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 Higgins Armory Museum Essay The Higgins Armory Museum has the largest private collection of medieval items in the world. The Armory is a great experience for young and old minds alike. In the Higgins Armory Museum they teach you about all different kinds and styles of armor. In the first 20 minutes you can learn the Three different types of armor. The first type of armor is Combat armor. This is the armor used in battle and war. Combat armor consists of A breast plate, Helmet, Cod Piece, Chain Mail, Arm Guards, Leg guards, shoe guards, a shield, sword, lance or other weapons. Though this armor was extremely heavy it was still possible to run, jump, jog and even crawl. The armor until earlier times was put on heavily and would stop a good blow from an opponent. This armor was very effective. The next type is Tournament armor. This armor was used for Horse jousting and foot jousting. This armor consists of a very thick breast plate, a helmet that you had to lean forward to see through it. They have this so splinters cant fly through the hole and injure the opponent. The armor also consists of thick arm and leg guards and the last piece was the large chest/arm guard. This was a Thick plate of armor with a spike in the center. The center was used to aim at by the opponent if they hit this with the lance it would shatter and that was a good thing. That is the reason for the design of the helmet.those are the basics of tournament armor. The last type and most popular armor was the parade/party armor. This consisted of all the same things that the combat armor has but is very much more intricate and designed. Suits like this were only owned by rich people showing off or royalty. One suit depending on the size could span from $100,000- upwards of $900,000. These suits were made for young children, babies and even pets. As you can see these people were RICH. The Higgins Armory Museum is a wonderful experience and is recommended for everyone. If one day you decide to go you will be more than pleased. The museum is loaded with all kind of Combat, Parade, and tournament armor. Those are some good reasons that you can visit the Higgins Armory Museum, thanks for reading. Higgins Museum Essay Evaluation 3 -- Outstanding 2 -- Ok, but could use some improvement 1-- Needed improvement 0 --- Missing Introduction 2 Gave the reader background and general information about the museum --- set the scene. 2 Transitions to the body of the essay. (Three things that can be learned by a visit to the museum) Body 2 Three topics were addressed, each with its own paragraph 2 Topics were clearly explained and used researched supporting details & vocabulary Conclusion 2 Restated topic --- What can be learned at the museum? 2 Brought closure to essay (Summed up essay) Structure 3 Essay format followed the directions for assignment 3 Spelling 3 Capitalization (Used correct capitalization) Comments: Your essay has correct format and the information is well organized. This piece needed more of everything(especially for a major assignment). More background about the museum in the introduction and a more detailed transition to the body topic. More explanation, supporting details and research vocabulary. More recap and summary in the conclusion. Article posted May 3, 2010 at 09:00 AM • comment • Reads 1365 • Return to Blog List Add a CommentPosted Comments |
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