1. Welcome!
Happy Tuesday!
Please have a pencil or pen and paper for today!
Please check the back board to see our schedule.

2. Bell-ringer
What do you think life was like for people in the Middle Ages?
Would you have wanted to live during that time?

3. Goals
Create an advertisement for a town that describes the feudal system, economy, and manors with 80% accuracy

4. Essential Questions What was life like during the Middle Ages?
How did towns start?
How did the economy grow during the Middle Ages?

5. Feudalism in Europe Kings lost power after Charlemagne died.
Nobles took over and people looked to them for protection from the invaders.
This led to Feudalism!

6. Roles in Feudalism

7. Manors
What: Farming communities that nobles were in charge and peasants worked
How: Freeman and serfs
Why important: Revolts, escapes, treatment

8. Life during Feudalism
Peasants: poor, small houses, church, played games
Plow, windmills, and crop rotation improved farming techniques
This lead to increased food!

9. Growth of towns/ economy!
What: Places became safer and easier to get to
Why important: trade centers began to develop (Flanders, Venice etc.); middle class created

10. Your Task You will be creating an advertisement for a Medieval Town.
Make sure to emphasize if it is a trade center, why tourists should visit, and the over all look of your town.
Because this is a longer assignment, it will be due Friday, BUT you can get started today!

11. Modern examples

12. Extra Credit!
If you would like to make it a 3-D model you will get some extra points!