Greenwood Outlaw Ballads Reading Worksheets

Six greenwood outlaw ballad stories retold in our own words from A Gest of Robyn Hode, Robin Hood and the Potter, the Child ballads and Howard Pyle’s 1883 book, for ages 8–12, each with a questions page, a word bank and answer keys. Every page says which ballad or book the story comes from.

What’s inside:

- How to use these worksheets

- Six ballad stories retold in our own words: Little John and the bridge, the golden arrow, the knight and the abbot, Robin and the potter, the friar at the ford, and the king in disguise

- A questions page for each story, with a word bank and a legend-or-history question

- Your turn: retell a ballad story

- Answer keys (2 pages)

- Picture credits

- Credits, licence & sources

Pages: 19 (including cover and credits). Sizes: A4 (210 × 297 mm) and US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), both PDFs included in one zip.

Printing: Print at 100% / actual size on A4 or US Letter. Inside pages use light backgrounds and print well in black and white; covers are dark, so start from page 2 to save ink.

Every statement is labelled History (what records, historians and heritage bodies show), Literature (what a named ballad, play, poem or book says) or Tradition (later beliefs, customs and local stories), and checked against named sources (including A Gest of Robyn Hode and the other ballads in the editions of Francis James Child and Frank Sidgwick, Langland’s Piers Plowman, Howard Pyle’s 1883 book, the Calendar of Patent Rolls (via Reading the Rolls), Historic England, the Derbyshire Historic Environment Record, Nottinghamshire County Council, the RSPB, a historian’s article by Dr Mike Ibeji, and Britannica; checked 30 Oct 2026). The sources are listed on each pack’s credits page. The stories are retold in our own words; the pictures are public domain drawings, prints and photos via Wikimedia Commons. Puzzles, games and layouts are REALLYBYTE’s own work. Not endorsed by any of these organisations, and not connected with any film, TV, game, toy or business that uses the name Robin Hood.

Licence: personal and single-classroom use. You may print as many copies as you need for your own family or your own class, and share it with your class through a password-protected platform. Please don’t resell, re-upload or share it publicly. For school-wide use, please email info@reallybyte.com.

Made by REALLYBYTE, the team behind robin-hood.folklore.im. Questions: info@reallybyte.com

This is a digital download: no physical item will be shipped.