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Middle school students go medieval
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Neigbors | Shaiyla Hakeem.C J Sassi (front), Charlie Loomis (back left), Matt Myers and Job Yeaton decided to research the history of Medieval castles for Canfield's Medieval Fair May 5. The castle they built took one day to construct.
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Neigbors | Shaiyla Hakeem.Darby Cockrell (left) and Darby Heploa provided information on knights and their fighting techniques at the Medieval Fair May 5. They chose the sport because they thought it would be interesting and fun to research.
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Canfield Village Middle School's Victoria Bogze had her mother design and hand stitch her dress as a part of her history project. She researched the fashion of Medieval times at her local library.
By SHAIYLA HAKEEM
Students at Canfield Village Middle School were transformed into peasants, nobles and knights during their Medieval Fair May 5.
The fair was used as a non-traditional testing method for history class. Seventh-grade history teacher Kim Morris said the students have spent the past four weeks studying the Middle Ages. The Medieval Fair took the place of a written test.
“We try to make it interesting,” she said. “This was a way for them to actually feel what it was like during that time period,”
Students were divided into groups and were required to construct a booth for the fair including a one-minute presentation. The groups chose their own research topics and were responsible for their own wardrobe.
They were graded on appearance, presentation content and booth creativity. Completion of a three-page paper and questionnaire containing questions about each group’s research topic was also required. Students had to visit their neighboring booths to answer the questions.
Seventh-grader Victoria Bosze spent hours in the library researching the fashion of medieval times. Her mother hand stitched a dress for her to wear at her booth. She thinks the fair was a fun way for her to learn and remember information.
“I think I learned more this way than by studying for a test and then forgetting the information,” Bosze said.
Fifth and sixth-graders were invited to fair and educated on the various medieval topics. The seventh-graders also participated in chess, jousting and catapult tournaments throughout the day.