Visit the Blades of Glory web site to read about their school visit program for the Grade 4 Ontario Curriculum. Contact: E-Mail: zon@heydon.com or call (705) 653-4144 to arrange a visit to your school in southern Ontario.

An excellent site of medieval times. Includes: timeline, rulers, castles with maps, other architecture. Click on the Virtual 3D link in the left margin to view castles from every angle.

Choose one of the occupants of the street to find out more about medieval life. 

An on-line history time-line with links to maps, biographies, important science and technology discoveries, politics and war events. Be sure to read What is HyperHistory to learn how to maneuver around the page.

A list of sites to explore to learn about the middle ages.

Inventions through the ages that have changed the way we live.

An online art display showing artifacts along the Silk Road.

• Silk Road Trade Routes

Innovations in: algebra and trigonometry, engineering, astronomy, medicine, paper and publishing are described. Video available from the PBS web site. 

Level: Junior, Intermediate

What was it really like to live in the Middle Ages?

• Glossary of Medieval Castle Terms
• Glossary of Ancient Weights and Measures

Choose a guide or a topic to read about :

• The Knights Realm
• The Merchant's Realm
• The Nun's Realm
• The peasants's Realm

Look for "Ghosts in the Castle" on the National Geographic site. Give yourself a Medieval name and name your Castle then explore. Click on the items in the picture to read about the castle and what went on in the castle. Click on the mouse to venture through the castle.

• Timeline 

A list of inventions that occurred during the Middle Ages.  

Read about: medicine, money, heating, toilets, toys, sleeping, food, bathing, beverages, clothing, shoes, childhood, travel, silverware, and teeth in Medieval times and modern times.

An excellent site of medieval times. 

• Medieval Buildings - visit abbeys, cathedrals. castles
• Architecture - read the lists of building features through the medieval time period
• Virtual Gallery - rotate a castle on-line, view sections of the castle

• Castles for Kids
• Parts of a Castle
• Inside a Castle
• People of the Castle
• Activity Pages

Can you determine which cathedral was not properly constructed and collapsed?

Look for "Ghosts in the Castle" on the National Geographic site. Give yourself a Medieval name and name your Castle then explore. Click on the items in the picture to read about the castle and what went on in the castle. Click on the mouse to venture through the castle.

Travel to Wales to study feudalism, geography, and castle life. After learning about daily life in medieval Wales, students are directed to design and build a castle appropriate to the times of Baron William de Claire. Keep a Builder's Journal to record important facts to assist you in your castle design.

Read about the building of a castle, the types of castles, and People of the Castles.

Topics include: About castles, Bird's Eye View, Building a Castle, Concentric Castles, Halls, Keeps, Parts of a Castle, Motte and Bailey Castles.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page to click on the table of contents, then click on The Castle Through the Ages. You will find a description of  castles and its purpose.

Graphics and descriptions of the Hall, The Kitchen, Accommodation, Water, and the Chapel.

Professor Richard Holmes, a British military historian featured in the NOVA film "Medieval Siege," talks here about everyday life in a medieval English castle, giving a sense of how lords and ladies, archers and engineers, cooks and carpenters lived their lives behind castle walls.

Kids' Castle is a fictional but historically accurate castle based on Nottingham Castle as it was in about 1480. Explore the parts of castle by clicking on the different buildings.

Learn about the Middle Ages by playing a game or you may just read the facts.

Virtual tour of the Tower of London Text and graphics to describe medieval buildings and people of the tower. Includes on-line quiz.

Good graphics of medieval buildings.

Step-by-step instructions to make a castle.

An index of topics of the Life of a Knight.

• Knight Life #1: Defining the Knight - Medieval History - A look at every facet of the life of a medieval knight.

A collection of essays and glossaries describing the qualities and duties of a knight. Use the index at the side to start your research. (Advanced reading)

• Glossary of Arms and Armour

Description of the games at a joust. Link to graphics.

A description of the components of a shield. Link to a free program to download that helps you make your own shield  is available.
 

• Text and graphics describing the traditional divisions of a shield
• Read Roger the Herald's notes on Blazonry for Beginners before you play the on-line heraldry game
• Heraldry Game
• Play an on-line heraldry game (a lot of reading)

• Heraldry & the Parts of a Coat of Arms
• The Meaning Behind the Symbols
• Shields
• Helmets
• Crowns
• Banners
• Mantlings
• The British Royal Family

Create a Coat of Arms online by following the path. You can print and email your creation.

Follow the steps online to create your Coat of Arms. Read about the elements of the your Coat of Arms along the way. Print what you  create.

Learn about the metals, colours, furs, divisions, and the 'Marks of Cadence' - birth order that appears on shields.

Lessons explaining the colours, charges and the placement on the shield.

Samples of designs. Cannot be copied.

• Heraldry Art

Black line drawings displaying heraldic terms.

Template to design your own Coat of Arms.

Template to design your own Coat of Arms.

What sort of hat would you have worn in Medieval times?

Read about what is needed to prepare for a Medieval feast.

Scroll down the page to read about the ingredients used in Medieval foods.

A list of recipes and explanations of ingredients used during the Middle Ages. Islamic influence in food is mentioned.

Recipes, glossary of cooking terms, and explanations of what food was available during the Medieval period. - Not turkey legs!

• Modern Recipes for Beginners
• Recipes from a newe boke of olde cokery

Read about the clothing of Medieval times.

Who wore those long-toed shoes?

Try your luck at guessing the correct Medieval instrument. For clues read about the instrument by clicking on About the Instruments at the bottom of the page. To play the game click on the name of each instrument. Music will download and then play. Choose the picture beside the word of the instrument you think made the sounds. Be sure to close the box of the music download after each song has played.

Use this Worksheet (MS Word) to complete this activity.

• Choose an instrument.  What is the name of the instrument?  in brackets (____)
• Be sure to notice the clothing of the musician.
• This will help you dress for the celebration at the end of  the unit. Click on the picture to listen to the instrument.
• Be patient while the sound file downloads.
• Be sure to close the sound file window when the music stops!)
• Draw a picture of the instrument
• Describe the materials needed to make it. Describe the instrument.
• Is it a wind, string, or percussion instrument?
• Describe how it is played.

Card game played in Medieval times. Teach it to the students in your class for a level 4 assessment.

Explanations and rules of games played in Medieval Times.

Read about how religion and the building of massive cathedrals were important in Medieval times.

Includes: timeline, explanations of faith, culture, innovations, people profiles, and lesson plans. Video available from the PBS web site. 

Level: Junior, Intermediate

Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport to information about the crusades.

A series of slideshows topics of the Crusade time period

• Costumes
• Water Systems
• Food
• People
• Sightseeing 

Directions to make a stained glass window.

• Materials and directions

Find out why there were so many health problems in Medieval times.Try your hand at Medieval medicine!

•  The Middle Ages -- Health: Medieval Medicine

Read about the first hospitals.

The innovations of medicine by the Islamic people are described.

Links to quizzes, maps and important dates in history.

Template to design your own Coat of Arms.

Free Clipart.

Ask your teacher is you can send a Medieval-gram to a friend.