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Middle Ages Teacher Resources
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This begins prior to reading Crispin: The Cross of Lead. Designed to provide information about the Middle Ages, specifically the Knight's Realm, Merchant's Realm, Nun's Realm, and the Peasant's Realm. Class members complete a WebQuest, fill out a KWL chart, watch a video, and take notes throughout the research process. They use these notes to create a brochure in Microsoft Word about their realm. Presentations complete this well-designed plan.
After exploring the life of Jewish people in Europe during the Middle Ages, have the class complete three writing prompts. They'll compose three responses that discuss anti-Semitism, Jewish contribution, and persecution of Jewish people.
Students complete a variety of online activities surrounding their study of the Middle Ages. They focus on the various levels of the class sytem and then role play a member of a given class.
Students read a "letter" from Dr. Suess' Bartholomew Cubbins and note differences between their lives and Bartholomew's. They utilize prewriting strategies to draft a letter of response to Bartholomew.
Any presentation that starts with review or critical thinking questions makes me smile. Learners first answer three review questions, then they dive into a lecture. Slides provide graphically organized information and images to help kids understand the role of the church during the Middle Ages. A writing prompt at the end of the show will help them summarize what they've learned.
Upper graders get a glimpse into the amazing time period known as The Middle Ages. In this history instructional activity, learners use video, engage in hands-on activities, and access websites to get a good look at this mysterious, and rather violent period of time. Terrific streamed video and websites are embedded in the plan.
Sixth graders explore the Middle Ages. In this world history instructional activity, 6th graders participate in many activities such as developing a timeline, constructing a Medieval clock, creating a Feudal System Pyramid and completing a review worksheet. This is a unit plan comprised of ten different lessons that address various aspects of the Middle Ages such as the Bubonic Plague, The Crusades and the Byzantine Empire.
Use this activity to check for understanding after your class reads materials related to Europe in the Middle Ages. There are three questions that ask them to describe Charlemagne as a prominent historical figure, the feudal system, and society.
Middle schoolers complete several projects on the Middle Ages. In this world history lesson plan, students complete language arts, social studies, math, and science projects. Some of these include: comparing a teenager's life now to that in the Middle Ages, writing a report about castles, and constructing a 3-D model of a village.
In this Middle Ages vocabulary terms learning exercise, students participate in a game that deals with four game cards and the unscrambling of letters to create Middle Ages terms of interest.