Lesson Three – Castle Moat
This history teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to 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.
The class can explain and describe how to use some different materials to build something that knights could use when crossing a moat to attack and invade castle.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to 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
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe how to build a castle for protection and suggest ways of crossing a castle’s moat using different materials and a template to identify and record how to use different materials to cross the moat of a castle.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to build models to illustrate some of the best ways of attacking a castle across the moat filled with water.
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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