THE SHOP
Printable Arthurian packs and the reading-shelf picks from this notebook, in one place. Start with the free sample and the free texts if you would rather not buy anything.
PRINTABLES
Legends retold in our own words from Malory, the Historia Brittonum and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, always labelled legend, literature or history. Every pack comes in A4 and US Letter, with answer keys, notes for adults and a sources page. Sold as instant PDF downloads from the ReallyByte store.
A free 7-page sample (cover and credits included): the sword in the anvil retold, with questions, a colouring page, a legend-or-history sort and an answer key. No sign-up.
A4 PDF (730 KB)US Letter PDF (729 KB)
Sort real history from medieval story: evidence cards and a sorting mat, a who-wrote-it match, timeline cards, two case files (Cadbury and Glastonbury), a quiz, a certificate and answer keys.
Six legends retold in our own words from Malory, the Historia Brittonum and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, each with comprehension questions, a word bank and answer keys.
Twelve cut-out character cards showing the books each character comes from, with three games (Who Am I?, oldest book first, make your own), blank cards and an answer key.
Six colouring pages of Howard Pyle’s 1903 drawings, each with a labelled line from the old books, plus a word search, a maze, a code breaker, a design-a-shield page and an answer key.
Six posters: how the legend grew, legend or history?, the places, the sword stories, the Round Table and the Green Knight, each clearly labelled.
Two quiz rounds, a crossword, a word search, a true-or-false round and a which-came-first timeline puzzle, all drawn from the checked facts on this site, with answer keys and a certificate.
All six packs plus a bundle guide, in A4 and US Letter, in one download.
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READING SHELF
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The source of the sword-and-anvil, lake and barge stories here. Check whether an edition is complete, abridged or modernised, and whose text it follows.
Read the relevant notebook ↗A poem in Middle English, so most readers use a translation. Compare translators and whether the original text is printed alongside.
Read the relevant notebook ↗The 12th-century Latin History of the Kings of Britain, which Wace later retold in French. Look for an edition with notes on what is history and what is not.
Read the relevant notebook ↗Tennyson’s connected Arthurian poems, first published in 1859. Check whether an edition also includes The Lady of Shalott, which is a separate, earlier poem.
Read the relevant notebook ↗Pyle’s 1903 retelling, with his own pen drawings. Many reprints exist; compare type size and whether the drawings are included.
Read the relevant notebook ↗For making your own illuminated page or shield design from the printables. Follow the maker’s age guidance and instructions.
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