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MIDDLE AGES WEBQUEST
6th Grade
INTRODUCTION
Alas, you have come to class as a 6th grader in
Willsboro
Central
School
, but upon entering your classroom, you discover that you are back in
the Middle Ages! You are now
ruled by the Good Queen Valachovic and you have become her subjects.
Willsboro is now a fiefdom, and the school has become a castle.
Unfortunately, you do not know
how to live in the
kingdom
of
Willsboro
, but you will have to learn fast. You
will need to find out what your place would be in a feudal society,
where you would live, and how you would live.
TASK
Your task will be to learn as much as you can about living in the
Middle Ages, and you will do that by picking a role to research.
You will need to create a How-To book that would be a guide to
living in the Middle Ages. The
roles that you may pick from are:
Ruling Class:
King, Queen, Lord, Lady
Warriors:
Knight, Crusader
Clergy:
Pope, Monk/Nun, Rabbi
Commoners:
Freeman, guild member (townsperson)
To demonstrate that you could live in the Middle Ages as your
chosen person, you must write a “How-To” book that explains your
daily life and routines. On the day that you present your book to Queen
Valachovic to put in her library, you must dress up as your character
and play your character for that day.
There will be a feast, of course, to celebrate you
will need to bring a dish that you would have eaten in the Middle
Ages.
Queen Valachovic may have some questions for you about your book
and your life, so that she will know how her subjects live in her
kingdom.
PROCESS AND RESOURCES
After you have picked your role, and before you begin your
research, brainstorm what you want or need to know about your character.
Some of the questions should be:
Clothing
What
clothing would you have worn? What
was it made of?
Homes
What
kinds of home would you have? What
was it made of?
Where
would it be located? What
was it called? How
many
rooms
would it have?
Food
What
would you eat? Who would
make it? How often would
you
eat? Where would it come
from?
Daily
Life
What
would you do doing the day? Where
would you work?
Families
Who
would you marry? How many
children would you have?
Entertainment
What would you do for fun?
Education
Would
you go to school? Where
would you go to school? How
long would you go to school?
You will have to use both books in the library and the websites
that are in this webquest. You
may not use any other websites, unless they are approved by Queen
Valachovic or Scribner Trienens.
You will need a title page and a
Works Cited page in your book listing all of the resources that you
used, including a book, an encyclopedia, and a website.
Scribner Trienens will be able to help you.
BOOKS
All of these books will be available in your classroom so that
you may use them at any time. Remember
to take notes as you read, and always make a note where you found the
information. Notecards will
be in the front of each book. You
may take notes on those notecards. You will also have all of the
information that you need for your Works Cited page.
Middle
Ages:
940.1
Corbishley, Mike
COR
The Middle Ages
394
Dawson, Imogen
DAW
Food & Feasts in the Middle Ages
909.07
Gregory, Tony
GRE
The Dark Ages
940.1
MacDonald, Fiona
MAC
How Would You Survive in the Middle Ages?
909.07
Rice, Earle
RIC
Life During the Middle Ages
940.1
Steel, Anne
STE
The Middle Ages
Castles
and knights:
725
Brown, R. Allen
BRO
The Architecture of Castles: A Visual Guide
940.1
Cairns
, Conrad
CAI
Medieval Castles
940.1
Dann, Geoff
DAN
Knight
623
Macaulay, David
MAC
Castle
940.1
Macdonald, Fiona
MAC
A Medieval Castle
940.1
Pipe, Jim
PIP
Mystery History of a Medieval Castle
940.1
Sancha, Sheila
SAN
The Castle Story
Crusades:
949.5
Lace, William W.
LAC
The Unholy Crusade: The Ransacking of Medieval
Constantinople
Knights
and knighthood:
92
Tanaka, Shelley
PEM
In the Time of Knights:
The Real-life Story of History’s Greatest
Knight
Plagues:
614.4
Biel
, Timothy L.
BIE
Black Death
307.76
Fourteenth-century Towns
FOU
Encyclopedias
and reference sources:
REF
The Middle Ages (4 vols.)
909.07
This encyclopedia covers everything about the Middle Ages from
MID
the schools, writing material, knighthood, crusades, and the
roles of
women.
REF
Knight, Judson
920
Middle Ages: Biographies (2 vols.)
KNI
REF
Tortora, Phyllis G.
391
Survey of Historic Costume: A History of Western Dress
TOR
WEBSITES
You may use only these websites for your research.
There will be notecards for each website in the computer lab that
you may use.
The
Middle Ages: Interactives
http://www.learner.org/interactives/middleages/
This website is a great
resource for all aspects of the Middle Ages.
You will have to “Enter” the site and be sure to make use of
the “Read More” link at the bottom of each page.
You’ll find much more information.
Medieval
Life
http://www.camelotintl.com/village/index.html
This website provides brief
information on village people of the Middle Ages.
You will have to click on the juggler on the screen to
“enter” the village.
Medieval
Jobs
http://www.castles-of-britain.com/
This provides
information on not only castles, but who might live and work in them..
Middle
Ages Thinkquest
http://library.thinkquest.org/10949/fief/medindex.html
Provides information on a wide
variety of aspects from farming to women to castles.
Gode
Cookery: Medieval Recipe
Translations
http://www.godecookery.com/mtrans/mtrans.htm
This provides many recipes.
Gode
Cookery Presents: Tales of the Middle Ages: Food and Drink
http://www.godecookery.com/mtrans/mtrans.htm
This provides information on
what people ate in the Middle Ages.
Food
in the Medieval Period (Crusaders)
http://jeru.huji.ac.il/ef41.htm
This provides brief information
on what the Crusaders would have eaten.
EVALUATION
Rubric
for Works Cited page:
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SOURCES
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Only
one source was used.
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Two
to 3 resources were used.
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Four
to 5 resources were used.
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POINTS
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FORMAT
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Many
misspelled words in the citation, and citations were not complete.
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Some
words were misspelled. Some citations were incomplete.
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No
words were misspelled, and
all parts of the citations were included.
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POINTS
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