a castle
Visit different parts of a castle and meet people who live and work there. Great lesson possibilities - a worksheet could be produced as if students were on a field trip.

Medieval Castles - Films

Castles - Audio-Visual resources

 
1. The Measly Middle Ages (Audiobook) CD

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