Friday, November 9, 2018
Read this article independently or with a partner:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/book-of-kells-medieval-test-gospels-trinity-college-dublin-ireland-illustrations-a8198961.html

Thursday, November 8, 2018
You will need to have 15 Reading Counts points by next Friday, November 16 (since October 12, 2018) and then another 15 by December 20.
Today we will complete a Feudal Simulation.  All hail King Wesley!
Answer these questions in complete sentences:

Chapter 10, Section 5:  “Challenges to Church Authority” Read pages 282-285.  Answer in complete sentences.

1. What is heresy?
2. What happened to heretics?
3. Why did the church send priests and friars to find heretics?
4. Look at the maps on page 283.  In what year did the Christians capture Cordoba?
5. What was the Reconquista?
6. Who did the Spanish Christians try to drive out of their lands?
7. What was the purpose of the Spanish Inquisition?
8. Describe two punishments that those found guilty of heresy suffered.
9. What three groups of people suffered during the Spanish Inquisition.
10. How did Queen Isabella help promote Spanish culture?
11. How did kings and other rulers punish Jews in the Middle Ages?

Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Today is our cumulative vocabulary test! Good luck! We will be taking the test during fifth period.
First, answer these questions:
Chapter 10, Section 4:  “Political and Social Change” Read pages 276-279 (and the picture on pages 280-281) Answer in complete sentences.

1. What did English nobles think the Magna Carta would do?
2. Read the Primary Source document on page 277.  In what ways do you think the ideas listed in the Magna Carta helped develop modern democracy?*
3. How was the creation of Parliament a step toward the creation of democracy in England?
4. How did the Magna Carta and Parliament limit the king’s power?
5. Who rallied the French troops during the Hundred Years’ War?
6. The Hundred Years’ War caused much more damage in France than in England.  Why do you think this was the case?
7. How did the governments of England and France change after the Hundred Years’ War?
8. What was the Black Death?
9. What effects did the Black Death have in Europe?
10. How did the Black Death contribute to the decline of the manor system?
11. Why do you think the Black Death was able to spread so quickly through Europe?
12. How did the Black Death spread to Europe from Asia?

*democracy (noun) a system of government in which every citizen in the country can vote to elect its government officials

Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Beowulf vocabulary and figurative language test on Wednesday, November 7 (tomorrow).
Figurative language Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_3v5wv7
Beowulf, part 1 Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_2q1ozm
Beowulf, part 2 Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_3wk248
Beowulf, part 3 Quizlet:   https://quizlet.com/_3xr9q5
Read Medieval to Early Modern Times chapter 10, section 1, "Popes and Kings", pages 260-263. Answer questions in complete sentences.

Chapter 10

Section 1:  Read pages 260-263.  Answer in complete sentences.

1. How did power shift from the early Middle Ages to the later Middle Ages? Who held power in the early Middle Ages?  Who held power in the later Middle Ages?
2. What was the pope’s role in the Roman Catholic Church?
3. Describe the two types of power the pope had in the later Middle Ages.
4. Look at the map on page 261.  In what empire was Rome located in the year 1000?
5. Look at the map on page 261. What kingdoms surrounded the Holy Roman Empire in the year 1000?
6. How did cooperation with the pope help kings like Charlemagne and the early Holy Roman Emperors?
7. Read the primary source material on page 262.  What words indicate Gregory’s view that the church has more power than monarchs do?
8. How did the powers of popes and kings differ?
9. Why did Pope Leo IX excommunicate the bishop of Constantinople?
10. What did this excommunication create?
11. What caused Gregory and Henry’s power struggle?
12. Why do you think the pope made Emperor Henry IV wait three days before forgiving him?

November 5, 2018
Today we will be exploring eight different stations, trying to figure out:
1) What was the Black Death?
2) What caused the Black Death to Spread?
3) What false beliefs (three or more) did those at the time have about the disease?
We will write a letter to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) containing this information.

Beowulf vocabulary and figurative language test on Wednesday, November 7.
Figurative language Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_3v5wv7
Beowulf, part 1 Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_2q1ozm
Beowulf, part 2 Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_3wk248

Beowulf, part 3 Quizlet:   https://quizlet.com/_3xr9q5

November 1, 2018
I am out today.  I expect a good report from the guest teacher. I will be collecting the green workbooks on Monday.  Make certain you have completed all of the comprehension questions and the left side activities.
First, finish chapter 16 in Beowulf and answer the last comprehension questions in the green workbook. Then, as a class, you will do the Beowulf eulogy for a left side activity.
In fifth period, you will write down the definitions for chapter 10 "Later Middle Ages"  For this you must look up terms in the glossary of your History book (begins on page R56).  Terms with *, look up definitions within chapter 10.
Finally, read Medieval to Early Modern Times chapter 10, section 1, pages 260-263. Answer questions in complete sentences.

Chapter 10

Section 1:  Read pages 260-263.  Answer in complete sentences.

1. How did power shift from the early Middle Ages to the later Middle Ages? Who held power in the early Middle Ages?  Who held power in the later Middle Ages?
2. What was the pope’s role in the Roman Catholic Church?
3. Describe the two types of power the pope had in the later Middle Ages.
4. Look at the map on page 261.  In what empire was Rome located in the year 1000?
5. Look at the map on page 261. What kingdoms surrounded the Holy Roman Empire in the year 1000?
6. How did cooperation with the pope help kings like Charlemagne and the early Holy Roman Emperors?
7. Read the primary source material on page 262.  What words indicate Gregory’s view that the church has more power than monarchs do?
8. How did the powers of popes and kings differ?
9. Why did Pope Leo IX excommunicate the bishop of Constantinople?
10. What did this excommunication create?
11. What caused Gregory and Henry’s power struggle?
12. Why do you think the pope made Emperor Henry IV wait three days before forgiving him?

Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Happy Halloween!
Beowulf vocabulary and figurative language test on Wednesday, November 7 (one week from today).
Figurative language Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_3v5wv7
Beowulf, part 1 Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_2q1ozm
Beowulf, part 2 Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_3wk248

Beowulf, part 3 Quizlet:   https://quizlet.com/_3xr9q5

Read Beowulf chapter 15 and answer comprehension questions (the middle two) on the chapters 14-16 page in the green workbook. Then we will complete the Firedrake left side activity.
Read Medieval and Modern Times chapter 9, section 3 "Feudalism and Manor Life", pages 242-247.  Feudalism and Manor Life

Read pages 242 to 247

Feudalism Governs Knights and Nobles	Feudalism Spreads	The Manor System	Towns and Trade Grow
Define: Knights Vassal Feudalism	Define:   William the Conqueror	Define: Manor Eleanor of Aquitaine	What led to the growth of Europe’s population in the Middle Ages?
What led to the creation of feudalism?	How did feudalism spread to England?	What goods were produced on the manor on page 244?	Why do you think many peasants left their farms for cities?
Why did nobles need soldiers?		What was life like for women in the middle ages?
How could you be a lord and a vassal?
Draw the feudal pyramid	Draw a manor