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Day 1: Monday 10/12/15
Bell work and activities Middle Ages (Dark Ages)
Bell work 10/12
1. Brainstorm “The Middle Ages”. Write anything that comes
to mind.
2. Share with your group. Fill in words from each others lists.
Today in
history…
10/2- 1964 Scientists announce findings that smoking can cause cancer.
10/3- 1990 After 40 years of division, East & West Germany are reunited as one nation.
10/4- 1957 Sputnik 1 is launched, beginning the "space race."
10/5- 1880 The first ball-point pen is patented on this day by Alonzo T. Cross.
10/6- 1801 Napoleon Bonaparte imposes a new constitution on Holland.
10/7- 1996 Fox News Channel begins broadcasting
10/8- 1939 Nazi Germany annexes Western Poland.
10/9- 1949 Harvard Law School begins admitting women.
10/10- 1971 The London Bridge, built in 1831 and dismantled in 1967, reopens in Lake
Havusu City, Arizona, after being sold to Robert P. McCulloch and moved to the United
States.
10/11- 1975 Saturday Night Live first premires.
10/12- 1492 Christopher Columbus and his crew land in the Bahamas.
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•
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Month
• Computer Learning
Month
• Cookie Month
• Domestic
Violence Awareness
Month
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Ham Month
• International
Drum Month
• Lupus Awareness
Month
• National
Diabetes Month
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• National Vegetarian
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Popping Month
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Celebrated days for reasons and stuff
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Reading of “The Big
Book”7
The Important Thing
About the Middle Ages
The important thing
about the Middle Ages
is that many invasions
resulted in the loss of
Greco-Roman culture.
• Germanic invaders over ran the western
half of the Roman Empire.
• Cities were abandoned as centers of
government.
• City dwellers fled to the country and
grew their own food
• Reading and writing was lost and only
church officials could read
BUT…
The important thing
about the Middle Ages
is that many invasions
resulted in the loss of
Greco-Roman culture.
• Charlemagne extended the Frankish
rule and built an Empire larger than
any known since Rome.
• Charlemagne was given the title Roman
Emperor by the Pope.
• One of his greatest accomplishments
was the encouragement of learning
• He opened a school to train monks and
priest in reading and writing.
BUT…
The important thing
about the Middle Ages
is that many invasions
resulted in the loss of
Greco-Roman culture.
• Feudalism spread across Western
Europe
• The feudal system was based on rights
and obligations
• In exchange for military protection and
other services, a lord granted land called
a fief.
• The feudal system, status determined a
person’s prestige and power.
BUT…
The important thing
about the Middle Ages
is that many invasions
resulted in the loss of
Greco-Roman culture.
• The Code of Chivalry demanded that a knight
fight bravely in defense of the earthly feudal
lord, his heavenly lord and his chosen lady.
• Chivalrous knights protected the weak and
the poor.
• The ideal knight was loyal, brave and
courteous.
• Training for knighthood began at age 7 and
continued until they learned the code of
chivalry and was able to master his fighting
skills at ate 21.
The important thing
about the Middle Ages
is that many invasions
resulted in the loss of
Greco-Roman culture.
• The church became a secular, worldly,
power involved in politics.
• Otto created the Roman Empire of the
German Nation and it was later called
the Holy Roman Empire.
• The Holy Roman Empire remained the
strongest state un Europe until about
1100.
BUT…
The important thing
about the Middle Ages
is that many invasions
resulted in the loss of
Greco-Roman culture.
• The Crusades, holy war, was launched to
return Palestine, the holy land, to the
Christians.
• Richard the Lion-Hearted fought against
Saladin to capture Jerusalem
• The Crusades left a legacy of bitterness
and hatred.
BUT…
The important thing
about the Middle Ages
is that many invasions
resulted in the loss of
Greco-Roman culture.
• Feudalism declined as agriculture, trade,
finance, towns and universities developed.
• Guilds started to provide training, regulate
quality, price of goods, and to serve the
community.
• Increase trade gave the merchant’s more
wealth and power.
• The changes in the Middle Ages laid the
foundations for modern Europe.
BUT…
The important thing
about the Middle Ages
is that many invasions
resulted in the loss of
Greco-Roman culture.
• William the Conqueror claimed England in
the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
• Eleanor of Aquitaine brought the large
territory of Aquitaine, France to King Henry
II.
• King John signed the Magna Carta in 1215 at
Runnymede.
• The Great Schism began the split in the
Church over which of the three Popes was the
true Pope of the Roman Catholic Church.
BUT…
The important thing
about the Middle Ages
is that many invasions
resulted in the loss of
Greco-Roman culture.
• The Bubonic Plague, Black Death killed
25 million Europeans.
• The Plague caused trade to decline and
the end to the manorial system.
• The church lost prestige.
• Serfs sought higher wages and
abandoned the farmland.
BUT…
The important thing
about the Middle Ages
is that many invasions
resulted in the loss of
Greco-Roman culture.
• The Hundred Years’ War was the war for
control of land on French soil between France
and England.
• The longbow was powerful enough to
penetrate armor and could fire 12 to 15 arrows
per minute.
• Joan of Arc helped the French win the
Hundred Years’ War.
• Nationalism emerged in England and France
after the war.
• The end of the Hundred Years’ War ended the
Middle Ages.
BUT…
The important thing
about the Middle Ages
is that many invasions
resulted in the loss of
Greco-Roman culture.
Directions: complete the following sentence on your bell work
paper.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agz-Eg-MRAw
The important thing about the Middle
Ages is….
VOCABULARY
TIME
• Its like mail-time but less fun because there is no purple
mail box screaming at you and your blue dog.
• The Franks: Germanic
people from Gaul
(modern day France
and Switzerland)
• Convents: religious
communities built by
the church for women
(nuns)
• Monasteries: religious
communities built by
the church for men
(monks)
• Holy Roman Empire:
Empire begun by
Charlemagne
• Feudalism: social
• Chivalry: complex set
structure in medieval
of ideals or code by
Europe including lords, which medieval
knights, vassals, serfs
knights followed.
and sometimes a king.
• Manor: (in feudalism)
the lord’s estate
• Secular: worldly
(involved in politics
and other social
matters)
• The Papacy: the office
of the Pope
• Tithe: church tax
• Clergy: Different ranks
of Church leaders
including priests,
bishops, cardinals, and
the Pope.
• Lay Investiture: a
ceremony in which
kings and nobles
appointed church
officials.
• Sacraments: important
religious ceremonies
• Simony: selling of
church positions
• Canon Law: Church
law
• Heretic: anyone who
does not conform to an
established attitude,
doctrine, or principle
• Crusade: A holy war
Papal Curia: group of
launched by Pope
advisors who acted like
Urban II to reclaim the a court for the pope
Holy Land for
Christians.
• Common Law: Unified body
of law in England formed by
England’s royal judges.
• Parliament: Legislative
group in England originally
comprised of two burgesses
(citizens of wealth and
property) from every
borough and two knights
from every county.
• Magna Carta: Document
drawn up by English
nobles and approved by
King John which
guaranteed certain
political rights for the
people.
• Estates-General: Meeting
of the three estates in
France: 1st was the
Church leaders, 2nd was
the great lords, and the
3rd was the commoners.
Vocabulary Directions:
• I will pass out your vocabulary worksheet.
• Use the word bank and the textbook to match the
word/definition.
• Write the vocab word on the line with the correct definition.
• Write a story using at least 8 vocab words from the word
bank.
• Circle the vocab words in the story.