Essential Concept:
| 1. The breakup of the Roman Empire, hastened by Germanic invasions and the decline of Roman institutions such as a central government, led to the development of feudal and manorial systems. |
1. Computer-side Chat
2. Computer-side Chat Questions
3. Vocabulary
Barbarians
Vikings
Pillaging
Plunder
Raid
Pope
Catholic Church
Jesus Christ
4. Quest Questions
1. Explain life during the rule of the Roman Empire in Europe?
2. Explain why Rome “fell” and what were the consequences of this?
3. Explain life after Rome? Including the impact of Invasion and the spread of Christianity ?
5. Mastery Quiz
6. Blog Post & Rubric
For this first blog post, you need to create the diary entry of a person experiencing the Fall of Rome. In essence, you are creating a historical record of what you witness happening around you at the end of the Roman Empire.
YOU MUST Use the paragraph below to start your diary entry. Remembering the following things when writing your blog:
1. Write this in first-person (I, me, us)
2. The reason for this blog post is the hope that it will be found by someone
COPY/PASTE THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH TO START YOUR BLOG:
...December 4, 476
To whomever may find this journal, please know that my words are true and the events described hereafter are creating chaos throughout the Empire. I am Tiberius. Son of Marcus Augustus, husband to Aelia and a scribe to the mighty Roman Empire. I live in the city of Rome and I want to create a record of the events that none of us thought would happen, in our life time or our children's. The Empire is collapsing! We have abandoned all hope and the city is being emptied of all its precious items. They are being moved to the city of Constantinople in the eastern part of the Empire. Now I will describe the reasons for the peril that now plagues the good citizens of the Roman Empire...
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Essential Concepts:
| 1. Feudalism was a political system in which society was split into very distinct social classes. People could not change social classes and each social classes had unique characteristics.
2. People experience the same events with a different point of view and different opinions depending upon their social class.
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1. Computer-side Chat
2. Computer-side Chat Questions
3. Vocabulary
1. Social Hierarchy
2. Monarch
3. Noble
4. Knight
5. Peasant
6. Serf
7. Manor
8. Title
9. Coat of Arms
10. Coronation
11. Divine Right
12. Regalia
13. Impedes or Promotes
14. Clergy
4. Quest Questions
5. Mastery Quiz
6. Blog Post & Rubric
For this blog, YOU MUST start with the paragraph below the directions. Your goal is to create your Middle Ages character.
After finding the diary of Tiberius, your great, great Grandfather, you decide to continue filling in the empty pages of his diary with the story of your life. You need to start the story of you. You must create a back-story for your feudal character. Make sure to include in your story the following ideas:
1. How did you come to live where you live (what is the missing information between Tiberius and You?)
2. Why you are in the social class you are in
3. Your feelings about life
4. Your family, relatives, connection to the people around you
5. Your job/occupation
6. Any other information that will help your readers understand your point of view and help you create the life of your feudal character over the next 10 weeks
COPY/PASTE THIS PARAGRAPH AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR BLOG:
...MARCH 15, 550
Last week my father passed from this world to heaven. While his death still haunts my dreams, I decided to go through his most precious belongings. I cannot bear to live with so many reminders of his life. As I was sorting through his storage chest, I came across an old book. The pages were yellowed with age and written in a language of which I knew not. I took the book to the local priest. He knew the words on the pages as ancient Latin, a language reserved for The Holy Bible. The priest translated the words and to my surprise it belonged to an ancestor of mine whom departed this life nearly 100 years ago. I decided to keep the diary and record the events of my life. This is my first entry....
My name is
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Essential Concepts:
| 1. Feudalism developed as a political system based on small local units controlled by lords bound by an oath of loyalty to a monarch.
2. Feudalism was the system by which medieval Europeans organized their power and governments. Vassals received land and protection from a lord when they worked and fought for him. It might be understood as a pyramid with the monarch presiding over a hierarchy of less important vassals |
1. Computer-side Chat
2. Computer-side Chat Questions
3. Vocabulary
1. Fief
2. Vassal
3. Feudal System or Feudalism
4. Manor System
5. 1/10 Rule
6. Chivalry
7. William the Conqueror.
4. Quest Questions
CMS Language Arts Research Chart1. Explain how Feudalism functions?
Great video explaining Feudalism: click here
Detailed Description: click here
2. What is your role in the feudal hierarchy?
3. What role does religion play in feudalism?
4. What were some of the various laws that people lived by? click here
5. What are your Rights? click here, or here, or here
6. What did the government provide for the people? Go into great detail.
7. Why do you agree to live in the feudal system?
8. Explain 3 ways that feudalism spread across Western Europe. | |
5. Mastery Quiz
6. Blog Post
Continuing writing in your diary, explain how you fit into the Feudal System. In the last entry you created your character and his/her background. Now that you know a little more about how each social class functions within the Feudal hierarchy, you need to go into greater detail about your life. Things to think about:
1. How do you help other social classes?
2. How do other social classes help you?
3. Who is in charge of your manor?
-Live with a knight or noble?
