Welcome to Ms. Crain’s World History Class!
Date- Wednesday September 4, 2013
1. Find a seat 2. 2. Please grab the papers up front. 3. Relax and wait for the bell to ring!
Happy first day of high school!!
Agenda:
This Year’s Class- Seating- Content- Expectations- Classroom routines/ProceduresQuestionssss??
About Me
To Do
Responsibilities: 1. Bring in needed class supplies (See Syllabus)2. Have parents/guardians complete contact list
and return to class on Friday3. Complete About Me Profile and bring in for class
on Monday.
Homework:1. Current Events assignment
Friday Sept. 6, 20131. Find your name and take a seat2. Please take out your Current Events
Assignment.3. Please place your Parent contact sheet up
front.4. Copy HW
Do Now:Share your article with the person next to you
Current Events
Groups of Four Presentation
While listening Write:2 facts about the event in their articleThe relation to “history”1 question to ask the presenter about their article.
JournalWhen you hear that history repeatsitself, it may not always be the case. However, it is very true to state that the present is always connected to and often reflects the past.
How can we say this is true? What evidence you you/we have?
Intro to Middle Ages…
Previewing the chapter- Scavenger Hunt
Something to do with: (3-5 sentences)Daily lifeLeadersReligionOther
Closing
Letter to the Middle Ages:
Using the words from today create a 5 sentences of a letter they would send back in time to the Middle ages to ask about the lives of people in that time.
Mon. Sept 9, 2013
1. Place About me, Current Event and Parent forms in bin at front
2. Copy tonight's homework3. Complete textbook form
Do Now- If you had a land to rule how would you choose to organize it.
Early Middle Ages-Europe 900 AD
Kingdom divided into smaller and smaller states
Large landowners eventually came to hold the most power
A dangerous time
• A time of confusion• Many invasions
– Vikings from the north– Magyars from the east– Sarcens from the south
– All plunder the continent
Landowners offer protection
• Raised their own armies
• Built castles to protect people– Became LESS dependent
on kings/ central government
What issues or advantages would an empire have if the landowners/people of the land became less dependent on a central government
Feudalism emerges• A political, economic, military, and social
arrangement – complex set of relationships – Everyone had a place and role in society
Feudal System Simulation
Central Monarchy Feudal System
Centralized
One Leader, One Law
UNIFORMCOMPETING
Fragmented/ Decentralized
Many land owners with their own rules and armies
Vassalage seals the relationship
• Involved fealty – Oath of loyalty taken
• Military service and advice given to lord
• Usually vassal gave 40 days a year of service
Limiting the Monarch
Magna Carta- 1. designated the rights of nobles that limited the power of the monarch2. monarchs must also obey the laws
A Manor
* After a lord receives a fief (an estate of land) he places a manor on it.
* Serfs (peasants) work and maintain the land in return for protection.
How did this feudal system work
Power and debt!1. Lords have the power to grant land to nobility/knights
... Once they have the land, they become labeled as a vassal2. The Vassals allow peasants to work on the land in exchange for protection. Many become serfs, which means they are indebted to the vassal and all their work-product is given up.
REGIONAL POWER…
Summary
Read “If you were a Serf” and answer
1. What power did the “people” of The Feudal system have in their own life?
2. Write a brief journal entry describing life on a manor.
What is the difference…
Between serfs and peasants..
Create a 5 sentence summary detailing the difference
Remember…
In the early middle ages,-There was no strong government
-too much land and too little man power of one king to handle it
-Chaos and confusion- Violent and threatening invasions
Now that land owners have more power…..Feudalism emerges
• A political, economic, military, and social arrangement – Based on land division and ruling of separate
“landlords”– complex set of relationships – Everyone had a place and role in society
Feudal Simulation
Being a part of Medieval Times!!
Who are you??!!
Reflection.. What was the purpose
Remember…
In the early middle ages,-There was no strong government
-too much land and too little man power of one king to handle it
-Chaos and confusion- Violent and threatening invasions
Vassalage seals the relationship
• Also called fealty – Oath of loyalty taken
• Military service and advice given to lord
• Usually vassal gave 40 days a year of service
Limiting the Monarch
Magna Carta- 1. designated the rights of nobles that limited the power of the monarch2. monarchs must also obey the laws
Feudal Simulation
Being a part of Medieval Times!!
Who are you??!!
Reflection.. What was the purpose
Medieval Church Speed Dating!
3 Stations
About 5-7 minutes at each station to read the given handout and complete the matching page in your packet.
1. The Church and The State2. Salvation and Damnation (Church for the common People)3. The Church’s Power
The Catholic Church
Struggle for and growth of Power
In Law (Canon Law)
In Daily Life (For the People)
Background
• European society was dominated by the Catholic Church since the fall of Roman Empire
– Popes very powerful
Struggles for power emerge
• Question?– Who is more
powerful?• A King or the Pope?
Fought over:• Who gets to appoint
high ranking church officials?
