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6 major units
Focus on themes:GeographyGovernmentReligionCultureDaily Life
A bit about Medieval History
• Reading and interacting with the text
• Writing, writing, writing• Primary sources• Using evidence• Current events
Skills
The Interactive Notebook
• One stop place for all work• Keep it in a three ring binder with some
binder paper• Pouch: pens, pencils, something to color
with, small scissors• Bring to school everyday• Checked everyday at first• Graded 2x per trimester
Text
• New text
• Interactive student centered
• Common Core aligned
• Text stays at school
• Codes for online access sent home next week
Grading
• Interactive Notebook• Class participation• Tests/quizzes• Projects— in class!• Writing• Last trimester: Research writing• Homework: Reading and writing-2x
per week
How you can help
• Three ring binder plus supply pouch for Interactive Notebook
• Label everything!• Students should be in line by 7:45 • Contact me anytime to discuss concerns
– [email protected]• Subscribe to the 7th grade page on Edlio! • Thank you to SMS board member nad upper
school room parent, Liz Wright!
Directions
• King and Queen—sit and smile
• Serfs-get to work making food, tied to the desks
• Lords: kneel before the king and say:
• “Oh powerful monarch, I humbly request land.”
• Knights: watch your lord do this
• King—give the lord the land
continuing
• Lord go to your manor and sit on it
• Demand payments from your serfs:
• “I have allowed you to live on this land and farm it. In exchange, you must give me a large portion of the goods you produce. Give me 3 food tokens now.”
Knights!
• Go to the lord and offer this:
• “In exchange for the goods and land given me, I promise to be loyal to you and to fight in your defense.”
• Serfs-keep making food!
• Lord—pay your knights with food tokens
• Don’t worry, the serfs are making more!