CC Cycle 2 Week 21 Lesson: Tower Construction
Includes Classical Conversations Cycle 2 lessons for Week 21.
CC Cycle 2 Week 21 Lesson: Tower Construction is a downloadable, digital lesson that introduces students to medieval engineering through a hands-on design challenge. After learning how siege towers were used during the Medieval Period, students build a tower out of drinking straws designed to reach over the top of an enemy’s walls within the Classical Conversations Cycle 2 curriculum.
This lesson supports hands-on engineering, historical application, and classical inquiry, providing tutors with clear, step-by-step digital instructions for confident classroom use.