Week 4: Sept. 5-9, 2k22

Monday - Sept. 5 - Labor Day - No School!

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday -- Rome Bubble Font project -- The project will be done in class, and it is due by the end of Day 2 of the week (Wednesday/Thursday)

Friday -- Introduce the Middle Ages!  -- Intro flick to the unit!

BrainPop! -- The Middle Ages!

Central Q’s for the Unit -- Journal Q’s

1. What is feudalism?

2. Why did Europe resort to feudalism after the fall of the Roman Empire?

3. Who were the different members of the social hierarchy in Europe?

4. Who were Charlemagne & what were his biggest contributions to his kingdom?

5. Who were the three main groups of invaders to Western Europe during the Middle Ages?

6. Who was William the Conqueror and how did he change Europe?

7. What was life like on a manor and in a castle?

8. How did one become a Knight?

9. What was life like for a 7th grader?...I mean a serf. Do you think their role in society was important? Why/why not? Why were so many people in Europe serfs?

10. What was the social hierarchy of the Catholic Church & what did the Church provide during the Middle Ages?

11. What are the Seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church?

12. What was the purpose of the Crusades & after reading about the Crusades. Who were the winners & losers?

13. What was the purpose of the illuminated manuscript?

14. How did a teenage girl save Feudal France? :)

15. What are some similarities between Medieval Europe & Medieval Japan?