ICRS working with young people

School Projects

Just as the model of Coucy Castle was created with the collaboration of students, so the exhibition Castle and Town in the Middle East could profit from project work done in schools. In the former case students of grades 6 to 8 in arts and history classes hand painted figurines and in so doing  learned about civilisation, the use of weapons clothing and other facets of life in the 13th century.


Information for schools

Radio Interview with students of Einhard-Gymnasium, an Aachen grammar school, by Radio Aachen, January 1998. Donwload the MP3 datafile here (in German language, duration 3.5 min, 420 KB).

1996 ICRS-Projects with schools 1996
ICRS work with primary school Höfchensweg, Aachen at their Open School Day, on the subject of Castles
1997 ICRS-Projects with schools 1997-1
Grade 7b of Einhard-Gymnasium, Aachen, accompanied by their teachers, Herr Wallraff and Herr Endres, visiting the ICRS workshop

ICRS-Projects with schools 1997-2
Grades 7a and 7b of Einhard-Gymnasium, Aachen, painting figurines, in classes running November 1997 - January 1998 - Part 1

ICRS-Projects with schools 1997-3
Grades 7a and 7b of Einhard-Gymnasium, Aachen, painting figurines, in classes running November 1997 - January 1998 - Part 2

1999

ICRS-Projects with schools 1999-1
Week of project work on French Knightly Tournaments organised by Maria-Montessori Comprehensive School, Aachen, July 1999

ICRS-Projects with schools 1999-2
Study group on the Middle Ages at Maria-Montessori Comprehensive School, Aachen, August 1999 - Januar 2000

ICRS-Projects with schools 1999-3
Students of the above study group visiting the ICRS office, September 16, 1999

ICRS-Projects with schools 1999-4
Members of the study group of Maria-Montessori Comprehensive School visiting the exhibition French Donjons on show at the Aachen municipal administrative building, December 12, 1999

ICRS-Projects with schools 1999-5
Excursion to the exhibition Castles - romanticism and restoration around 1900 at the Middle Rhine Museum in Koblenz; followed by visit to Marksburg Castle near Braubach, October 24, 1999

2002
 

ICRS-Projects with schools 2002
Week of project work, Secondary School Burtscheid, Aachen, June 17 -21, 2002

 


1992-
2013
A new way of Castle building and creating mockups:
Models, size 1 : 25, as abstract compositions after existing originals, using approximately 15,000 beechwood elements, created for different periods of fortification construction, complete with Preiser figurines

 

translation:
 
Frank Pohle M.A., Aachen
 
Copyright: International Castle Research Society
last update: 21_06_2013