[Jennifer in OK]

I've already archived previous posts on this subject, but would love more ideas from those who have ever used/decorated their room in a Castle or Knight theme. This is to correspond with our character ed program, "The Code." I'd love to hear your ideas and how you did it. If you have pictures or a web site I can view the ideas, please post those as well. Thanks all!

[tia]

i used to do a medieval unit...

i used "king lexicon"...some unit by....can't remember the name...anyway, it focused on different language skills like alphabetizing and correct spelling and usage....i used that as a base for the idea OOH! i just remembered--it was an INTERACT unit.

i had a bulletin board with several layers...
knight was at top
below it was squire
below that was page
below that was peasant

and for some reason, i think i needed another level, so i called it "worthy" and it was above peasant...i think
anyway, every time they passed one of their skill strands, they got to move their name up--the bulletin board was made from "bricks" (rectangles) of grey const. paper, with arrow holes and turrets and recesses...i'm not remembering all the correct castle terms because it's been a few years!

anyway, when they got to each level, they received a clue--they were supposed to save/glue each clue in binder--they couldn't figure out the answer until they had the final clue because it told them to look up a word that was a synonym for bravery or something.... and the answer was chivalry. the first person who got the answer got a big prize.

you could use the same idea by every time someone earns 5 caughtya's or has no checkmark for the day or turns in all homework for the week...or whatever you're working on...they move up a level.