The Medieval World

Grade 7Welcome parents!!

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

– alebenzon@stmarkschool.com• Subscribe to the 7th grade page on Edlio! • Thank you to SMS board member nad upper

school room parent, Liz Wright!

The Feudal Hierarchy

 

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!

Wrap Up

• How did it feel to be a monarch?• A lord? A knight? A serf?• In what ways were all the groups

interdependent?• Do you think loyalty oaths were

necessary?• What are the benefits of this type of

society? The drawbacks?