Today we studied about Feudalism. One person from each group was assigned to read out loud a few paragraphs in Pathways, which explains Feudalism and the Feudal Contract. Then Ms. Lees let us copied a web about Feudalism's Influence On Medieval Society from the projector. On the web, it explained briefly about what Feudalism and the Feudal contract is. The five arms of the web extended to each level of people: English earls, William's knights, manor lords, serfs and freehold landowners, and nobility (king and the barons). Under each section, it described those kind of people, such as their power and what they received from the king. We also filled in a pyramid ranking each level of people, from the king at the top to the freeholders and serfs at the bottom. Ms. Lees also explained how the top four levels are only 10% of the population and the bottom level, the freeholders and serfs, are 90% of the population. We made a chart listing each levels' responsibilities and obligations and Ms. Lees went over it with us with her answers after we worked on our own. At the end of class, we read a short paragraph about The Oath of Allegiance and The Canadian Oath of Citizenship, then made a Venn diagram showing the similarities and differences between the two oaths.
Learning Intentions
The whole purpose of today's lesson was to learn about the high middle ages and feudalism. We took notes on Feudalism's Influence on Medieval Society to see how feudalism and the feudalism contract affected the society back then. We filled in the pyramid to understand better of the levels of feudalism. It was also easier for Ms. Lees to show how the upper four levels only contains 10% of the population and the lowest level containing 90% of the population, since the bottom level is the largest section drawn, and the area decreasing when moving upwards. We made a chart listing each level's responsibilities and obligations to understand what they had to do to the society and their upper levels. The Venn diagram for the two oaths was to show their similarities and differences more obviously, and also to let us practice and getting used to using Venn diagrams.
Reflections/Connections
I enjoy learning about the high middle ages more than the early middle ages, because I feel like it has more similarities as the modern days. The history of the past is very interesting for me, teaching me what has happened before I was born. The lesson today, Feudalism, was pretty easy for me to understand, because I'm used to knowing that there were different classes of people, and the lowest class usually took up the most population. The pyramid helped me a lot for memorizing the order of the different levels of people. The chart also cut down all the long paragraphs in Pathways into short, strong main points describing their responsibilities and obligations. I think Venn diagrams are the best way to compare similarities and differences between different ideas. I can also use Venn diagrams for comparing other information later on in my life. It will make my life easier because it is so obvious, stating the similarities and differences.
Homework
There is no homework today if you have finished There Will Be Wolves chapter 1-7 questions. If you want to work ahead, you can start on the chapter 8 questions that will officially be assigned on Wednesday and due on Friday.
Tips
Work hard and focused on Friday so we won't have homework for the weekend. Also remember about your 30 day challenge and try not to break it!
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