1. Charlemagne Lesson

2. Today’s Lesson B day 11/17; A day 11/18
Topics of the day: Charlemagne; Feudalism
Journal prompt: Feudalism
Extended journal lesson: Charlemagne Facebook page
Note-taking on video
Vocabulary:
Fief
Knight
Manor system
Chivalry
Serfs
Graphic Organizer: Social Structure of Feudalism
Visuals: Defending a Castle

3. Feudalism Develops
A monarch dubs a kneeling young man a knight. Two knights sponsor and stand by him in this French illustration from the late 1200s.

4. Journal prompt B day 11/17; A day 11/185
Journal prompt: p. 221 In feudalism, what were the advantages and disadvantages of the peasant life? Answer in sentences.

5. Charlemagne Facebook Instructions for Charlemagne assignment Sources:6
Instructions for Charlemagne assignment
Sources:
Take notes on video .
In your journal, write 5-6 items of note for Charlemagne’s biography.
Read text pages
Read History makers handout: Charlemagne Legendary King
Complete Facebook page.
Complete the Facebook Charlemagne page.
Counts as a full journal day (10 points)
Sources:
Dark Ages Video
Text: pages
Historymakers handout: Charlemagne Legendary King
Required 12 Content areas including
Pictures
Friends
Likes
Status updates

6. Charlemagne or “Charles the Great”
“Charlemagne built an empire greater than any known since ancient Rome.”
Conquered lands and spread Christianity
Reunited Western Europe for first time since Roman Empire
Named Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope in 800CE
Charlemagne
Charlemagne from Dark Ages Video

7. Charlemagne The palace chapel at Aachen
Because Charlemagne loved to swim, his palace complex had a swimming pool that could hold 100 people and was filled with water from a hot springs.

8. Charlemagne’s Achievements
Governing techniques
Sent out royal agents to oversee nobles
Visited every part of his empire often
Encouragement of learning
Opened palace school
Ordered monasteries to open schools for monks, who made handwritten copies of Latin books

9. Treaty of Verdun