Fantabulous Extra Credit!!!

This extra credit is due at the time of the test on Wednesday, April 9th.  Pick one question and answer it in complete sentences!

1. Just how man King Henry's are there in the history of England?

2. What is one cure attempted during the Black Death we didn't talk about in class?

3.  What is the famous cathedral in New York City?

The End of the World

Day 2 of the Black Death!

Daily Objectives:
 

• Journal (click here!)
• MME: End of the World
• video clip: Flagellants
• NO LEFT SIDE ASSIGNED, but you could do a student choice one for extra credit.
• Time at the end of class was given to make sure notebooks were in order before being turned in.

Right side notes: 

MAIN IDEA: People thought the world was ending as the plague spread and nothing could prevent it.

Words Worth Knowing:

• Death obsession: surrounded by the dying, people humanized death in literature, art, and superstition. Death was now seen as skeleton who rode his horse through towns, danced people to their deaths and often held a scythe. (Skeletal figure with a scythe sound familiar?)
• Pestilence: another name for the plague and what it was called during the outbreak. Also called The Great Mortality. The phrase "Black Death" wasn't used until the 18th century.
• Flagellant: a person who whipped themselves as penance for the sins that brought the plague. Brotherhood of the Flagellants would walk through Europe beating themselves with iron studded whips for 33.5 days (a day for every year of Christ's life) and people would pay money, gather in groups to pray and some would even catch flagellant blood to wipe it on themselves or their children as protection from the plague.
• Doctors: beak-masked men who treated plague victims. Wore bird-like masks to prevent the miasma (death fog) and smell of the bodies as they worked. 

IF YOU WERE GONE:

Watch this BBC documentary on the plague and death culture in Europe during that time. The Black Death (48 mins) - warning: can get kind of gross. :)

Check out the MME  here.

Extra Credit for upcoming test!

Hello students!

I have been getting several (only slightly panicked) requests for extra credit opportunities since we are at the end of the trimester.

Here's my offer to you:

We've talked a lot about the Crusades in class recently! I told you there were more than 4 crusades, and I meant it! Historians can't even agree when the Crusades technically ended!

For extra credit:
Select one of the Crusades or Crusader groups below.
Find out who, what, when, where, and one interesting fact for 5 points extra credit on the exam.

5th Crusade
6th Crusade
7th Crusade
Crusade of Emperor Frederick II
Brothers of the Sword
Knights Templar
Teutonic Order

DUE FRIDAY MARCH 7 WITH EXAM NO EXCEPTIONS.

Life on the Manor

Daily Objectives:

• For those of you who asked for project ideas, here's a list of Medieval crafts and projects you could try out.
• We discussed test scores (now available on PowerSchool) and answered questions. I am unable to return tests as I still have a few people needing to make it up. Also, if you're interested in a re-take, let me know ASAP!
• Oath of Fealty
• Rather than a journal, we read this Anglo-Saxon Oath of Fealty. Then, we wrote a 3 sentence oath of fealty of our own (you choose who you are swearing your loyalty and life to!)
• Lesson on Manors with MME
• Left Side: Feudal Manor Graphic
• Extra Credit Left Side (if you have room) - Draw a serf and list 3 facts about or responsibilities serfs had. (Worth points towards this week's notebook check!)
• Feudalism Game as review

Main Idea:

Each fief contained at least one manor which contained a village, church, manor house, and stream

where peasants and nobility lived.

Words Worth Knowing

Manor: the estate within a fief that the lord had control over as well as his house on the estate.

Fallow: land left unplanted so the soil could recover and gain nutrients again

Mill: a building on the manor that used wind or water to grind corn or grain which was owned by the lord

Parsonage: a home for the clergy on the manor

Common pasture: land owned by the lord that peasants and serfs had the right to use for their animals

If you were gone: 

 Check out this webquest - Skip to the feudal pyramid and begin "Life on the Manor"  to the end of the page. The manor picture will be the left side for our notebooks today!

For Left Side Assignment Help:

Click picture to make it bigger!

Test Review Sheet and something "extra!"

If you're needing the review sheet for the test (WEDS. FEB. 12th!!), please see below. If you need a hard copy, please let me know. All information should be in your notebooks or in the videos posted here on the website.

Remember, there is a Quizlet for all the WWK we've studied in class if you need something extra to review!

I haven't done any extra credit on the website for some time now, so for those of you who are interested:

1. Take a look at the following family tree of the Carolingian dynasty. Familiarize yourself with where the kings we've talked about in class and their ancestors. 
2. Answer one of the following questions on a sheet of paper and turn it in with your name and hour. This will earn you extra credit towards your test score. Due on or before the day of the test!
1. How many ancestors of Charlemagne were named Louis? Are any famous kings of France named Louis? 
2. Why is Clovis not on this family tree? (Think to what we've discussed in class.)
3. Do you think this is the entire Carolingian line? If so, why? If not, who's missing? 

NOTE: You can click on the image to make it bigger if it is hard to read. :) 

For funsies: 
Here's a list of 40 random facts about Charlemagne.
If you want to quiz your Medieval knowledge, check out these quizzes!
Check out GMAP - the Global Middle Ages Project which looks at how all the various cultures and areas of the world from 500-1500 were interlinked! (Also, this is a digital history project -- which Mrs. Donnelly is very interested in!)

Map for Review - Just in Case