Thursday, May 7, 2009

May 6 and 7

We are currently working on a short infomercial/newscast/movie about the importance of the Catholic Church in the middle ages. I have been going over each point the film should illustrate/explain a few at a time. Yesterday I focused on the first 2 points that should be in the film, today I went over points 3 and 5 (see below). We'll cover point 4 tomorrow. I based this assignment around the state standards. I realize that some of the vocabulary might be advanced for students. That's the reason I've been going over each point in detail each day. We start a stretch of 6 consecutive minimum days starting tomorrow so the films won't be due until next week.

1. Explain/Illustrate the importance of the Catholic Church as a political and intellectual institution
2. Explain/Illustrate that the Church founded universities, and explain the role of those universities
3. Explain/Illustrate the political and spiritual role of the clergy
4. Explain/Illustrate the creation of monastic and mendicant religious orders
5. Explain/Illustrate how the Church preserved the Latin language and religious texts

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