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!
Are you liking the notebooks so far? Confused? Pulling out the colored pencils?
I'm okay with any of these answers. It means your brain is working!
To review the steps of what we went over today:
No Daily Objectives since we were setting up our notebooks.
Title Page:
9th World History
Name
Hour
School
Table of Contents: 3+ pages titled
Right side Syllabus - it's posted on its own page here. Take a look at it. Print it off if you need to put it in your notebooks! (If you don't have access to a printer, that's cool too. I have hard copies.) Not sure how to tape it in your notebooks? Ask me and/or I will try to get some pictures up this week.
Left side Syllabus - "Give me Five." Title your page. Underneath write: 5 things I learned from the syllabus. Slap your hand in the middle of the page and outline it. Read the syllabus. Write something you learned in each of the fingers. Bonus: write something extra you learned in the "palm." (THIS IS HOMEWORK IF NOT FINISHED IN CLASS.)
Right side: Notebook Guidelines - can be found posted on its own page here. Same rules as syllabus.
Left side: Notebook Guidelines - "Draw 3 For Me." Draw three things you can do on the left side of the notebook. Check out the guidelines for examples. (THIS IS HOMEWORK IF NOT FINISHED IN CLASS.)
Homework:
Any Left side activities not finished in class today. I will do notebook checks for the first time Friday or Monday!
Other tips:
More effort means more points! Does this mean I grade on artistic ability? No. I'm grading on EFFORT. If you have tried your best, you'll get the points and possibly extra points as well! THIS IS YOUR TEXTBOOK!
COLOR ON LEFT SIDE ONLY - except color sorting for WWK (don't know what that means? Tune in tomorrow!)
•Roman culture continued in the Byzantine Empire for a
thousand years after the fall
of Rome. They considered themselves Roman. •Emperor Justinian regained a lot of the old Roman
Empire and helped to preserve Roman law. He also helped restore Constantinople.
Words Worth Knowing:
•Byzantine
Empire – eastern Roman Empire that lasted 1,000 years after
the Western Empire fell (named after original city Byzantium)
•Justinian I – emperor of Byzantine and reconquered much of
the old Roman empire, aka Justinian the
Great
•Justinian Code
– Emperor Justinian took
400 years of Roman laws and combined them into one book of 5,000 laws.
This book was used for 900 years and is
the basis for some laws used today. (Included laws on marriage, slavery, property, womensrights, crime)
•Theodora – wife of
Justinian, saved his rule by telling him not to flee during a riot, very
influential during Justinian’s rule.
•Constantinople – center of the Byzantine Empire; most influential
city in Europe for 900 years.
•Hagia Sophia – church built by Justinian, greatest Christian church
in the east until it was turned into a mosque. Still stands today. Name means
“church of Holy Wisdom”
This video is a Crash Course on the Fall of Rome through the Byzantine Empire. If you were gone, it wouldn't hurt to watch all of it (12 minutes), but we watched the last 5 minutes in class.
For a quick run-down of Justinian I, check out this video!
Pages
IF YOU NEED HELP DECIDING WHAT GOES ON THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE INFO IN YOUR NOTEBOOK: CLICK HERE.
Justinian Code vs. American Code Foldable (Color the mosaic for extra points!)
Due to this being a foldable, please ask me for a copy in class if you need it.
Resources
Click here for a timeline of the entire Byzantine Empire.
Metropolitan Museum of Art's Byzantine Art History Timeline shows everything from mosaics to jewelry.
For a time-lapsed video of how the map of the Byzantine Empire changed over time, watch this video here.
For an online 360 degree tour of Hagia Sophia, visit here.
If you want more information about Theodora, visit this website.
