Castle Design Through the Ages means tracing castle evolution from wooden motte-and-bailey to stone keeps to concentric designs as attacks changed. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.

Materials: Three stage cards: motte-and-bailey, stone keep, concentric castle; Room cards: great hall, kitchen, gatehouse (optional). 1. Order: wooden motte-and-bailey → stone keep → concentric castle. 2. Say each stage answered attack methods (wood faster to build; stone harder to burn; concentric = layered walls). 3. Name one room use (great hall for gathering). 4. Fresh check: child answers one new prompt on the same idea. Record and stop. Done: Ask for one evolution step and one defence reason. Proof: parent note of examples tried and support used. Stop: End after the fresh check; keep optional challenge for another day.