Medieval Unit Plan
... This was very difficult for me to grasp at first but I sat down with my cooperating teacher and we came up with a system of final assessment of the castle unit for the students. ... by Phil Roxbee Cox had answers to many of the questions that the students asked during lesson one of the unit. ... We felt that the best way to assess what the students had learned from this unit was to create a research project in which the students would work in groups and record and illustrate answers to the questions they generated themselves and questions that we felt were pertinent to the unit. ... The students were to then work with their partner, answering questions either from remembrance of what was completed in the unit or by finding it in the information packet. ... After the students filled out their group research packets, the cooperating teacher and I reviewed their answers and drawings, noting areas that the students were not fully confident of and making adaptations in the unit for next time. ... Medieval Lesson Plan #5: Medieval Feast Length: 45 minutes planning and 1 lunch period First and Second Grade Level/Could be used at any level I. Focus/Aim: · The function of this lesson is for the student’s to experience what medieval celebrations were like in terms of food, entertainment, etc. · This lesson is important because we felt as though it would be a good closure to the unit and fun and exciting for the students. · This lesson is important because it is allowing the students to experience the medieval culture first hand. ... Motivation: · Students have completed their unit on the medieval period and castles and can now show others what they have done and what they have learned. · To make the feast as realistic as possible and to use some of the items that they have created throughout the unit (tapestries, shields, goblets, etc. ... Before creating the menu, recipes from the medieval times were talked about. We talked about the ingredients, pigeons were a big topic here, and many disgusted faces were seen as we went over the different ingredients that they used in the medieval period.