Category Archives: Castles

Venn Diagrams and other Math lessons

I taught the Gammas a lesson on Venn Diagrams as part of our study of comparing and contrasting mammals. Here’s the yarn we used at the platform for the lesson.

  
Later, I gave them dry erase boards to practice their first drafts.
For future math lessons , I have discovered a series called A Math Adventure:

  

Castles

Here’s a good interactive task to start with: http://mrnussbaum.com/castles/

 

Medieval biographies;

William the Conqueror:

1. http://freeread.com.au/@RGLibrary/JacobAbbott/MoH/WilliamTheConqueror.html#ch1

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_the_Conqueror

3. http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/compiling.html (It’s about inventory, accounting, and taxes)

4. http://www.ducksters.com/history/middle_ages/william_the_conqueror.php