How to Make a Middle Ages Lapbook

http://gypsymeadows.blogspot.com/2012/02/medieval-lapbook.html

Step 1: Choose a TopicYou will focus on one aspect (part) of the middle ages. Here are some suggestions:• Knights• Medieval Tournaments• Manor Life• The Church• Medieval Trade Fairs• The Crusades• The Hundred Years’ War• Black Death/Bubonic Plague• Myths, Legends, and Heroes

Step 2: Choose subtopics for each of your mini-books. Take notes.

Do some preliminary research. Choose at least five subtopics for each of your mini-books.

Take notes on important facts, stories, and information you want to include in your mini-books. Put everything in your own words.

You can use the following pages to record your notes.

Subtopic 1: ___________________

Subtopic 2: ___________________

Subtopic 3: ___________________

Subtopic 4: ___________________

Subtopic 5: ___________________

Step 3: Make Mini-books• Print mini-books for each subtopic from

homeschoolshare.com/lapbooking_resources.php.• Organize your notes into each mini-book.• Reread and edit your work.• Cut, fold, and add illustrations.

http://www.homeschoolinthewoods.com/HTTA/PPS/TheMiddleAges.htm

Step 4: Make Lapbook• Organize and glue mini-books into a folder to

make your lapbook.• Create a cover for your lapbook.

http://jimmiescollage.com/2007/02/middle-ages-lapbook/

Step 5: ShareShare your lapbook and what you have learned about the topic with your classmates.

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You will be graded on….• Basic Requirements: Cover, 5 mini-books• Research: Accurate information, staying on topic,

organization• Writing: Information in your own words• Editing: Spelling, grammar, sentence structure• Neatness and Creativity: Lapbook should have

color and include a variety of mini-books• Sharing: Share your discoveries with the class on

the due date, __________. Show what you have learned.