Take One Castle Online Resource
On this page you will find all of the information necessary to use the Take One Castle as a classroom resource.
Primary Teachers Notes.
This download provides a summary of the resource for teachers and comprises:
- Introduction
- About the document - the physical nature of the document
- What the document contains.
- Starter Activities.
- Lines of Enquiry for pupil-led learning,
- Associating/Supporting Documents in Gloucestershire Archives
- Places to Visit in Gloucestershire and the immediate area.
Starter Activities
This download details the following activities that could be undertaken as a classroom introduction to the topic. These can be delivered by Gloucestershire Archives as a taught session (this is chargeable - please contact us for details).
- In the News! - Students have to write and present a media report on the siege of Gloucester Castle in 1265.
- Get orf my land! - Students create an improvised dramatic interpretation of the events surrounding the creation of the 'Bearlands' district of Gloucester.
- How much? - Students investigate the castle accounts for the costs involved in making the catapults and also the wages of the garrison.
- Let's Make a Plan? - Students have to create a ground plan of a castle.
The other downloads provide background information that provide a context to the document and its use in the classroom. They comprise:
- History of Gloucester Castle
- A brief account of the Second Barons' War
- Gloucester Castle in the Second Barons' War
- Gazetteer of Gloucestershire Castles
- Sample pages of the accounts roll
- Image bank (PowerPoint presentation containing images of the accounts roll, a sample page, an outline map of medieval Gloucester, a drawing of a seal depicting Gloucester Castle, a contemporary drawing of Gloucester Castle keep, a Tudor map of Gloucester, two prints showing the remains of the castle in the 1800s and the coat of arms of the Clifford family) .