Lesson One – Castle Protection
This history teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to 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.
The class can explain and record how some different parts were added to a castle to protect the inhabitants such as building a moat or portcullis to defend the location.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to 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
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe how to protect a castle from attack by an army in the past, a worksheet to record different ways of protecting a castle from attack using different building structures and materials and a vocabulary word bank to explain how to protect castle inhabitants from attack.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore and describe some of the building structures that were used to defend a castle from attack in the past.
This lesson is part of a history scheme of work to get the children to investigate and record different ways that castles were constructed and located in the past to provide protection to the inhabitants and local community. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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