April 26, 27, and 30

April 26: Students worked on a webquest that included information about castles and sieges in the Middle Ages. There was time for students to work on their digital manors. Students turned in the manors at the end of class.

April 27: Students began creating an information cube about the social classes of Feudal Europe. It will be due Monday.

April 30: Those students who did not complete their information cubes over the weekend had class-time to finish that assignments. Students also explained in writing, and illustrations, the 4 stages of the Bubonic Plague. Packets will be due this Friday 5/4. Here is a list of what is in the packet so far:
1. Reading Guide: Chapter 9, Lesson 1 pp. 291-293
2. Medieval/Feudal Europe Map
3. Dark Ages I
4. The Manor
5. Dark Ages II
6. What is Feudalism: fill-ins
7. Reading Guide, Chapter 9, Lesson 2 pp. 300-302
8. Medieval Siege Web Quest
9. Stages of the Bubonic Plague

There is a strong possibility that there will be a multiple choice quiz on Friday as well.

April 25

Today students worked on a reading guide about chivalry, and life on medieval manors. They then finished and turned in their digital manors.

April 18, 19, 20, 23 and 24

Wed. April 18: Students answered questions about a medieval manor in preparation of creating their own digital manor using Photoshop. Thurs. April 19: Students watched a segment of the History Channel documentary "The Dark Ages." Students then finished their questions about the medieval manor. Fri. April 20: Students began constructing a digital version of a medieval manor using Photoshop. Mon. April 23 and Tues. April 24: Students continued to work on their digital manors. Packets so far include the following assignments: 1. Reading Guide, Chapter 9 Lesson 1 pp. 291-293 2. Map of Europe 3. Dark Ages I 4. The Manor Questions 5. Dark Ages II 6. What is Feudalism fill-ins

April 16 and 17 and "loose ends"

We wrapped up our Japan unit on 4.7 with the unit test. I collected a few assignments from the end our unit on 4.7 as well. Those assignments were:

1. Reading Guide: pp. 257-260
2. Japan Matching Terms
3. Chapter 8, Lesson 4 (Korea Map)
4. Influence of China Simile

Spring Break : 4.9 - 4.13

April 16: We began our Feudal Europe unit with a reading guide and a map of Europe.

April 17: We watched a short segment of the History Channel special about the Dark Ages which illustrated the fall of Rome (the beginning of the Dark Ages). Students also began reading about the Manor System of Feudal Europe.