The Middle Ages

Reading and Materials List

Required Books

• Great Medieval Projects You Can Build Yourself by Kris Bordessa

Materials

Common Materials

• scissors
• glue, gluestick, or tape
• timeline
• timeline cards
• large sheet of paper
• art materials such as colored pencils, crayons, or markers
• stapler* (1.1 - optional)
• stapler * (2.2 - Option 2)
• pliers
• jump rings
• large piece of paper or poster board * (Final Project.2 - Option 2)
• large piece of paper or poster board * (Final Project.4 - Option 2)
• art materials * (Final Project.2 - Option 2)
• art materials * (Final Project.4 - Option 2)
• props for your medieval fair presentations * (Final Project.2 - Option 1)
• props for your medieval fair presentations * (Final Project.4 - Option 1)

Lesson 1

• posterboard and art materials
• three light-colored highlighter pens, markers, or crayons
• three ring binder or three-pronged report folder* (1.1 - optional)
• art supplies
• glue, glue stick, or tape
• hole punch* (1.1 - optional)

Lesson 2

• printer * (2.2 - Option 2)

Lesson 3

• building toys and toy figures* (3.2 - optional)

Lesson 4

• 2' x 3' piece of light-colored heavyweight fabric like canvas, denim, or twill; a light-colored old tablecloth; or a flannel sheet * (4.1 - optional)
• colored pencils, crayons, or other art supplies
• graph paper* (4.1 - optional)
• fabric paints* (4.1 - optional)

Lesson 5

• half-gallon milk or juice container * (5.3 - Option 1)
• dried plant materials such as dried grass, wheat straw, or raffia * (5.3 - Option 1)
• 6 craft sticks * (5.3 - Option 1)
• six-sided die* (5.2 - Option 1)
• watering can * (5.3 - Option 1)
• string * (5.3 - Option 1)

Lesson 7

• white paper * (7.2 - Option 1)
• small containers of white all-purpose glue * (7.2 - Option 2)
• ruler * (7.2 - Option 1)
• cardstock or other heavy white paper * (7.2 - Option 1)
• clear plastic sheet protector * (7.2 - Option 2)
• markers
• newspaper * (7.2 - Option 1)
• food coloring * (7.2 - Option 2)
• glitter * (7.2 - Option 1)
• glue * (7.2 - Option 1)

* - denotes an optional material that may or may not be used