DO NOW: Fill out the second row of your Churches and Crusades Scales Have your homework out to be checked 1. Education Questions 2. Poem Project Due 5/9 HOMEWORK

The Education of the Church  Most of the students in Church schools were sons of nobles. They spent time memorizing passages from the Bible in Latin.  Later, cathedral schools gave rise to universities and students studied Latin, Math, astronomy, and music.  Books were hand copied and very rare, so teachers often read to students.

The Education of the Church  Ancient texts were greatly respected in the universities, but the Church was sometimes uneasy about them  Church leaders feared that studying such texts might lead people to question Church teachings.

Thomas Aquinas  Thomas Aquinas, an Italian scholar of philosophy and theology, tried to bridge the gap between reason and faith.  He believed reason helped people discover important truths about God’s creation while faith revealed its own truths about God

Thomas Aquinas  Aquinas wrote logical arguments in support of his faith to show how reason and religious belief worked together.  His idea of natural law stated that there was an order built into nature that could guide people’s thinking about right and wrong.

Holidays Then and Now

Ladder Poem Assignment  This is where you write the lines of your poem  Here you must use a series of vocabulary words too  Everything must relate to Churches in Medieval Times  Can you use any letters other than these to start? NO  How about pictures? 4 are required – Drawing ONLY  Under no circumstances are you allowed to plagiarize  Rhyming is not mandatory for your poems  Can you go longer than 1 line per letter? YES  Have fun with this assignment and good luck!