Curated OER
British History
A very quick overview of nearly a millennium of British history, these slides present broad topics supported by photographs and small pieces of information. The end of the presentation prompts viewers to create a timeline based on the...
Curated OER
The Crusades
In this Middle Ages worksheet, students read a 1-page selection about the Crusades, examine the listed Web sites about the topic, and then respond to 13 short answer questions about the information presented.
Curated OER
Feudalism
Students have tournaments in teams after learning information about The Middle Ages. In this Middle Ages lesson plan, students learn that tournaments are mock battles, but that they will have these battles by answering questions in teams...
Curated OER
The Middle Ages: A Contract Unit
Students explore the Middle Ages. In this Middle Ages activity, students participate in classroom activities regarding the feudal system, Charlemagne, the process to become a knight, castles, daily life, and the Crusades.
Curated OER
Note Taking: Research on the Middle Ages
Learners explore the Middle Ages. In this research skills instructional activity, students research selected Internet sources regarding the Middle Ages and use the provided graphic organizers to take notes regarding the information they...
Curated OER
The Middle Ages: A Time of Conflict and Change
Students become familiar with the concepts of conflict and change and the relationship between them. They then analyze medieval social groupings to understand relationships among people and people groups.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Chaucer: Letter to Pope About Thomas Becket's Death [Pdf]
This is a one-page PDF of a letter from William, archbishop of Sens, to the Pope, in relation to the death of Thomas Becket.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: The End of Europe's Middle Ages
This useful tutorial includes information about the economy, feudalism, the Holy Roman Empire and other important topics pertaining to Europe in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, a time of transition in European history. Easy to...
Other
Depicting Devotion: Illuminated Books of Hours
A digital page-by-page walk through an illuminated Middle Age Book of Hours.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: World History: The Middle Ages
Learning module in World History on the Middle Ages. Complete set of resources including interactive, multi-media assignments, activities and assessment.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: The Middle Ages: Introduction
This is an introduction to a unit on the literature of the Middle Ages. It focuses on two essential questions of study: "How is the poetry of the middle ages characteristic of the culture? and How did the English Language change during...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning:the Middle Ages:the Beginning and an End:the Norman Invasion
This lesson from a Middle Ages Literature unit focuses on the Norman Invasion of 1066 and the impact it had on the English language. It discusses the events leading up to the changes from the Anglo-Saxon Old English to Middle English...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: The Middle Ages: The Black Death
This lesson from a unit on Middle Ages British literature focuses on the Black Death or Black Plague. It features links to information about the Black Death: "The Black Plague: The Least You Need to Know," a question and answer style...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: The Middle Ages: Le Morte D'arthur
This lesson from Middle Ages Literature focuses on Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. It features several links including Le Morte d'Arthur Preface and Introduction, Books I, XVI, and XXI, History of Le Morte d'Arthur, Information on...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales: The Nun's Priest's Tale[pdf]
This is a 12-page PDF of "The Nun's Priest's Tale" from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.
Library of Congress
Loc: Country Studies: The Hohenstaufen Dynasty 1138 1254
This site gives an account of the life achievements of Friedrich I, also known as Barbarossa (for his red beard), second ruler of the Hohenstaufens. He was succeeded by his son, Henry VI. This site also gives information about the Empire...
Virginia Tech
The Canterbury Tales: Prologue to Pardoner's Tale
This is the text to the Prologue to the "Pardoner's Tale" from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.