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Martello towers printables
Fact-checked PDFs in A4 and US Letter, for KS2 classrooms, ages 11 to 14, families and visitors to Martello towers.
Martello Towers KS2 Topic Pack
Ages 7 to 11, schools and families
The tower that beat two warships, label a slice through a tower, inside a tower, before-or-after-1810 sorting cards, put-it-in-order date cards, a true-or-false quiz, a crossword where every answer is a real fact, a word search, a comic strip, a gun to colour, a certificate and a full answer key
Martello Towers History Detective Pack
Ages 11 to 14
What happened at Mortella in 1794, and why do the sources tell it differently? Six short sources with their provenance, an evidence table, a dates task, questions the sources answer differently, what Britain built next, and a judgement task, with full answers
Martello Towers Family Activity Pack
Families, ages 5 and up
Colouring pages, a tower maze, spot-the-difference, design your own Martello tower, Useless the Eraser’s Martello tower jokes and a 20-question quiz to do together
Martello Towers Spotter’s Field Guide
Adult history fans and walkers
How to read a Martello tower, inside and from above, why they stood in chains, the gun, who built and manned them, 12 places in England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada and Corsica with what the people who look after or describe them say, a timeline, open questions and a checklist
Martello Towers Visit Journal
Visitors of all ages
Before-you-go checklist, what-to-spot tick lists for outside and inside a tower, six sketch pages, a log for up to 12 visits, and a visit stamps page
Martello Towers Timeline & Poster Set
Classrooms and home
Six poster pages: a timeline from 1794 to 2007, a slice through a tower, three tower shapes, a chain of towers, the tower at Mortella, and Martello towers in numbers
Best valueThe Complete Martello Towers Printables Bundle
All six packs plus a bundle guide, A4 and US Letter, in one download. $12.99 instead of $26.44 bought separately.