• Who can levy taxes?
versus
The Church grows in power
• Became more organized in middle ages
• Started to challenge kings for political power– Developed canon law (Church
Law)– Taking over financial outlets
(taxes)
• Connected to monarch so profited from the kingdom.– Elaborate Cathedrals,
Churches, and Monasteries
What could canon law (Church law) do?
• Could excommunicate members– Removal from church
• Could Prevent the giving of the sacraments
• You needed them to get to heaven
• Popes used canon law to get kings to submit to the WILL of the church
Damnation or Salvation?*Greater fear of an afterlife then of kings laws
Excommunication was harsh!
Indulgences
“a free pass” for some punishment that could be given after the admission of sin
Church started selling them!
For the common person
All aspects of Life for peasants
Teachers and Healers
Taxes and rule over land
Friday 9/13 2013
Do Now- Imagine if you were promised all the riches and salvation this world and beyond could offer… only if you would pledge to go on an adventure to another land? Would you go? Why/ why not?
The Crusades: a Snap Shot
What- Holy Wars fought against the Muslims in the East.
Who- The Catholic Church “aid” Byzantines fighting the Muslims. Pope Urban II in Rome calls the shots.
When- 11th–13th century (150 years and 9 of them)
Where- The Middle East
The People of the Crusades
The Nobles and Knights-Had equipment and finances to have their own organized armies.
The Peasants-“the common people who had little property, but were very numerous”- Guibert of NogentEVEN CHILDREN!
So the four main reasons why people went on Crusades were…
The Church
• Those pesky Knights
• To take back Jerusalem and stop Islam spreading
into Europe. =POWER
The People
• To fight a Holy War and go to Heaven.
• The Adventure! (10 miles max!!)
In 1095, Pope Urban II preached a sermon asking people to go on a crusade. His plan was to take the Holy Land away from the Turks.
So the four main reasons why people went on Crusades were…
• Those pesky Knights
• To take back Jerusalem and stop
Islam spreading into Europe.
• To fight a Holy War and go to Heaven.
• The Adventure!
Read your assigned sections
Fill in your part of the chart with at least 3-5 points describing the effect of the crusades.5 minute!
Category Effect
Church
Finance/Commerce
Feudalism
Political
Social
Intellectual
Wealth and PowerInfluence of the Pope
Need for Supplies= ups supply/demandNew goods and trade options
BreakdownNo internal competition
No more feudal- power to the KINGSRise of Cities
Adventure and Pride
New thought from Islamic LibrariesNew weapons and materials (building)
The crusaders brought back new ideas about building castles and improved weapons.
Decorating: brought back carpets which they hung on walls as well as putting them on the floors.
European scholars gained access to Classical Greek and Roman learning and thought that had survived thanks to Arabic scholars.
On a bright note… What did people gain from the crusades?
Trade between Europe and the Middle East increased and sugar, rice, apricots and cotton were brought to England for the first time.
Tues 9/17
What catastrophes have we dealt with in today’s society?
How were they managed?
What effects did they have?
Plague Snap Shot!When: 1348–50 CE
Where: Asia/Europe
What: Fast spreading disease that caused a pandemic and wiped out large populations
How: Mongol tribes settled in an area with fleas.. Hitched a ride and gave the disease!Flung infected bodies into the city=spread!! From there merchant ships carried it into ports and rats in the cities became infected
• Lost population• Famine- not enough
workers for food• Economy in city-
towns suffered- Merchants were not coming in to the cities
EffectsEconomic Social
• Jews blamed- pogroms
• Literature & art reflect pessimism– Dance of Death
common motif (fascination with death)
– Population decline
35-70%- 25,000,000 dead !!!
Summary
Ring Around the Rosie
Read the Story behind this infamous children’s rhyme..
Create your own rhyme that details the Plague and its effects (must be at least a 4-5 line poem)
Up Coming Issues…
Towards the end of the Middle Ages:
Excess of rowdiness, restlessness and troublesome knights
Out with the old indirect, in with the new direct- personal connection to God
What will be the fate of the Catholic Church?
Church- Problems get worse…• Great Schism (c. 1377-1417) (Western Schism or
Papal Schism)– Further conflict occurred in 1377 with election of two
popes—one in Rome, one in France (Avignon)– Tried to excommunicate each
other– Further hurt prestige of church
• Public relations disaster-confusing
• Crusades= Rise in $$ gave way for less interest in religion and more interest in the private economy sector…
• Plague- start with a faith in the church, end with a biological explanation and a looser attribution to religion
Oh yea, not to mention the attack on Constantinople during the Crusades?!
Who is the real Pope?
– How did the Crusades impact the Feudal system?- Thousands of barons and knights mortgaged or sold their lands in
order to raise money for a crusading expedition.- Other Lords failed at organizing good heirs to their land.- Private warfare, die out. Which puts less concern on protection.- The peasant's experience- Increased the power of kings- Accelerated the rise of cities since the feudal lords needed the
cities’ help to finance their trips.
– How did the Plague impact the Feudal system?- Death toll- labor shortages gave leverage to the serfs.- The fear of death overrode the fear of the lords.
Brain Storm- How was the Feudal system effected at the end of the Middle Ages?