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Castle Defense
This history scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to investigate and record ways that castles were constructed and located in the past to provide protection to the inhabitants and local community. The class can show how an army might have laid siege to a castle and attacked the location.
Investigate and record different ways that castles were constructed and located in the past to provide protection to the inhabitants and local community
Lesson One : Castle Protection
Identify and describe some of the special building structures and different materials that were used to defend a castle from attack by an army in the past
Lesson Two : Castle Locations
Explore how to research and record some of the best locations that could be used for the site of a castle building in the past to provide protection for the inhabitants
Lesson Three : Castle Moat
Investigate and record how to build example models to illustrate some of the best ways of attacking a castle across the moat that has been filled with water
Lesson Four : Castle Siege
Explore how to identify and record a matching set of instructions for an army to follow about how to lay siege to and attack a castle in the past
Lesson Five : Castle Attack
Practise identifying, describing and building an example model of a weapon that was used to attack a castle by an army in the past
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