Middle Ages Board Game

While we wrapped up our Middle Ages unit last semester, I am still posting about all of the wonderful projects that my children completed during the course of the study. One of the projects that I was most impressed with was the board game that my 6th grade daughter created. Creating a board game was one of the options that my children could choose on their Writing Menu. I provided her with a blank board game board which are available online at http://www.barebooks.com/ for $3.95 each.


Here are the guidelines for the assignment:

*Create your own Medieval board game. Think of a title for your board game, create rules, and add special steps on the board such as “The bubonic plague hits your town! Lose one turn.” Write questions about the Middle Ages on index cards to be used during the game. Write the answers on the backs of the index cards. You must include at least 30 question cards. You will also need game markers. The game board should be decorated with Medieval-themed artwork. (30 points)


She spent quite a large amount of time on this project writing questions, making little game pieces out of Sculpey, decorating the game board, and coming up with unique instructions. I really love this type of project in that it is so cross-curricular. While working on the board game, A was improving her skills in writing, drawing, art, and history, as well as improving her thinking skills.

Here is a picture of the game pieces she made out of Sculpey III. She created a princess, wizard, dragon, and jester in keeping with a Middle Ages theme.

Here are her game instructions and Knight's Pass cards which she wrote on Print Master. After she printed them out, I laminated them.
Lastly, here are lots of different views of the gameboard!






She is currently working on a Germs Game with her brother for the Germs Unit. I'll be sure to post pictures of that game when they are finished.