Medieval Times Lapbook

So this week we're beginning our medieval times study. It'll be a one week unit just like all of our other themed studies are. To kick things off, I put together this Medieval Times Lapbook for my baby daughter. 

It would have been a lot better with pictures added to it, but our printer is on the fritz and I wasn't able to go print at the library before this lapbook needed to be made. I used a manila folder, white paper, black sharpie markers (fine tip and regular), scissors, and a glue stick.

I used the regular Sharpie marker to write "Medieval Times" as a title for the lapbook. For each section I wrote on the white paper, then cut it out, and then glued it onto the manila folder. 

The information I have on each section was found on a few different websites about medieval times and the middle ages. 

I made sections about hobbies, weapons, heraldry, women's fashions, Marco Polo, cooking, foods, knights, instruments, sports, art, famous castles, centuries, and general idea about the time.

I didn't include EVERYTHING from every subject or even all the subjects there could possibly be since there's so much information about the middle ages. I just had what I wanted for my daughter to learn this week right now in our study.

Instruments:

- church organ

- harp

- fiddle

- rebec

- psaltery (cross between harp and guitar)

- dulcimer

- hurdy-gurdy

- flute 

- trumpet

- shawn

- recorder

- bagpipes

Knights had to know how to fight and play instruments and dance.

Hobbies:

- hunting

- hawking

- gambling with dice

- backgammon

- chess

- story telling

- dancing

Foods:

- barley, oat, rye for poor

- wheat for the wealthy

eaten as bread, porridge, cruel, and pasta

- fava beans

- veggies: onions, garlic, beets and carrots

- pork, chicken, beef

- cod, herring

- food preserved by drying, salting, smoking and pickling

- almonds to thicken soups, stews, and sauces, almond milk

- two meals: dinner big midday meal, supper in evening

- everyone ate together (including servants)

Weapons:

- bow and arrow

- mace

- axe

Time of violence. Power and wealth were sought after.

5th - 15th centuries. "Middle ages."

Famous castles:

- Tower of London

- Warwick Castle

- Windsor Castle

- Cooked over open fire

- ovens only at bakeries

- kitchens in the middle of living area to provide heat

Showed off with heraldry.

Sports:

- form of soccer

- wrestling

- archery

- early form of bowling

- ice skates were cow shins

Marco Polo

Italian merchant wrote detailed journals of his travels to China, India, and Japan. Giving Europeans their first idea of it.

Art:

- church mosaics

- women became artists 

- illuminated manuscript

- sculpture

- stained glass

Women's fashions:

- long cloaks

- closed and pointed shoes

- gold, silver, pearls, and precious stones were lavished onto clothing.

- hats were of wire framework covered with embroidery or lace

- long trains on dresses

- long sleeves, hanging and fringed.