Early Middle Ages Unit

Start of the Unit

Nov 30, 2015

Students will read chapter 9 section 1 of the textbook to get background information on Europe.

Viking DBQ

Dec 1, 2015

I will spend three days on a Viking group DBQ. They willl read documents about the Vikings and work together to create a thesis statement that answers the guiding question: How did the Vikings change Europe?

Charlemagne Intro

Dec 3, 2015

I will show a flip chart which introduces Charlemagne.

Charlemagne Titan Pad Acstivity

Dec 4, 2015

The students will read and annotate an article together using Titan Pad. They will then read another article about Charlemagne on their own.

Charlemagne Philsophical Chairs

Dec 7, 2015

Students will debate this essential question: Did Charlemagne deserved to be called "The Great" using the AVID technique of philosophical chairs.

Charlemagne Perspectives Activity

Dec 8, 2015

The students will take on the roll of either a Pagan, a Christian, or a supporter of the pope and create an editorial stating their opinion on Charlemagne. They will use the information gleened from the Charlemagne texts and the philosophical chairs debate.

Feudalism Introduction and Simulation

Dec 9, 2015

The students will participate in a TCI simulation on feudalism.

Manor Day

Dec 10, 2015

Students will learn what a manor looked like/the components of a manor and create their own manor.

Day of the Monk and the Church

Dec 11, 2015

Students will learn what it waas like to be a monk.

Cathedrals

Dec 14, 2015

Students will research and create a flip chart in groups about a medieval catherdral.

Medieval Towns

Dec 15, 2015

Students will download a flip chart with a picture of a medieval town and annotate it. For the next three days, students will be doing a TCI dramatization about life in a medieval town On the last day, they will present their dramatization about one element of life in a medieval town.

Early Middle Ages Quiz

Dec 18, 2015

Students will take a quiz on My Big Campus.