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) .