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Background: Take a walk through the rooms of a haunted castle. Its ghosts are eager to tell their tales. Go from room to room and find out about life in the 1300s.
Directions: Print out this page (or get a copy from your teacher). Then go online to explore the castle and meet the ghosts. As you wander around, answer the questions below. Web Address: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/castles/enter.html |
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1. GATEHOUSE Describe one way that castle dwellers kept their enemies out. 2. BATTLEMENT Which was faster to load, the longbow or the crossbow? 3. GREAT HALL List two people whose job was to entertain. How did table manners at the castle differ from those of today? 5. CHAPEL What weapon was used when making a squire into a knight? |
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6. CHAPEL What expensive material is found in this room? 7. SOLAR "Books were very common in the 1300s." Is that sentence true or false? 8. GARDEROBE Castle dwellers often blamed sickness on foul smells. Were they right? 9. ARMORY Name two types of armor. Would you want to live in this room? Why or why not? |
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| Teachers and students may make copies of this page
to complete as a classroom assignment. © 2003 National Geographic Society. All rights reserved. |