The Middle Ages

For the less academic pupil, this series provides a resource for the delivery of the curriculum in a colourful way, enticing children to enjoy learning.

This book covers the Middle Ages for KS3 History. High-quality full colour resource organised into topics with key words pinpointed, activities throughout and supported by three accompanying workbooks. Contents:Welcome to the Middle Ages!The Norman Conquest1 Who were the Normans?2 Where did they come from?3 The fight for the English throne4 Rivals do battle5 Saxon soldiers6 Norman soldiers7 The story told by the Bayeux Tapestry8 Two accounts of the Battle of Hastings9 How did Harold die?10 Taking control11 The Feudal System12 The Domesday Book13 Castles14 Stone castles15 Castles under attackMedieval Society16 How a Norman person was named17 Norman food18 Norman clothes19 Norman games and pastimes20 Norman justice21 The poor22 The rich23 Town life24 Country life25 Convents and monasteries26 Holy men27 Holy women28 Women in medieval times29 Getting married30 Disease and death31 The Black Death32 Knights and CrusadesIreland and the Normans33 Ireland before the Normans34 Dermot MacMurrough35 Dermot and the Normans36 A wedding in Waterford37 Why the Normans came38 The Normans invade39 The conquest of Ulster40 De Courcy: the Norman who wanted to be king41 De Courcy's legacy lives on42 Carrickfergus Castle43 Carrickfergus Castle - the siege44 Carrickfergus Castle - change over time45 Norman soldiers and Irish soldiers46 The Greencastle skeletonTimeline