Come Explore the Middle Ages!

Recreate history through aPowerPoint presentation

A colorful brochureA web page

Essential Questionvs.

Unit Questions

• Essential Question = Overarching Idea

• Unit Questions = Focus the main ideas – Answer every question

Did Societies Flourish During the Middle Ages?

• Answer this question.

• Find the evidence.

• Unit questions guide the search.

What is the Time Frame of Your Civilization?

• Use a timeline

• Highlight the major events and/or people

What geographical features affected life and culture?

• Landforms

• Location

• Climate

How was the government set up?

• Type of government

• Important rulers

• Government officials

• Ruling class

Were there social classes? If so, what were they?

• Who was at the top?

• Who was at the bottom?

• Who was in the middle?

• Where did the majority of the people fall?

What products and ideas, including inventions, did your civilization

develop?

• Inventions

• Cultural exchange

• Products produced and traded

What were other aspects of the culture including religion,

art/architecture, and literature?

• Styles

• Artists

• Poets/writers

What was happening in other parts of the world?

• Other societies at the same time

• Connections through trade

Additional Requirements

• Works cited page– Use the template– Complete as you go!

• Storyboard graphic organizer– Student support– Complete before PowerPoint

• PowerPoint outline– Complete first!

Ready, Set, Go!

• Ready: Choose your civilization.• Set: Review the required components.• Go: Start compiling, researching,

preparing.

Prepare and practice your oral presentation!