STORIES TASK SHEET
A Knight
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Go through the Map Hotspots ‘Start’ and ‘People’. Watch ‘A Knight’ video in
Stories. Complete the tasks below.
GLOSSARY QUESTIONS. Circle the correct answer.
1. What animal did a knight use during a joust?
3.What was a squire?
a) A pig
a) A knight in his second phase of training
b)His lucky rabbit
b)A baby squirrel
c)A horse
c)The name of a square shield
2.What was a knight?
4.What weapons did knights use in a joust?
a) A horse lover
a)Guns
b)A horse soldier
b)Nothing. Knights just shouted insults at
each other
c)A horse breeder
c)Swords and lances
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS.
Write the answers underneath each question.
1.Explain the term ‘jousting’.
2.During the Middle Ages, what was a knight?
3.Name the two stages of training to become a knight.
4.What was the name given to the ceremony that officially appointed a knight?
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PEOPLE’S STORIES. Use this sheet to write about a Knight.
These details may help.
1.Training
2. Jousting
3. Weapons 4. Benefits of being a knight
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