1. LO: To be able to explain what Siege Warfare was.

2. LO: To be able to explain what Siege Warfare was.
By the end of this lesson...
ALL OF US you can describe in detail and identify strengths and weaknesses of each type of siege weapon. (4C-4A)
EVEN BETTER IF you can plan a siege and explain why you use the weapons that you do. (5C-5B).
EXCELLENT IF you can judge how useful specific weapons are in a siege? (5A-6A)
CHALLENGE!!! CONSIDER WHAT THE BEST WAY TO DEFEND A CASTLE FROMA SIEGE WOULD BE!!!

3. Key Word
Morale: Your spirits/happiness. It is important to keep morale high during war, otherwise your followers might quit!

4. With your partner (or on your own) write down your ideas for laying siege to a castle!
3 minutes

5. Watch the clip. Can you add anything to your list of ideas?

6. catapult castles morale fought siege Crusades
During the ______ the Christians and the Muslims often ______ each other from behind _______. It was difficult to achieve victory like this using standard weapons so new, heavy duty weapons were created. These were called ______ weapons. These ranged from a battering ram to a _______ and would slowly destroy whatever was in front of them and destroy the ______of whoever was inside. 10
catapult
castles
morale
fought
siege
Crusades

7. A B C D Siege Weapons! Battering Ram Trebuchet Mangonel Ballista
This was used to fire huge arrows at a Castle. It could destroy walls and kill many. C D
This was used to batter down the doors of Castles so soldiers could get in.
A – TREBUCHET B – MANGONEL C – RAM D - BALLISTA
This was used to fling rocks weighing up to 25 stone at Castles. It was to kill people
This was used to fling rocks much lower at the walls of the Castle to destroy them.
Siege Weapons!

8. Try to fill in the second and third columns of your table.
Use the handout to fill in the first column of your table.
Use the link on the website ‘y7history.weebly.com’ to fill in the first column of your table in detail.
Try to fill in the second and third columns of your table.
Using what you have done in the other three columns judge how useful each siege weapon. You MUST explain your decisions.
15 minutes

9. It is time to lay siege to Jerusalem!
The leader of your army has asked you to plan the siege of Jerusalem. You can have any weapons you want.
Jerusalem has thick stone walls and lots of families inside as well as lots of archers.
Write a report to him explaining how you will use the siege weapons we have looked at to destroy the castle!
In your report consider which weapons will be most important in your siege and why!
SWITCH SIDES! How might you defend your castle from a siege like the one you have just planned?
Strength, size, and resources inside the castle
What was their morale like - could this be reduced by fear and intimidation?
Identify all the weak spots of the Castle
15 minutes
What will you use first?

10. Review Triangle 3 minutes Something you have enjoyed
By the end of this lesson...
ALL OF US you can describe in detail and identify strengths and weaknesses of each type of siege weapon. (4C-4A)
EVEN BETTER IF you can plan a siege and explain why you use the weapons that you do. (5C-5B).
EXCELLENT IF you can judge how useful specific weapons are in a siege? (5A-6A)
CHALLENGE!!! CONSIDER WHAT THE BEST WAY TO DEFEND A CASTLE FROMA SIEGE WOULD BE!!!
Review Triangle
Something you have
enjoyed
Something you would
like to know more about
The TWO main things
you have learnt in the
lesson
3 minutes