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**Lesson Title: The Middle Ages Web Quest **

and the rise of guilds. **
 * Lesson Summary: This lesson is the introduction to the Middle Ages Unit. Students will use the webquest to find facts about the major topics of the unit including: feudalism, the church, castles,


 * Technology Tools: computers w/internet access, multimedia projector

Materials needed: Poster board, markers, paper, pencil, course notebook **

**Lesson Activities: students will use this link:** [] = = =**1.Design a page on your wiki called "Fuedalism" on this page you will show a social pyramid chart of fuedal society listing and explaining the social classes in the fuedal system. Find a picture of a European Fuedal System pyramid chart. 2. Put this image on your page. 3. Create a page called "comparing people of the Middle Ages". Write an editorial in which you compare the lives of the Lord, Lady, Knights, and Serfs in the fuedal system.** =  **3. Create a page called "Cathedrals of the Middle Ages" Identify, and describe 7 different parts of a cathedral. Include images of the parts of a cathedral and describe them. Find a picture of a famous cathedral and tell us what it is named and where it is.** ** Technology Activity Options Students could create presentations of the activities using Power Point, Photo Story, or Movie Maker software Differentiation students may work in pairs or individually **
 * 4. Create a page called, "Castles" find an image of a castle. Compare the activities of the castle to the activities of your home, include pictures. **
 * 5. Create a page called "Guilds and Towns". find three symbols of guilds and put them on your page. Write a brief story about the life of a guild member from journeyman to master craftsman. **

=Rubric=

Multimedia Project : Middle Ages Web Quest/Presentation

 * Mr. Weston**
 * CATEGORY || 4 || 3 || 2 || 1 ||
 * Requirements || All requirements of Web Quest and PresentationActivities are met and exceeded. || All requirements of Web Quest and Presentation are met. || One requirement was not completely met. || More than one requirement was not completely met. ||
 * Social Pyramid || Social Pyramid is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material. || Social Pyramid is organized, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed. || Content is logically organized for the most part. || There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts. ||
 * Cathedral Sketch || Sketch shows all parts of cathedral Construction using key vocabulary || Sketch shows parts of Cathedral || Sketch of cathedral shows attempt at accuracy || Sketch makes little attempt at accuracy ||
 * Comparing castles to your home || Comparison of life in a castle and modern day makes connections and comparisons citing evidence || some comparisons made between life in a castle and a modern home || Castle life and modern home is described but not compared || No Comparison or description ||
 * Story of a Journeyman || Story shows a large amount of original thought. Ideas are creative and inventive, shows evidence of understanding. || Story shows some original thought. Work shows new ideas and insights citing evidence. || Story uses other people's ideas (giving them credit), but there is little evidence of original thinking. || Story uses other people's ideas, but does not give them credit. ||