Since its installation, various colleges within the university as well as community groups have used the garden as an alternative classroom for learning activities, educational demonstrations, and events related to the medieval period.
The Pennsylvania State University Medieval Garden: Using a Specialized Garden as an Alternative Teaching and Learning Environment
September 5, 2012 By
Coloring Pages about the Middle Ages
September 4, 2012 By
Looking for printable coloring pages to allow preschoolers and young children learn more about the Middle Ages?
Grade 8 Unit Plan: What elements of the 21st Century have their roots in the Middle Ages?
September 4, 2012 By
By studying social, political, and economic aspects of the medieval era, students will better understand why their lives are the way they are now.
Life in Medieval Times – Unit Plan for Grade 8 students
September 3, 2012 By
The main goal of this unit is to introduce life in the Middle Ages and in turn have the students relate Medieval times to their daily lives.
Medieval Cities of Europe: Click, Tweet, Map, and Present
August 2, 2012 By
During spring semester 2010, a long-standing upper-division lecture course, Medieval Cities of Europe, 500-1500 CE, underwent a course transformation. Our goal was to address specific challenges with student engagement that we had experienced in the course
Magna Carta: Teaching Medieval Topics for Historical Significance
August 2, 2012 By
With the approach of the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, the famous charter of rights from medieval england, we have a timely and useful example for considering what a focus on historical significance could look like.
Creating An Online Portal Into The Medieval World
June 14, 2012 By
Researchers are in the process of pulling together a website bringing together scores of electronic resources on medieval subjects, including literature, history, theology, architecture, art history and philosophy.
Teaching Byzantium
May 31, 2012 By
Pinning down Byzantium’s history and political culture, and even trying to determine its chronological limits is one of its challenges, wide open to first-years and professors of Byzantine history alike.
MyDante: An Online Environment for Contemplative and Collaborative Reading
May 30, 2012 By
This paper explores the tensions between individual and collaborative aspects of reading in the context of MyDante, a digital environment for the study of Dante’s Divine Comedy.
Elite Revisionists and Popular Beliefs: Christopher Columbus, Hero or Villain?
October 10, 2011 By
Elite Revisionists and Popular Beliefs: Christopher Columbus, Hero or Villain? By Howard Schuman, Barry Schwartz and Hannag D’Arc Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol. 69, No. 1 (2005) Abstract: According to revisionist historians and American Indian activists, Christopher Columbus deserves condemnation for having brought slavery, disease, and death to America’s indigenous peoples. We ask whether the general […]
Notre Dame announces first chair in Byzantine Studies
September 6, 2011 By
The University of Notre Dame has established an endowed chair in Byzantine Theology. The position, which will focus on the theology of the medieval Greek-speaking church, will be named in honor of Archbishop Demetrios Trakatellis, primate of the Greek Orthodox Church of America. The Archbishop Demetrios Professorship in Byzantine Theology is a central component of […]
Fashioning the Middle Ages: Teaching Medieval Culture Through Clothing
August 30, 2011 By
The first hurdle is to make sure students accept that these are clothes, not costumes. Despite how odd some medieval fashions look to modern eyes, people in the past wore this clothing every day, found it comfortable, reasonable, and lovely, and were able to accomplish what they needed to while wearing it.
Teaching the Canterbury Tales in American High Schools
August 29, 2011 By
A Case Study of Medieval Japan through Art: Samurai Life in Medieval Japan
August 24, 2011 By
A Case Study of Medieval Japan through Art: Samurai Life in Medieval Japan By Ethan Segal and Jaye Zola Lesson Plan for Grades 11-12 Teachers are encouraged to read “Medieval Japan: An Introductory Essay,” by historian Ethan Segal, prior to conducting this lesson. The introductory essay may also be assigned to students with advanced reading […]
Medieval Educational Videos
August 24, 2011 By
In 2002, TV Choice Educational Resources created a series of three 30-minute films designed for Elementary and High School students about the Middle Ages. They include: Medieval Life 1: Two Families A unique, comic and ultimately tragic insight into how two different families lived in medieval times. On the eve of the outbreak of the […]
A Present Day Trip Back in Time: A Travel Guide of Medieval Castles, Churches, and Roads in Between
August 23, 2011 By
A Present Day Trip Back in Time: A Travel Guide of Medieval Castles, Churches, and Roads in Between By Kathryn Nash The Medieval World: Life, Thought, Action, edited by Sally N. Vaughn (Houston, 2005) Introduction: In my curriculum unit, I hope to follow in the spirit of John Steinbeck when he said, “people don’t take trips, trips […]
Lesson Plans: Trebuchets
August 23, 2011 By
Turning and Flinging: Simple Machines in the Classroom By Jarred Araujo, Jenna Hiller and Andrew Hyde Paper published online by Western Michigan University (2006) Abstract: Students enrolled in a multidisciplinary service learning engineering design course work in groups to make working prototypes of hands-on experiments in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) areas for K-12 teachers. […]
Teaching Knighthood and the Late Medieval Battlefield using the Knights of The Messenger
August 22, 2011 By
Teaching Knighthood and the Late Medieval Battlefield using the Knights of The Messenger By Matthieu Chan Tsin The Once and Future Classroom, Vol.7:1 (2009) Introduction: When Luc Besson and Sony released The Messenger in 1999, movie reviewers were quick to judge the director’s version of Joan of Arc’s story as historically inaccurate. However, the same […]
Stained Glass in the School Art Curriculum
August 22, 2011 By
Stained Glass in the School Art Curriculum By Linda Papanicolao Paper given at 35th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University (2001) Introduction: If you have ever walked by a school and glanced up at the classroom windows, you may have seen the backside of a children’s stained glass project. The project is to make […]
A theory-building approach to the study of medieval history in grade four
August 17, 2011 By
A theory-building approach to the study of medieval history in grade four By Monica Resendes and Maria Chuy Paper given at the 2010 Knowledge Building Summer Institute (2010) Abstract: This study examined the historical reasoning of Grade 4 students exploring medieval times using a Knowledge Building approach and Knowledge Forum technology. Discursive analysis of student […]
Digitized Medieval Manuscripts in the Classroom: A Project in Progress
August 17, 2011 By
Digitized Medieval Manuscripts in the Classroom: A Project in Progress By Andrea Winkler The History Teacher, Vol. 35:2 (2002) Introduction: For many medievalists, the increase in digitized manuscripts has been a wonderful by-product of the Internet. Several ongoing projects provide scholars with access to an increasing number of useful manuscripts. Most of these projects are available […]
Medieval Art: A Resource for Educators
August 17, 2011 By
Medieval Art: A Resource for Educators By Michael Norris The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005 Goals and Design of this Resource: This Resource for Educators has three principal goals. First, to introduce teachers and their students to the superb examples of medieval art contained in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum, at its main building […]
Teaching Fifth Graders Science Through the Lens of Medieval Scientific Discoveries and Developments
August 16, 2011 By
The era called the Middle Ages is one of the most impressive periods in the development of occidental culture. In it many technological advances that we take for granted were made
Art of Illumination Project
August 16, 2011 By
Art of Illumination Project By Patricia Bentivoglio and Sue Sullivan Lesson Plan from the Archaeological Institute of America The Art of Illumination project is a great way for students in grades 5-12 to experience the medieval process of illumination as authentically as possible. After researching the history, people, and art of the Medieval Ages, students […]
Islamic tilings of the Alhambra Palace: teaching the beauty of mathematics
August 4, 2011 By
What geometry was needed by artisans in the Middle Ages to create the beautiful symmetric tilings of the Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain?
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