Castles, knights and Vikings: 3rd to 5th people & places
The Middle Ages: castles, knights, Vikings and towns. A free 3rd to 5th lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students work toward: the Middle Ages: castles, knights, Vikings and towns.
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: Did Vikings really wear horns on their helmets?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (15 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: castles, knights and Vikings.
- Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
- Have students tell a partner or a small group the idea in their own words.
Practise (20 min)
- Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
- Read: Vikings Did Not Wear Horns (https://peabody.kids/library/vikings-did-not-wear-horns)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about castles, knights and Vikings, and one question I still have.
- Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.
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