April 21 - April 25

This week the students will begin the reading the novel Blood Red Horse, chapters 1-5. Students will also begin the Unit on the Middle Ages, and will be learning about the culture, Charlemagne, and the Feudal System. - Monday: Students will take Rome Quiz 2 "The Fall of Rome." Following the Quix the students will read "A Brief Summary of the Middle Ages" passage and answer fifteen question that are directly related to the reading. - Tuesday: Student will ready chapter 1 of Blood Red Horse, and will begin to work on the maps that explain the evolving geography of the Middle Ages, as well as, the vocabulary. - Wednesday: Students will begin taking notes in the Not Pack that the teacher provides them, and will cover culture and the life of Charlemagne. Once finished with the notes the students will watch a Crash Course on the Dark Ages, and to work on the maps and vocabulary. - Thursday: Students will continue working in the notes and discuss life on a manor, the Feudal System, and touch on Knighthood. - Friday: Students will take Blood Red Horse Quiz on chapters 1-5. Following the Quiz the students will participate in an in class Feudalim Activity where the students will assume the role of a King, a Bishop, a Nobleman, a Knight, or a Peasant, and will analyze what life must have been like in the Middle Ages from the asigned prospective. *Students are to be reading the novel for homework.*