WEEK OF OCTOBER 1 - 5

On Monday the students will be getting guidance from Ms. Getchell the Freshmen Guidance Counselor.  To put a face to the name, here is Ms. Getchell with her grandchild.


Students learned there are 2 important features of the Middle Ages. The Manor and Religion. Tuesday will be an introduction to the religion aspect.  Christianity and its importance to the Middle Ages will be discussed.. The notes can be found here.

Wednesday we will become monks or nuns and be listening to gregorian chants while illuminating a text about Hildegard of Belgen. Students will refer to each other as brother or sister and take a vow of silence for the period.


 Here is some of the music we will be listen to that will help the monks and nuns complete their experience.



Thursday and Friday the students will be exposed to the other main element of Christianity. The actual Church and the Cathedral. Students will see the architecture and design of churches. Can you find Quasimodo?

I will be collecting projects.

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 24 - 28

 Monday will finding us finishing up the movie on castles. Here is one more clip. The battle scene.


Tuesday and Wednesday will find us in the library doing research for our Middle Ages Fictional Character project.


Thursday we will be going over the homework packet. Crime and punishment will be discussed.

Friday will find us taking a quiz on Middle Ages information so far. We will also look at the plague
A quick fun video. And below it is how the medicine you would have received.


Make way for the Dr.

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17 - 21

Monday is Constitution Day! We will do a discussion of the Magna Carta and its relationship to the modern consitution.

The Magna Carta

Magna Carta, 1297: Widely viewed as one of the most important legal documents in the history of democracy. On display in the West Rotunda Gallery at the National Archives. Presented courtesy of David M. Rubenstein.

"The democratic aspiration is no mere recent phase in human history . . . It was written in Magna Carta."

--Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1941 Inaugural address

Inspiration for Americans

During the American Revolution, Magna Carta served to inspire and justify action in liberty’s defense. The colonists believed they were entitled to the same rights as Englishmen, rights guaranteed in Magna Carta. They embedded those rights into the laws of their states and later into the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution ("no person shall . . . be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.") is a direct descendent of Magna Carta's guarantee of proceedings according to the "law of the land."

We will also be looking at the Manor. Through pictures and other visuals.


Tuesday will find us designing a Castle and seeing the importance of this in relationship to the Middle Ages, daily life and Feudalism.

Wednesday and Thursday will find us collecting homework packets and watching a video from PBS on Castles by David McCauley. Here is a clip to get a feel for it. The still frame is part of the discussion on the high tech plumming system of a castle. Hurray for Flushing Toilets!!!!!



Friday will find us going over the homework packet and being assigned a Middle Ages Project. The Directions can be found here.
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