1. Designing Castles From all over the world! Himeji Castle, JapanBrissa Castle, France

2. Designing Your Castle For this assignment we are going to design our own castle! Complete with architectural elements and the people common to most castles! Castles were built to protect the people that lived in and near them. The King would hire knights to protect the surrounding county side. The castle was like a small city inside.

3. Parts of a Castle All castles have a strong outer wall, towers, a gate to enter, and some have a moat with a draw bridge. A moat is a river that surrounds the castle.

4. Parts of a Castle This castle has 2 strong outer walls with towers, and 2 gates to enter, and a moat. This castle has smaller buildings inside the gates like a stable for the horses and a church.

5. Parts of a Castle Towers All Castles have tall towers. This is a picture of the towers on a Castle in Angers, France!

6. Celtic Castles These castles are built of stone. Birkhill, ScotlandMelville, Scotland

7. Japanese Castles Some castles have a stone walls around them, but wood buildings inside. Nagoya Castle, JapanHimeji Castle, Japan

8. Samurai or Knight Samurais and Knights protected the castles from enemies.

9. Samurai and Ninja Japanese warriors

10. Knights and Armor Medieval Knights

11. Princess and Geisha Medieval Princess and Geisha

12. Princesses Medieval Princess Knighting a Knight & Lady of Shallot By Artist John Waterhouse

13. Parts of a Castle All castles have a strong outer wall, towers, a gate to enter, and some have a moat with a draw bridge. A moat is a river that surrounds the castle.

14. Design your castle: Design your castle and include all the parts and draw people too! All castles have a strong outer wall, towers, a gate to enter, and some have a moat with a draw bridge. Castles are built to protect the people inside from enemies.

15. Resources http://www.kiku.com/electric_samurai/cobweb_castle/index.html http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~ekrulic/medieval/kingdom.htm http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/castles.htm