-Local clergy on your manor?
4. What type of relationship do you have with the other social classes.
...be as detailed as possible and really think about what life would be like in a society where people where so distinctly split into social/economic classes.
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 Typical Manor (Knight) Notice, castle, church, mill, field and homes. How are these people working together.
Essential Concepts:
| The manorial system was related to feudalism. It was an economic relationship between the peasants and lord. The peasants worked on land owned by the lord in return for fixed dues in kind, money and services. The manorial system prevailed in many European countries. |
1. Computer-side Chat
2. Computer-side Chat Questions
3. Vocabulary
1. Guild
2. Interdependency
3. Specialization
4. Artisan
5. Merchant
6. Page
7. Squire
8. Medieval Festival (tournament).
4. Quest Questions
CMS Language Arts Research ChartsSOME HELPFUL LINKS: Life in a Castle Building a Castle YOUTUBE Life in Village or Manor Children Middle Ages Food Clothing Knights also see music video Clergy Music Video 1. What was the manor? Describe what life in general was like in the manor. Great place to start: http://middleages.pppst.com/manorlife.html learning about manor life.
2. What were the different classes living in and around the manors and their roles in society?
3. Explain how the manor was both interdependent and specialized at the same time? Provide examples on the manor.
4. There were many jobs/crafts for craftsman/artisans in the towns. Pick four from the list below and explain what they did.
Jobs of Middle Ages Second Site:
5. Find out three details for each topic:
Food
Home
Dress
Church
Entertainment
Education
Travel
Life in a Castle
* If you are a Knight, explain how you become a Knight and what a Knight does to train?
6. What was the role of women in society? How did their rights compare to those of men?
7. What was life like for children? How was it different for each class?
8. How has life changed from the time Rome ruled? | | CUSTOM GOOGLE SEARCH:
5. Mastery Quiz
6. Blog Post
Describe your daily life. You need to develop your character's life. Talk about what an average "day in your life" would be like. What kind of house do you have? What kind of food do you eat? What do your family members do during the day? Make sure to create a meaningful life that is based on the information you have learned about the Middle Ages throughout the first 4 Quests.
Helpful movies, readings, podcasts, etc.
For Knights Only: How Knights Worked.
Essential Concepts:
| 1. The Catholic Church was the only form of Christianity in Western Europe during the Middle Ages. The Pope lead the Catholic Church and crowned kings.
2. Every Western European living under feudal law was required to pay taxes to the church
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1. Computer-side Chat
2. Computer-side Chat Questions
3. Vocabulary
1. Papacy
2. Secular
3. Cathedral
4. Pilgrimage
5. Monastery
6. Monk
7. Missionary
8. Parish
9. Gothic
10. Sacraments
11. Relics.
4. Quest Questions
5. Mastery Quiz
6. Blog Post & Rubric
Summarize how religion impacts your life. How do you participate in religion? How does religion (priests, rules, the Bible) effect the decisions you make? Be as detailed as possible.
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Essential Concepts:
| 1. Art in the Middle Ages was much different than art during the rule of ancient Greece and Rome.
2. Art in the Middle Ages revolved around Christianity.
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1. Computer-side Chat
2. Computer-side Chat Questions
3. Vocabulary
1. Illuminated Manuscript
2. relics
3. Perspective
4. Gothic
5. Mosaics
6. Stained Glass
4. Quest Questions
5. Mastery Quiz
6. Blog Post
Summarize what art was like during the middle ages and how it was seen by you? Don't forget to think about if, when, where you would have seen art. Write about the emotions, feelings and thoughts you have when seeing pieces of art during the Middle Ages.
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2 Examples of Music from the Middle Ages: Some images from the Cleveland Museum of Art
Essential Concepts:
| 1. The majority of technological advancements in the Middle Ages centered on warfare. People made advancements in architecture and machinery for protecting their lands and attacking the lands of other lords.
2. Great advancements were made in architecture for the Catholic Church also. Larger churches, that could hold more people were constantly being improved throughout this time period.
