Middle Ages Castle Project

Now is your chance to show off your Master Builder skills! Your project is to construct a typical Medieval castle that showcases all you have learned during your research.

Here are your guidelines:

• All of your construction must fit on the piece of wood that your teachers provided for you. We will complete all construction IN CLASS.
• You may also choose to include an outside village, manor house, farms, stables, jousting area, kennel, etc.
• Your castle must have AT LEAST 10 of the following features clearly and neatly labeles and defined:  moat, drawbridge, Great Hall, keep, bailey, gatehouse, walls, towers, portcullis, parapets, barbican, arrow loops (also called loop holes), murder holes, machicolations, postern, and watergate.
• Make sure your definition includes the purposes of the feature.

What to use: You should use inexpensive, recycled materials found at home or gathered from relatives and friends, such as:

• cardboard, carboard boxes, paper towel and toilet paper rolls
• recycled poster board
• cereal and tissue boxes
• paper, construction paper
• styrofoam packing pieces
• aluminum foil
• light weight wood
• paint
• paper mache
• cloth remains
• grasses, weeds, vegetation, sticks, stones, etc.
• small models of people and animals - try to make these - no purchased action figures please!
   

2.  Examine the web sites, Lifespan of a Castle and Virtual Tour of Warwick Castle (see below) for ideas on how you want to construct your castle. 

3.  For an overview of castles, castle terms, and castle life, try Britanica School Castle Site (see below). This is part of the Britanica School Database which is a great source for lots of reports and projects!

4.  Don't forget to consult the books on your reserve cart. There are lots of pictures of castles and descriptions of castle life. Remember this is your castle! You are the Master Builder!