Lesson Two – Castle Inhabitants

This history teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to identify, describe and compare some of the different groups of people who lived and worked in a castle in the past to complete a range of roles and jobs.

The class can use role-play and drama to illustrate some of the different jobs that were performed by servants in a castle such as the blacksmith or carpenter.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify, describe and compare some of the different groups of people who lived and worked in a castle in the past to complete a range of roles and jobs

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify, describe and compare some of the different jobs performed in a castle and a set of cards to role-play some of the special jobs that were performed by servants in a castle in the past.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore some of the different groups of people who lived and worked in a castle in the past.

This lesson is part of a history scheme of work to get the children to identify, describe and record some of the special ways that castles were built and inhabited by different groups of people in the past. 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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