Life in the Middle Ages Web Quest
Name:_________________________________________________
Direction: please answer the following using the provided sites.
Health
http://www.learner.org/interactives/middleages/health.html
How did people believe diseases were spread?
http://www.learner.org/interactives/middleages/morhealt.html
Who was medical treatment available to?
Describe some of the remedies used in the Middle Ages:
Clothing
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/clothing/index.htm
Describe what you would be wearing if you were alive in the Middle Ages
Women
http://www.medievality.com/medieval-women.html
Why were women treated differently than men in the Middle Ages?
What were some of the jobs women did during the Middle Ages?
What type of violence did some women face during this period? What caused this to
happen?
Marriage
http://www.medieval-weddings.net/index.htm
How old were women when they married?
http://www.medieval-weddings.net/country_weddings.htm
Describe one wedding tradition that you thought was interesting:
Life of Knights
http://www.knightsandarmor.com/history.htm
Who did lords look to for protection after the fall of the Roman Empire (post-Rome Western
Europe)?
What did these men receive as a result of protecting the lords?
Noble Life
http://www.knightsandarmor.com/life.htm
Knights began their training at an early age. Please describe what a knight learns and does
at each stage.
Page (first stage):
Squire (second stage):
Knight (third stage):
http://www.knightsandarmor.com/armor.htm
What was early armor like (describe it)?
What was the armor of the late Middle Ages like (describe it)?
What weapon made the armor of knights ineffective?
http://www.knightsandarmor.com/chivalry.htm
Chivalry was the code of conduct knights followed. What did the code of chivalry state (third
paragraph…several things)?
4th paragraph: Was the chivalry code always followed? How can you tell?
Castles
http://www.medievality.com/assaulting-castle.html
Castles were the centers of trade, culture and warfare during the Middle Ages. What would
you use to attack a castle? Describe how the following weapons worked (or how they were
used)?
The Battering Ram:
Siege Tower:
Trebuchet:
Tunnels:
http://www.medievality.com/defending-castle.html
What was used to defend a castle name 2 things:
http://www.castles-abbeys.co.uk/Arundel-Castle.html
scroll through all the pictures describe 3 things you see
http://www.castlewales.com/casterms.html
Click on the different castle terms look at the picture associated with the term and describe
the meaning of the term
The Keep:
Wall Walk:
Parapet:
Concentric:
Bailey:
Arrow Loop:
http://www.castles.org/kids/parts_of_his_castle.htm
What were the walls of the castle designed for?
What could be found inside of the castle?
If you finish early:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jkmacmul/namemeaningscoatofarms/coatofarms.html
see if your families coat of arms is listed