The Middle Ages
Middle School Social Studies - Free Lesson Plans, Free Projects
Early Middle Ages
- Fall of Rome
- Visigoths
- Ostrogoths
- Vandals
- Huns
- Avars
- King Arthur
- Merovingians
- Lombards
- Charlemagne
- Holy Roman Empire
- Slavs
- Vikings
- Early Poland
- Early Russia
The Crusades
- First Crusade
- Second Crusade
- Third Crusade
- Fourth Crusade
- Fifth Crusade
- Sixth Crusade
- Seventh Crusade
- Eighth Crusade
Medieval Science
Medieval Architecture
- Aachen
- Romanesque
- Cathedrals
- Pisa Cathedral
- Pisa Baptistry
- Leaning Tower of Pisa
- Florence Baptistry
- Toulouse
- Abbaye aux Dames
- Abbaye aux Hommes
- St. Germain des Pres
- Early Gothic
- Laon
- Chartres
- Notre Dame Paris
- Gothic
- Rouen
- Reims
- Amiens
- Sainte Chapelle
- Westminster Abbey
- Parts of a church
- Nave
- Apse
- Transept
- Aisle
- Double Aisle
- Flying Buttress
- Groin Vault
- Cloister
High Middle Ages
- Carolingians
- Capetians
- Holy Roman Empire
- Norman Conquest
- England
- Matilda
- Henry II of England
- Eleanor of Aquitaine
- King John
- Magna Carta
- King Philip of France
- Reconquista in Spain
- Early Poland
- Russia
- Italy
- Florence
- Genoa
Byzantine History
- Pulcheria
- Anastasius
- Justinian
- Heraclius
- Sons of Heraclius
- Irene
- Leo
- Theodora
- Basil
- Zoe
- Comneni
- Fall of Byzantium
Medieval Religion
- Medieval Jews
- Medieval Hanukkah
- Rashi
- Augustine
- Benedict
- Gregory
- Thomas Aquinas
- Iconoclasm
- Lent
- Tithes
- Pilgrimage
- Tunic of Mary
- Christian Monks
- Tonsure
- Christian Nuns
- Stigmata
- Misericorde
- Albigensian Crusade
- Islam
Castles
Late Middle Ages
- Late Medieval Italy
- Venice
- Holy Roman Empire
- Hundred Years' War
- Black Death
- Late Medieval Russia
- Late Medieval Poland
- Wars of the Roses
Medieval Daily Life
- Medieval Clothing
- Medieval Food
- Plague
- Tournaments and Games
- Medieval Houses
- Half-Timbering
- Thatch Roofs
- Medieval Environment
- Medieval Government
- Feudalism
- Medieval Economy
- Saladin Tax
Medieval Literature
- Parchment
- Gregory of Tours
- Beowulf
- King Arthur
- Round Table
- Lancelot
- Morgaine
- Tristan and Isolde
- Mordred
- Heloise and Abelard
- Boccaccio
- Chaucer
- Clerk's Tale
- Knight's Tale
- Miller's Tale
- Lawyer's Tale
- Wife of Bath's Tale
- Dante
- Petrarch
Medieval Art
Medieval Projects
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To find out more about the Middle Ages, check out these books from your local library or from Amazon:
How Would You Survive in the Middle Ages, by Fiona MacDonald and David Salariya (1997). Funny pictures and text convey real history about the Middle Ages.
Knights & Castles: 50 Hands-On Activities to Experience the Middle Ages, by Avery Hart and Paul Mantell (1998). Part of a series of good hands-on activities books.
Medieval Life (DK Eyewitness Books 2004). Not a lot of details, but a good place to start.
You Wouldn't Want to Be in a Medieval Dungeon!, by Fiona MacDonald (2003). Funny tone, but real information. My kids and their friends liked it.
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Cite this page: Carr, Karen. "" Kidipede - History for Kids. 2012. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/index.htm
