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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Two Angels

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this late middle-ages fresco painting of "Two Angels" is described and presented with an enlargable image. Also included are links to related topics.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Medieval Hats

For Students 9th - 10th
Hats were an important part of medieval garb. Look at pictures of five medieval hats and try to determine which of the people listed wore which of the hats.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Medieval m.d.

For Students 9th - 10th
You are a doctor in the Middle Ages with three patients to cure. Read about their symptoms and decide what medieval treatment to prescribe.
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Website
Exploring Ancient World Cultures

Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Literature and the Middle Time

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an essay from the University of Evansville discussing the evolution of the Middle Ages and the formation of various languages that would yield literature.
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Other

The Middle ages.net: People of the Middle Ages

For Students 4th - 6th
Descriptions of the various roles of people who lived in medieval society.
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Lesson Plan
Lin and Don Donn

Lin and Don Donn: Lessons: The Middle Ages

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
An experienced teacher provides creative lesson and unit plans for teaching about the Middle Ages.
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Other

Medieval Painting in the South of France

For Students 9th - 10th
This website shows through paintings, the daily life, visit of the chapels and religious life in the Southern Alps (South of France).
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Lyceum Books

Lyceum Books: Medieval British Society, 1066 1485 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Full-text of a chapter from a multivolume work on the history of the British people describes British society during the Middle Ages following the Norman Conquest. Find information about the population, social structure, medieval women,...
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: Hundred Years' War

For Students 9th - 10th
Article presents an overview of the causes and course of the Hundred Years' War.
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CBS

Cbs News: 9 Things You Didn't Know About Freemasonry

For Students 9th - 10th
A list of facts, with explanations, about the Freemasons. [Published: Dec. 8, 2013]
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Article
Other

Psychopathological Interpretations of Witch Hunts

For Students 9th - 10th
Very detailed article about the Middle Ages, witchcraft, and possession. Looks at numerous sources to analyze the psychological approach to this phenomenon.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Is a Butt Tuba and Why Is It in Medieval Art?

For Students 9th - 10th
A rabbit attempts to play a church organ, while a knight fights a giant snail and a naked man blows a trumpet with his rear end. These bizarre images, painted with squirrel-hair brushes on vellum or parchment by monks, nuns and urban...
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The History Cat

The History Cat: The Medieval World

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover facts about Medieval Europe by examining feudalism and towns.
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The History Cat

The History Cat: European Feudalism

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed look at the system of feudalism that existed in medieval Europe.
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Handout
Eastern Kentucky University

Eastern Kentucky University: Dietary Requirements of a Medieval Peasant

For Students 9th - 10th
Notes from a university-level course about food and culture consider the food eaten by medieval European peasants and the calories expended in performing daily labors, for both men and women.
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Boise State University

Boise State University: The Black Death

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on the black death is provided. Also includes the origins, the forms, and the effects on society.
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Handout
Boise State University

Boise State University: Medieval Society Serfdom

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from the Boise State University focuses on serfdom and its practice during the Middle Ages in Europe.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Wow! What a Trip!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are sent back in time to Europe during the Middle Ages. They will stay for five days. They are taking a camera and a journal with them. They will present their journals and their pictures to the class when they return.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Fourteenth Century

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will study the upheaval and uncertainty of living during the 14th century. They will read about the Hundred Years War, the plague, and the schism within the Catholic church.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Pre Colonization European Society

For Students 9th - 10th
The Church, disease, and large urban centers dictated societal structure in European societies before the colonization of the New World. Read more about Europe during the Middle Ages.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Key Concepts: Peasant Revolts

For Students 9th - 10th
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for a high school world history course. This section assesses students' knowledge of the peasant revolts, uprisings that occurred during the European Middle Ages.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Heroes and Heroines

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover some of the earliest heroes and heroines in English literature, from Beowulf to King Arthur. What are the typical characteristics of a medieval hero, and what can this reveal about society in the Middle Ages?
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 4: The Whipping Boy

For Teachers 4th Standards
This unit explores the history of the Middle Ages through the fictional tale of two unlikely friends, Price Brat and his whipping boy. The Middle Ages was defined by a strict class system in government and economy. The novel explores the...
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A&E Television

History.com: How Christmas Was Celebrated in the Middle Ages

For Students 9th - 10th
Long before Santa Claus, caroling and light-strewn Christmas trees, people in medieval Europe celebrated the Christmas season with 12 full days of feasting and revelry culminating with Twelfth Night and the raucous crowning of a "King of...