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You will need to complete the following tasks to prepare your kingdom.
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Please read the process before continuing on your quest. |
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Part: |
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What style of Medieval
castle will you build (needs to be precise to the time period)?
Can you create a crest,flag,
and social structure that depicts the history and personality of your kingdom, the rulers,
and the people? Have you
completed the components of the portfolio that are to be presented or handed-in? Does your PowerPoint
presentation show the time and work you put in to complete your quest?
Days One & Two
Day Three
Day Four
Day Five
Day Six
Day Seven
Day Eight
Day Nine
Day Ten
Day Eleven
Your completed portfolio will contain the following:
RESOURCES:The following internet resources as well as your school and town libraries
will help you to complete the work.
Britannia History
Reference Timelines
and Chronologies
Feudal Life
More Feudal
Life
Crest Meanings
Coat of Arms
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Components |
Excellent (150-125) |
Good (124-100) |
Incomplete/Unacceptable (99-75) |
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Crossword Puzzle |
Includes all words that were required. Definitions were all correct and all words were spelled correctly. |
Includes all words that were required. Definitions were mostly all correct and all words were spelled correctly. |
Words were left out and definitions were not correct. |
| Castle Design/History Report Due the end of Day 4 10 Points |
Design Reports are informative, accurate, descriptive and useful. Reports incorporate visual aids to enhance understanding and a good description of several different castle styles of Medieval castles. |
Design Reports have some errors relating to specific information. Few visual aids are incorporated. |
Design Reports are inaccurate. They have few, if any, visual aids. |
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Flag & Crest |
Flag & Crest, is informative, accurate, descriptive and useful. Your crest & flag has 4 quadrants and is colorfully detailed. |
Flag & Crest has some errors relating to specific information, has less quadrants and details. |
Your crest & flag lack imagination and detail. |
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Social Structure Tree/Ladder |
Social Structure tree/ladder is accurate, descriptive and useful. Presented in the format of a ladder, tree or some other object that has various levels. |
Social Structure tree/ladder has some errors relating to specific information and is not complete. |
Social Structure tree/ladder lacks imagination and detail. |
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Castle Blueprint |
Blueprints follow a Meideval castle design. The design is named and well researched. The drawing is neat, labeled, and done to scale. Calculations and a scale is included. |
Blueprints follow a Medieval castle design. Design is named, but shows little research based design techniques. Drawing could be a little more clean and not all aspects of the castle is labeled. Calculations and scale are shown. |
Blueprint does not represent a Medieval castle floorplan. Drawing is not neat, and not labeled. Calculations are not shown. |
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Castle Model |
Model is visually appealing with precise and accurate detail. Model shows an indepth, creative style taking into account true Medieval designs. |
Model depicts a small number of inaccurate representations. Creativity and detail is adequate. |
Model lacks appeal, detail, creativity and design layout. Model is unspecific to the project. |
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Individual Journals |
The journals shows that you assessed, evaluated and used a variety of information and sources to create your new kingdom through numerous daily entries. The criteria used was applicable and all tasks were completed. |
The journal has a few daily entries. Journals have some inconsistencies relating to the subject matter. The information was sometimes hard to follow. |
The journals were unclear and confusing, lacking adequate information to draw an acceptable conclusion. Several daily entries not made. |
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Oral Presentation |
The presentation was clear and easily understood. The presentation was informative, persuasive and creative, incorporating all components of the project. |
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Text: |
No misspelling, grammar or punctuation errors are evident. |
A few words are either misspelled or misused. A few grammar or punctuation errors have been found. |
Numerous spelling, grammar and/or punctuation errors are evident. |
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Research the different styles of castles built during the Medieval time period. Choose one or two castles that catch your eye and hold your interest. This will be the basis for the castle in your new kingdom. You will create a castle blueprint from one or more of the castles you choose to research. Your blueprint will have the various parts of the castle labeled. You will turn in the floor plan to the teacher for review by Day Two. You will also compile these drawings and your journal writings in your portfolio to be presented to your classmates.After the floor plan is approved, you will complete a castle design/history report and blueprint of your new castle which you will use to create a replica of the new castle for your kingdom. You will present your castle replica to the class on the final day of the project. Please include the materials you will be using to create your replica.While doing your research you will need to individually record your
answers to the following questions in your journal:
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 Chivalry
and History
The Medieval times were an era filled with armor, chivalry, knights and ornate crests. In the fourth century A.D. the Roman Empire fell and Europe was invaded by various Barbarian Tribes. Because of this, powerful local lords and their mounted warriors offered to protect peasants. In return for the protection, the peasants became the serfs . All of these lords were committed to oaths of loyalty. By the 11th Century, the new social order of feudalism was formed with armored knights who served a lord, and lords who were served by serfs. TASK: You will learn more about the chivalry of Medieval times. To do this you will need to research and complete an outline of the social structure of the times and design a crest and flag. You will present your crest and flag to your classmates during your PowerPoint presentation. You will answer a series of questions to help you reflect on what you have discovered and how it relates to your life. Remember to take your time in researching and don't forget that the library is an excellent source for information.
SOCIAL
STRUCTURE TREE: Research the social structure
of the Feudal Life. Present it in the format of a ladder, tree or some
other object that has various levels by Day 7--BE CREATIVE! Use
the following links to better understand the social structure of the
time. How do King Arthur and His Knights fit into feudal
life? They followed an ideal code of behavior called chivalry.
Chivalry required the knight to pledge his loyalty to his lord,
to protect women, and to behave in an honorable way. This ideal
characterizes this period of history that is gone but not forgotten.
CREST
& FLAG: In
this era, knights decorated their shields. It has been said that
they did this because the helmets and face guards they wore made
the knights difficult to recognize either as friend or foe. The
fully decorated shield is known as a coat
of arms. Only one coat of arms was carried by a knight,
and this was passed to the oldest son when the knight died. The
shield reflected the nobility and history of it's owner. Quite
often the symbols were used on flags and clothing. Your job is
to create, by Day 8, a diagram of a crest
that explains the meaning of your symbols and why you
chose them. Then create a model of your crest and flag to display
during your presentation. Remember it might be helpful to use some
of the same elements on your crest and flag. You will find
examples in the next few links. |
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Your will need to create a crossword puzzle by Day 5 for the following terms and terms found in RED using their definitions:
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During the past few weeks you have researched Medieval times and presented your project to your class. You have constructed a new kingdom from ruins and learned the importance of working together. Your effort has resulted in a grand kingdom with a new castle, crest, and flag. You have developed an understanding of area and time management. Finally, you have insight on the powerful moral struggle that characterized Medieval times.
Castles
Milestones
armor
When
you have finished this section, you will be better acquainted with
common vocabulary of the time, have a better understanding of the
social structure and the events of the time, and have had the opportunity
to make creative decisions in the design of your crest and flag. Remember
to take your time in researching and don't forget that the library
is an excellent source for information. Most of all--HAVE FUN!