Activity 1

(Application,Analysis,Synthesis)

• Choose at least five of the following websites to learn more about the Medieval Period.
   

  http://www.medieval-period.com/

          http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Knights_and_Fights.htm

          http://www.castles.me.uk/medieval-period.htm

          http://sine7.ncl.ac.uk/sl/Themes/medievalperiod.htm

          http://www.castlewales.com/life.html

          http://www.medieval-castles.net/castles.htm

         http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/food_and_drink_in_medieval_engla.htm

         http://www.learner.org/interactives/middleages/clothing.html

         http://library.thinkquest.org/10949/fief/medknight.html

         http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/lecture23b.html

        http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/life.html#manors

        http://www.themiddleages.net/plague.html

• After examining these websites, construct a table in Microsoft Excel (See Excel Scaffolding for instructions) distinguishing the differences in the lifestyles of nobility, knights, and serfs (peasants).

• Arrange column headings into the following categories:
• Daily Duties, Food, Clothing, Entertainment

• Rows should be labeled: Nobility, Knights, Serfs