Objective: SWBAT evaluate the philosophical, political, religious, ethical, and social influences of the Middle Ages by relating the Middle Ages to modern day society by filling out a graphic organizer.
Do-Now: KWL: What do you know about the middle ages? What do you want to know about the middle ages?
Today: 1) Preview Vocabulary and Literary Terms: characterization (direct and indirect), frame story, agility, eminent, accrue, arbitrate, benign, guile, obstinate, frugal, duress. (Make Word Study Chart)
2) Class will read “Feudalism: From the Top Down” pp. 119-120 and discuss the elements of a feudal society. Begin graphic organizer.
3) Students will read excerpts of history from the Middle Ages pp. 121 to 128. Students will fill out a graphic organizer in which they summarize each section and relate the information in each section to modern day.
4) Class will fill out the "L" column on the KWL chart.
EXIT ACTIVITY: Students will read “Feudal Relationships” on pg. 119. Each student will then imagine where they may have been placed in the feudal system had they lived back in the Middle Ages. Each student will write a paragraph explaining where he/she would have been placed in the feudal system and why he/she feels he/she would have been placed there.
Homework: Begin studying your new vocabulary words and literary terms for a quiz next week.
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