3. The control of the Catholic Church made scientific advancement very difficult.
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1. Computer-side Chat
2. Computer-side Chat Questions
3. Vocabulary
1. Enduring Impact
2. Cathedral
3. Castle
4. Keep
5. Catapult
4. Quest Questions
5. Mastery Quiz
6. Blog Post & Rubric
OH NO!!!! Your village is under attack!!! In your blog describe what happens? Be sure to talk about castle defense, medical practices, and weapons used during the middle ages. Hopefully your family and friends survive the attacking Noble and his knights! | ma_blog7_plansheet.docx | | File Size: | 101 kb | | File Type: | docx |
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Weapons from the Cleveland Art Museum Medieval Torture: NOT REQUIRED
Essential Concepts:
| 1. Achievements in medicine, science, mathematics and geography by the Islamic civilization dominated most of the Mediterranean after the decline of the Roman Empire. These achievements were introduced into Western Europe as a result of the Muslim conquests,
Crusades and trade, influencing the European Renaissance. |
1.Computer-side Chat
2. Computer-side Chat Questions
3. Vocabulary
1. Holy Land
2. Crusades
3. Pope Urban II
4. Excommunication
5. Richard the Lionhearted
6. King John
7. Saladin
8. Islam
9. Muhammad
10. Mecca
11. Koran (Qur'an)
12. 5 Pillars
13. Cultural Diffusion
4. Quest Questions
CMS Language Arts Research Charts1. Who are the Muslims?
Use this helpful site on Islam and Muslims.
2. What do the Muslims control that the Christians want?
3. Who called the Crusades?
--What are the reasons we need to have a Crusade?
--What is a Crusader?
--What are you thoughts about this?
--See this link and have Diigo on for highlights and post-it-notes
4. Explain the travel to the Holy Land on the first Crusade--Take a few minutes on Google Earth, or find a topographical map of Europe and travel from France to Jerusalem. Describe the land you would travel over. How did it impact the crusaders? Listen to Chapter 10 Red Blood Horse below these questions. What was travel by sea like during the Third Crusades. Describe how you would feel dealing with this travel.
5. Give five to ten details about the each of the following:
-First Crusade
-Third Crusade. **Be sure to talk about King Richard and Saladin.
Use this interactive map: Notice, Third Crusade water travel is used.
The following question are based on your own thinking...
6. What did the Crusades say about the power of the Catholic Church in peoples’ lives?
7. What was your role in the crusades? Why did you go? What was in it for you?
8. What are 5-8 lasting effects of the Crusades--(See Reading below these questions). Think about this statement: When two cultures collide neither remains the same. What does it mean? | | Reading on the Effects of Crusades:
Needed for question #8
Ch10: Red Blood Horse: Travel to the Holy Land
Needed for question #4 (This is 20 minutes)
5. Mastery Quiz
6. Blog Post & Rubric
In your blog write about the following:
-Why are leaving your home to go on crusade.
-What hardships would you have faced along your journey?
-What rewards may you have received for going on Crusade?
-How do you feel towards the Muslims?
-What did you leave and what did you bring back?
-Was it worth it?
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Part one of Crescent and the Cross: CLICK HERE FOR PART TWO. How the Crusades Work: NOT required
1. Computer-side Chat
2. Computer-side Chat Questions
3. Vocabulary
1. Magna Carta
2. King John
3. King Richard the Lionhearted
4. Rex (Latin)
5. Lex (Latin)
4. Quest Questions
CMS Language Arts Research Chart1. Use the following link and have diigo turned on. Third Crusade
--Explain who King Richard the Lion Heart was?
--What happened to King Richard on his way back to England from the Crusades?
2. King John: What did the Kings of England keep asking Nobles for ? Why were the English Nobles so upset with the Monarchy? What did they do?
**After you have finished with number 2, take five to ten minutes and view these links. Have diigo on and you can see my notes. Then work on 4-6 and refer to the links as needed.
Awesomestories
British Museum on the Magna Carta
Magna Carta Interactive--High quailty image of MAGNA CARTA
Basic information on Magna Carta
3. Explain the main points of the Magna Carta?
4. How did the Magna Carta Change England? --What did it create?
--What rights did it grant nobles? --How did it Limit the King? --How did this help end the middle ages in England?
5. In your own words describe the words, Habeas Corpus.
6. How can the Magna Carta been seen in our world today? How is it
an Enduring Impact? | |
5. Mastery Quiz
6. Blog Post & Rubric
In your blog, no matter where you live, what do you think about the Magna Carta? Is it good for you and your class? How does it help? How does it change society?
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Essential Concepts:
| 1. The Mongols conquered and united most of present day China and Korea for approximately 80 years during the 13th and 14th centuries. This dynasty strengthened trade in China by exporting porcelain and silk. |
1. Computer-side Chat
2. Computer-side Chat Questions
3. Vocabulary
1. Mongols
2. Silk Road
3. Plague
4. Cultural diffusion
5. Death Macabre
6. Genghis' Khan
7. Kublai Khan
8. buboes
4. Quest Questions
5. Mastery Quiz
6. Blog Post & Rubric
In your blog explain how the Mongols and the Black Death changed your life? Remember to focus on your social class. Consider things like how the plague came to your manor, how different social classes would have reacted, how your family may have been effected and your personal thoughts on such an event occurring.
Helpful movies, readings, podcasts, etc
How the Black Death Worked
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