Rationale
Every culture’s weaponry was based on the technology and raw materials available at the time. The most fearsome weapon of medieval warfare were weapons that were small, movable, and able to wreak havoc and death on an opponent such as: bows, swords, and war axes. Since all three categories of weaponry have the function of being aimed at a target, or opponent, students need to understand the thinking that goes behind using a weapon effectively. This lesson centers around the important idea of calculating the probability of hitting uniform targets when preparing for battles and how this probability is affected when outside factors are considered to become a non uniform distribution.