Arthurian Legend or History? Detective Pack

A legend-or-history detective pack for ages 8–12: sort evidence cards into History, Literature and Tradition, match quotations to the books they come from, build a timeline, investigate Cadbury and Glastonbury, and finish with a quiz, a certificate and answer keys.

What’s inside:

- Detective briefing: legend, literature or history?

- Mission 1: 16 evidence cards and a sorting mat

- Mission 2: who wrote it? (eight quotations to match to their books)

- Mission 3: timeline cards and a timeline mat

- Mission 4: two case files, Camelot at Cadbury? and the grave at Glastonbury

- Mission 5: the detective quiz (10 questions)

- Legend Detective certificate

- Answer keys (2 pages)

- Picture credits

- Credits, licence & sources

Pages: 16 (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 historians and archaeologists say), Literature (what a medieval or Victorian book says) or Tradition (later local stories), and checked against named sources (including Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur, the Historia Brittonum, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Museum Wales, English Heritage, Historic England, Cadw, Glastonbury Abbey, the University of Reading, the British Library and Britannica; checked 30 Oct 2026). The sources are listed on each pack’s credits page. The legends are retold in our own words; the pictures are public domain or CC0 paintings, 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 or toy company.

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 king-arthur.folklore.im. Questions: info@reallybyte.com

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