Below are the ideas that any student demonstrating their mastery of the learning targets would consider if completing their project by researching a medieval person.
Learning Target #1 - I can list the causes of decentralization and explain them with historical examples. [Station #3 and Chapter 13.1]
Learning Target #2 - I can explain how the systems of feudalism and manorialism worked. [Station #3 and Chapter 13.2]
Learning Target #3 - I can describe the role of the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages. [Station #4 and Chapters 13.4 + 14.1]
Learning Target #4 - I can identify the major regions of Europe using
a map. [Station #2 and Textbook Maps]
Some possible medieval people to research:
Learning Target #1 - I can list the causes of decentralization and explain them with historical examples. [Station #3 and Chapter 13.1]
- How was this person's life affected by decentralization and its causes?
Learning Target #2 - I can explain how the systems of feudalism and manorialism worked. [Station #3 and Chapter 13.2]
- Is the person you are researching a feudal lord, vassal, or peasant? What role did this medieval person play in feudalism? In manorialism?
Learning Target #3 - I can describe the role of the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages. [Station #4 and Chapters 13.4 + 14.1]
- What was the impact of the Catholic Church on this person and how did it influence their life?
Learning Target #4 - I can identify the major regions of Europe using
a map. [Station #2 and Textbook Maps]
- Where was the person you are researching from in Europe?
Some possible medieval people to research:
- Peasants and Serfs (There really aren't any famous ones to note...)
- Charles Martel
- Pepin the Short
- Charlemagne
- Pope Gregory VII
- Francis of Assisi
- Clare of Assisi
- Geoffrey Chaucer
- Thomas Aquinas
- List of Medieval people on Wikipedia (Make sure any person you pick is from Europe!)