November 24th and 25th

Movie on the Crusades:Kingdom of Heaven

In a movie that created the largest movie sets in the History of Film students will watch selected scenes from the movie: Kingdom of Heaven

Students will due 3 column notes:

"Oh yeah!" "A-ha" "Huh?"
(Facts already knew) (Facts I didn't know) (Questions I have????)

11/23/09 The Revival of Trade after The Crusades

Last weeks students were introduced to the actors, events, and results of the Four major Crusades and the Children's Crusade. Today we will focus one of the major results of the The Crusade; The Revival of Trade and the subsequent growth of towns. Students will be given some of the major effects of this time period on today, for instance, why do countries enter trade agreements and what are there effects on prices and taxes that we pay today as Americans? After a brief review of last weeks lessons we will focus our exploration ont he text pp. 131-136 stopping at The Black Death which we learned about earlier in the year.

Overview Power Point for Crusades

CH 5-1 Crusades

(11-17-09)

Today students will be taking the Clintondale High School Social Studies Department 10 week exam. This exam is done as an indicator of "best practice" instruction in our department. Students will have not be receiving a study guide and will not receive a grade that will influence their actual grade.

(11-16-09)

World History students will be taking the assessment covering the Rise of the Middle Ages in Europe. The test is worth 50 points and is the first grade of the 2nd 10 week marking period.

Week of 11-09-09

This week we will finish our investigation and exploration of the role of the The Catholic Church in Mid-evil Europe and the societal structure of Feudalism and the Manorial System of Mid-evil Europe. We will start the week by finishing a Discovery Education video on the Germanic tribes expansion southward into France and then East into England. At this time students will understand the what is meant by Anglo Saxson.

The Struggle for Power in England in France (p.112-117)will be studied via the text with an emphasis on the Magna Carta's influence on our own U.S.A. constitution. In order to utilize critical thinking skills th class will imagine what life must have been life to live under the policies of The Norman Conquest and William the Conqueror and write letters to "students of the future" about the virtures of freedom and a republic style government. Major actors of this era in history will be identified and students will also be able to sequence major events. Finally, a general understanding of how the Kingdom of England formed will be reviewed and deepened.

Starting on Wednesday and part of the class on Thursday students will be able to explain how the Holy Roman Emperors uded their power. The struggle for power between the Church and the Emperors will be examined. Throughout the year thus far and continuing theme of the course has been the concept and utilization of power, this entity of the lesson will be elevated.

On Thursday students will review Chapter 4 and receive a study guide. An exam will be given on Friday.

(11-03-09) Charlemagne, The Vikings, and Feudalism Discover Education Video's

The Vikings