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Lesson Five – Castle Entertainment
This history teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to investigate and role-play different ways to entertain the lord and lady of a castle in the past. The class can use drama to practise telling jokes and singing poems to entertain the court of a castle in the past.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to investigate and role-play different ways to entertain the lord and lady of a castle in the past
Learning Objectives
Use common words and phrases relating to the passing of time Identify. differences between ways of life at different times.
Learning Outcomes
I can use the correct vocabulary when talking about the past. I can compare how entertainment was performed in the past with today.
Castle Entertainment
Teaching sequence to help the children investigate and role-play different ways to entertain the lord and lady of a castle in the past
Court Jester
Shared reading text for whole class discussion to help the children describe a specific type of job performed in a castle in the past
Court Minstrel
Shared reading text for whole class discussion to help the children describe a specific type of job performed in a castle in the past
Castle Jokes
Activity to help the children role-play the job of a jester that could be performed in a castle to entertain the lord and lady in the past
Brave Knight
Activity to help the children role-play the job of a minstrel that could be performed in a castle to entertain the lord and lady in the past
Castle Entertainment
Interactive activity to help the children investigate and role-play different ways to entertain the lord and lady of a castle in the past
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to investigate and role-play different ways to entertain the lord and lady of a castle in the past
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