Tuesday and Wednesday February 23 and 24

Tuesday - students were given time to finish their manor project due on Thursday.  This assignment will be worth 16 pts.

Wednesday - students will watch and take notes over a video about the Black Plague. The notes will help prepare them for the essay test.

Reminders: 

Medieval Activities Day - Friday, Feb. 27

Medieval Essay test - Monday, March 2 (unless there is a weather issue this week)

I will hopefully be back on Thursday. I am still tending to my sick child.

Religion during the Middle Ages and Manor Project

Review:
Under Feudalism, A king provides a noble or lord with land known as a fief.  In return, the lord provides soldiers to fight in the kings army.  

Today, students worked with their consultants on creating a map of a manor.  Students received a handout of the essay questions for the test on Monday, March 2nd.  Students have a week to prepare and create notes to use in their study packet.  Further information will be coming in an e-mail today.  

Video QOD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra2t3S8jp8w
What is the role of Catholic church in the lives of people in the Middle Ages?


Reminders:
Medieval Activities Day - Feb. 27

Medieval Essay Test - March 2

Manor Project

Review:

Life after the fall of the Roman Empire - 

In the later Middle Ages, people began to refer to the period following the Roman collapse as the Dark Ages. The early Middle Ages were “dark” compared to Rome’s “light.” Following the fall, most Europeans lived life as before without realizing the empire ceased to exist. However, the transition to the Middle Ages had long been underway. Major migrations collapsed the Roman frontier, economy, and defenses. As the empire disintegrated, people placed themselves under the protection of powerful strongmen creating the feudal system. At the same time, urban areas depopulated, skilled workers became peasant farmers, and learning centers forgot how to learn. As a result, feudalism formed, the cities collapsed, and classical learning lost resulting in a dark age.


Today, students started working on their medieval manor projects.  Below is the rubric and an example for the manor project.  Students will be sketching the buildings, people and land that make up a manor.  It will be due next Thursday.  Monday students will receive a copy of the essay test questions.  

Learning about Serfs and Manors

Review: This serf had his shop on a manor and made weapons and tools for the lord.

Blacksmith

Today, we started class with an important question of the day.  It is similar to an essay question that will be on their upcoming test.  We discussed the Medieval Activities day planned for Friday, Feb. 27.  I will have more information on tomorrow's post. Students were given the assignment of reading an article about Serfs and Manors with the information, there were required to create notes about manors, serfs, and farming. Students were given time to work on their homework due tomorrow. Students will use the notes to begin their manor project.


QOD - Compare people in the middle ages to people today.

medical advances
hygiene
improve building materials
more freedoms
middle class

Finish Checking Feudal Life Interactive and Medieval Life Inferencing

Review What is a manor?

The medieval manor was an agricultural estate. It was usually comprised of tracts of agricultural land, a village whose inhabitants worked that land, and a manor house where the lord who owned or controlled the estate lived. Manors might also have woods, orchards, gardens, and lakes or ponds where fish could be found. On the manor lands, usually near the village, one could often find a mill, bakery, and blacksmith. Manors were largely self-sufficient.

Today, students corrected their Feudal Life Interactive packet with the whole group.  Students also practiced making inferences about life on a manor.  The worksheet will be due at the beginning of class tomorrow.

No QOD

Feudal Life Check and Work time

Review: What is the lowest society in the middle ages?

Peasant/Serf

Today, students will start with a question of the day.  Next. we checked our feudal life interactive packet. Students tried a handshake for a brainbreak. Finally, students had work time to get caught up.  Students will be starting a new project on Thursday over Manors.

QOD: List people in people/roles in medieval society. Ex: Peasant

Finish Feudal Life Interactive, Blind mans bluff and the Crusades

Review:
What was the first substantial book printed by Gutenberg? It has been print over 6 billion times worldwide.

Bible

Today, student watched a four minute video about the Crusades.  Students wrote down the who, what, when, where, why and how about the Crusades.  Next, students played a medieval game known as Blind Mans Bluff.  Students used the rest of class time to complete their Feudal Life research assignment. It is homework for any students that do not finish in class, due on Tuesday.

QOD - Crusades video
Facts about the Crusades
Example: 9 Crusades that lasted over 200 years