Obedience
"An American Army of Two" by Janet Greeson
Middle Ages History Lesson Plans
"Kings and Queens of England and Scotland"
Since I have Scottish heritage, my co-op partner suggested that we look into
the kings and queens of Scotland while her family covered England. The kids
and I decided (unknown to my partner) that we would "raid" England and
declare our independence. Before doing this, we looked up words like
"oppression" and "treason." We also found out what happened to anyone
convicted of treason and discussed how it was not something to be taken
lightly. (BTW, this paved the road for our study on the American Revolution).
After AWANA one rainy night, the kids and I snuck over to my partner's house
and toilet papered her front porch. We taped a proclamation to her mailbox,
declaring that we wanted our freedom from oppression, demanding our God-given
rights to every man, woman and child of Scotland, etc. We drew flags of
Scotland and stuck those all over. The kids wrote signs like "Scots rule,
English Drool!" This was all with the toddler sitting quietly on the
doorstep until she loudly proclaimed, "You done Mamma?" We had to grab her
and run!
The next night we had music practice, so our "country" was left unguarded.
We came home to Reward Posters nailed to our tree, offering 500 [pounds] for
perpetrators of crimes against the reigning monarchy. There was a long and
wordy proclamation on our door, and signs everywhere. They had taken our
Scottish flag and made an "anti" circle through it! Then, they even snuck
into our garage and turned our fuses off (gotta get that door fixed)! I have
a "Snoopy" flag hanging by the door, and they had rushed home, made an
English flag, then pinned it over our Snoopy one!
The month-long unit was filled with incidents, such as drive-by "chalkings"
of "FREEDOM" written across their driveway and "NEVER, SCOTTISH DOGS!"
written on ours. Our final victory is when we recruited 8 friends, or
"mercenaries" to help us plant over 700 forks in their yard one night.
(Thanks for the idea, Tracy!) We made signs like "Fork over our freedom" and
"No more oppression, thanks. We're full!" and "If you ever come back, we'll
kilt ya!" The part of the signs facing the street had pro-Scotland slogans
like "We're glad for plaid" and "Have you hugged your Scotsman today?" and
"We LOVE Scotland!" The best thing about this raid is their front door being
open the entire time. Suddenly, my partner's hubby went to put his car in
the garage. Eleven people VANISHED as the garage door went up, most of us
finding shelter behind a small car next door. We got to hear their
discovery!
For our Medieval Feast, we [Scotland] came with a statement that someone was
trying to sully our good name and cause bad feelings between England and
Scotland, and we would NEVER do anything against the crown, "Long live the
King!" Our feast had medieval games, combined with Scottish games. We took
the cardboard tube from a carpet roll, stuffed it with drop cloths to make it
heavy, and had a caber toss (smaller kids had smaller pole). We filled
burlap bags with pine needles and they had to toss them over the swingset
with a pitchfork. We also had archery and javelin tosses. Like others, each
child said a poem, song, or report between courses, and each had a role to
play (we did the hand washing by the Levor too). We also used our Scottish
quaich to pledge allegiance to the king.
The kids are still talking about this!
(Thanks to JoAnna for sharing this on KonosSupport@onelist!)
"Magic School Bus Plays Ball"
HorseFun
"Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie" by Peter & Connie Roop
"Lighthouse" Megan O'Hara
"The Light at Tern Rock" by Julia L. Sauer
"The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge" by H.Swift/L.Ward
"Cobblestone" (magazine, June 1981)
Medieval History Net Links
Medieval Recipies
The Black Plague Game
Avoid it Like the Plague!
Castles on the Web
Journey Through the Middle Ages
The Points of Heraldry
Suit of Armor Plans
Welcome to a Journey into Medieval Fiefdom
Medieval Life & Times
Life in the Middle Ages
Castlebuilder
Dante's Inferno
Kings and Queens of Europe
Medieval Times
Netserf
Medieval-type recipes
Build a Cardboard Castle
c.1265 Chivalry & Rebellion
Castles on the Web
Things to do at the Castle
Chronology of the French Revolution
The British Monarchy
Medieval Unit Study
Another Medieval Unit Study
Medievil Diorama
"Stained Glass Windows-Coloring Book" by Dover Publications
"The Usborne Time Traveller Book of Viking Raiders
"Castles of Scotland to cut out and out together" by Bellerophon Books
"Picture the Middle Ages" by Golden Owl Publishing
"Greenleaf Guide to the Middle Ages"
"Famous Men of hte Middle Ages" by Greenleaf Press
"Cultural Atlas to the Middle Ages" by Mike Corbishley
"Make this Medieval Village"
"The Minstrel in the Tower" by Gloria Skurzynski
"Study Guide for Minstrel in the Tower" by Progeny Press
"Catherdral" by David Macaulay
"Castle" by David Macauley
"Illuminations" by Jonathon Hunt
"The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite De Angeli
"St. George and the Dragon" by Margaret Hodges
"Medieval Feast" by Aliki
"What were Castles For?" by Usborne Books
"Leif the Lucky" by Ingi and Edgar D'Aulaire
"Theobold the Ironheart"
"A Tournament of Knights"
"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" as retold by J.R.R. Tolkien
"Robin Hood"
"The Trumpeter of Krakow" by Eric P. Kelly
"The Black Arrow" by Robert Louis Stevenson
"Adam of the Road" by Elizabeth Gray
"Ivanhoe" by Sir Walter Scott
"The Arthurian Adventures" by Howard Pyle (use care,ie:magic etc)
Candlestone Horse Unit
Pony Express Information
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