1. The Knight at Dawn

3. Castles
Moat
Moat
Drawbridge

4. Moat

5. What is a moat?
A moat, which is a deep, wide trench, was built around castles in the olden days. They were usually filled with water.
If the enemy tried to swim across, archers on the castle walls could shoot at them.

6. Moats
Some people believed crocodiles lived in moats.

7. Drawbridge

8. Castle with drawbridge

9. What is a drawbridge made of?
A drawbridge is made from wooden planks.

11. Hawks were trained to hunt other birds and small animals.

12. Hawk House
The Hawk House was in the inner ward of the castle.

13. Castle Well

14. What is a well?
A well is a hole sunk into the earth to reach a supply of water.

15. Windmill
Wind mills could be used to grind flour, crush olives, make cloth, tan leather and pound pulp for paper.
The mill usually stood on a river bank.

18. Knights

19. Armor & Weapons
Sword
Javelin
Helmet
Suit of Armor
Armor for horses

22. Fanfare

24. What is Fanfare?

25. Clothing

26. Court Jesters

27. Castle Feasts

28. The Great Hall

29. Foods

30. Peacock

31. Armory

33. Torch
Torches were used as a source of light.

34. Secret passageways

35. Dungeon

36. What does crouch mean? squat: sit on one's heels;
the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

37. Tunnel

38. Trap Door

39. What is a precipice? A precipice is a very steep or overhanging place.

42. Reins
Reins are used to steer a horse.

43. Medieval Times

44. Tools of the Mind Resources
#2 The Knight at Dawn
Background info and books to use as resources
Information about the parts of a castle
Information about knights
Osborne, M.P., Murdocca, S. & Osborne, W. Knights And Castles (Magic Tree House Research Guide)
Steele, P. I Wonder Why Castles Had Moats and other Questions about Long Ago.
Turnbull, Stephanie. Knights. (Usborne Beginners)
Classroom Decorations
use with child’s photo to make each child a knight
Room can be decorated to look like a castle—a large box or large pieces of cardboard can be painted with stone bricks and with an opening, or butcher paper can be used to paint bricks like on a castle
Drawn picture of a medieval horse with its armor
Large picture of a knight
Props for play
helmets and hats
knights toilet paper puppet
toilet paper castle
info for coat of arms
how to make a pomander
memory game

45. Elkonin Boxes/How Many Sounds Games (Some are included with Tools of the Mind Set)
Well
Knight
Tree
Pie
Moat
Castle
Others????

49. Games Tools of the Mind-How Many Sounds?
Could also be made into a math game.
How Many Sounds Board Game.doc.pdf

50. Memory Game

51. Resources and References