Last week I started a series of posts I’m titling the 25 Connections Game. Each week I’ll take a different topic and see how I can connect that topic to 25 related topics, resources, or ideas.
Today I’m going to look at the topic of castles.
Here goes:
1)Castle
2) Building castles with Legos
4) Take virtual tours of famous castles
6)Castles to Cut Out and Put Together
7) Outrageous Women of the Middle Ages
8) Catherine, Called Birdy (rpkg) (Trophy Newbery)
9) Research and plan a meal people would have eaten in the Middle Ages
10) Learn about the physics of castle design
11) Take an architecture tour of your nearby city
12) Research the process of how to become a knight
13) Head to Medieval Times for dinner
14) Watch The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition)
or read the books
15) Research serfdom
16) Compare/contrast serfdom vs. slavery
17) Design your own modern day castle
18) Learn about skyscrapers
19) Castles: Their Construction and History (Dover Books on Architecture)
20) Write a short story taking place in the Middle Ages
21) Music From The Middle Ages
22)Melissa & Doug Pirate Costume Role Play Set
23) The History of Torture and Execution: From Early Civilization through Medieval Times to the Present
24) K’nex toys
What what other topics or resources can you connect with castles?
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