Medieval Choice Projects

Feudalism Church Crusades Magna Carta Black Death General -Technology

Create a business card for a type of job during the Middle Ages. Include a name of the person (would the job be for a man or woman?), title of job, roles within that job, and a small picture. 10 points Research the steps to becoming a knight in one of the Medieval reference books. Make a poster illustrating the steps to Knighthood. (A4 size) 15 points Design A Create a shield Heraldic Shield that represents you, and write a paragraph explaining what the symbols say about you. 15 points

CREATE AN ILLUMINATED PRAYER To make additional copies of books, priests rewrote them by hand. They used fancy script, colors, and illustrations. Copy the Prayer of St. Francis or the Lords Prayer and illuminate it. 15 points Create a sensory figure of a monk. Include at least ten facts about how monks lived and the importance of the church. 15 points

Make a book cover for an informational book of the Crusades. 10 points

Write an acrostic for MAGNA CARTA 10 points

Create a Text Message Summary about the Black Plague. 15 points

Using a map of Europe and Photoshop or Smart Notebook make a map of the spread of the plague. Do not copy and paste a finished map from the internet. 10 points

Write a letter home as a soldier in the Crusades. (1-3 pages) 15 points

Create a worksheet on King John and the Magna Carta. 15 points

Create a sensory figure of a plague victim. You must include four symptoms on the body of your victim. Include any other 6 facts about the plague.

Latin was the popular language of the Church in the Middle Ages. Create a blog entry of Latin words and their English meanings. 15 points Create a Blog Page about feudalism, the Roman Catholic Church, the Crusades, The Black Death, or the Magna Carta. Explain what it is, why it is important and include at least 10 facts in your writing. 20 points Create a Game *additional information on activity instruction sheets Your topic is The Middle Ages it will be printed out and assembled. 30 points

Create a crossword puzzle about the Roman Catholic Church 15 points

Create a collage of items that were introduced to Europe after the Crusades. In addition to newspapers/magazine you may use images from the internet. 15 points

Create a six panel comic strip of the meeting between the Barons and King John. Consider this historical fiction your story must be based in fact but you may be creative 15 points Was King John a necessary evil or would something like the Magna Carta have happened anyway? Write a position paper about your opinion, and support it with facts. 20 points
FREE CHOICE (approval required) 25-50 pts

15 points Greeting Card (Condolences) Create a greeting card to send to a family who has lost loved ones to the plague. Think carefully about what it should say inside. 15 points News Report of the Black Death Must include: Who, what, where, why, and how of the Black Death. Script must be turned in along with the recording of the News Broadcast. 20 points
FREE CHOICE (approval required) 25-50 pts

You Be The Person Medieval Monarch Charlemagne Richard the Lion Hearted Eleanor of Aquitaine King John

Research a famous cathedral such as Amiens or Notre Dame. Create and label a floor plan for it. OR Make and label a model of the cathedral. 20 points
FREE CHOICE (approval required) 25-50 pts

You will record your performance. 20 points

FREE CHOICE (approval required) 25-50 pts

Create a recruitment commercial for people to join the Crusades. You can film this using a flip camera and video editing software, or perform for the class. Limit of 4 people in each group. A copy of the script needs to be provided to the teacher. 20 points
FREE CHOICE (approval required) 25-50 pts

FREE CHOICE (approval required) 25-50 pts

Medieval Choice Activities Guidelines

TasK: Using the Medieval Choice Projects grid you will complete activities to reach a total of 45 points or more scored for
each topic. The topics you are going to research are: Feudalism Church Crusades Magna Carta Black Death General Your activities will be marked using the rubric below. Some headings may not be applicable for the task. When you complete a task you are expected to colour in the box on your grid and have the activity marked by your teacher before moving onto another activity. Be sure to CAREFULLY read the task before starting the activity.

Level 1
Content
I try to write what I know about the topic, but I require more research or need to explain more clearly. I did not follow the instructions for the activity. I should read the task more carefully before starting. I spell a few words correctly and use correctly and use correct grammar sometimes. I rarely use correct punctuation. My presentation is difficult to read/hear

Level 2
I give some important information, but I need to include more information from my research and explain what I know more clearly. I followed some of the directions, but not all.

Level 3
I give lots of information from my research. I explain my thoughts clearly.

Level 4
I have included all of the necessary information. My ideas are explained clearly. I also included a list of references I used. I followed the instructions exactly. I did everything I was asked to and maybe even a little extra. I use correct spelling and grammar.

Method

I followed the instructions well and did almost everything I was asked to.

Grammar/Spelling

I spell many words correctly and use correct grammar often. I use some correct punctuation. My presentation is fairly easy to read/hear

I use correct spelling and grammar most of the time. I use correct punctuation most of the time. My presentation is neat and easy to read/hear

Punctuation Presentation

I use correct punctuation. My presentation is neat, attractive and easy to read. It also creative.

Medieval Choice Projects Instructions Game Cards

Your task: Create game cards to use in playing a board game.

Title your page with the name of your game. Write ten different questions to be answered about the topic. Write the questions flashcard style question on front, answer on back. Write five obstacle/help cards. These are situations that can cause bad things or good things to happen to a player. They must relate to the topic. You must include at least one of each. Attach these cards to your notebook page with pockets. Describe what your game board would look like in at least one complete sentence.

Medieval Choice Projects Instructions

Collage
Your task: Create a picture from pieces of paper and pictures, to create an image that is representative of an idea or topic that youve been assigned.
Sources of pictures: Magazines Newspapers Internet Clipart Hand drawn Remember, your teacher will tell you what sources you may use. All pictures need to represent the topic or big idea of the collage.

Medieval Choice Projects Instructions Greeting Card

Your task: Create a greeting card to send to a character or historical person about the topic youve been assigned. Your card should include:

Front coloured pictures, words optional Front Inside Personal note related to topic Back Inside greeting or saying; must meet product criteria Back Outside logo, publisher, and price for card

Medieval Choice Projects Instructions

Crossword Puzzle
Your task: Create a crossword puzzle using important people, concepts, terms, and events from this topic. You may need to supplement your notes with your textbook.
Choose ten people, places, events, or terms from this topic. Use scratch paper to figure out how you can write the words in crisscross combinations. Copy the finished blank grid onto your notebook page, numbering your across and down words. Write a clue for each of your ten items (fill-in-the-blank, question, definition, etc.) under across or down. Provide an answer key

Medieval Choice Projects Instructions Be the Thing

Your Task: Write a short personal response as if you were a specific object from an event. Your response should include both emotional and physical feelings of the object. Imagine you are the thing!
Your response should:

Be at least two complete

paragraphs in length. Describe the purpose and function of the object. Describe how the object might feel or what it might be thinking about the event. Include six facts about the event from the objects point of view.

Medieval Choice Projects Instructions

TXT MSG SUMRE
Your task: Imagine youre sending a summary of a historical event to a friend via text message; write up the summary in text messaging language including all appropriate abbreviations and smilies. Pretend you are directly involved in the event. Ur Task: imagin ur sendg a sumre of a historical event 2 a friend via txt msg wrt ^ the sumre in txt msgn lang including all appropriate abbreviations n smilies. Pretend u r directly involved in the event.

You should:

include abbreviated words where

appropriate. include all key points of the event. be short and to the point but at least one paragraph. be written in a friendly way as if you were personally involved. include the regular, non-text message version.