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Students will read chapter 9 section 1 of the textbook to get background information on Europe.
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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?
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I will show a flip chart which introduces Charlemagne.
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The students will read and annotate an article together using Titan Pad. They will then read another article about Charlemagne on their own.
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Students will debate this essential question: Did Charlemagne deserved to be called "The Great" using the AVID technique of philosophical chairs.
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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.
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The students will participate in a TCI simulation on feudalism.
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Students will learn what a manor looked like/the components of a manor and create their own manor.
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Students will learn what it waas like to be a monk.
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Students will research and create a flip chart in groups about a medieval catherdral.
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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.
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Students will take a quiz on My Big Campus.
