Monday, March 3, 2014

3/3/14 - MO

* *  CANNED FOOD DRIVE THIS WEEK ! ! !
* *  CASTLES DUE FRIDAY ! ! !
* *  SPIRIT WEEK THIS WEEK, too ! ! !

I.  DIVINE CHAIN OF BEING (Mr. Hilberg)

- how did medieval thinkers make sense of and "order" life in the world
- how did this concept reinforce the feudal system and social class hierarchy?
* this concept would also be used to reinforce slavery in the Americas
* will lead back into Knight's Tale and Williams "going wrong way"

- READ ESSAY
- complete CONCEPT DIAGRAM
- discuss vocabulary and concepts

II.  KNIGHTS TALE continued
- What does it mean to be knightly vs. being a knight?
- introduction to role of women in medieval times
- minstrels create this idea of noble, fantastic knight
- various kinds of jousting (verbal, as well as physical)
- courtly and chivalrous language (coded, poetic, flowery, formal)

III.  handout GEO SEARCH & FIND (FR and CENT. EUROPE)
- relaxing, low pressure activity as you finish castles


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HOMEWORK - no Vocab or CW this week
* * *

__ create a LIST OF likely CASTLE PARTS - Due TU
     * use all of handouts your own research
     * what HAS to be included on your castle? (we've discussed in class, too!)
__ review GEO SEARCH AND FIND (France & Central Europe) - due FR
     * must complete 10 facts from each side
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