Unit Award Scheme

demonstrated the ability to

1. draw and label a plan of a Mott and Bailey Castle

2. draw and label a plan of a Square Keep Castle

3. research why William of Normandy built castles to gain control over England

4. research why castles were often the start of a settlement

5. make notes from source material

6. write a paragraph to explain how castles were used in attack or defence

7. write a paragraph to explain how at least two medieval weapons were used to attack the enemy or defend the people living within the castle walls

8. illustrate the writing with diagrams

9. find an example within Britain where a castle was the start of a settlement

10. write a paragraph about the development of this settlement

11. complete a map of southern Britain indicating where William of Normandy built a minimum of five castles as strongholds.