Welcome to class!  Wacky Wednesday, September 20th! Materials needed: Pencil Handouts: EXPERIENCING FEUDALISM Walk in work: Put your things on the side wall. Stand silently on the back wall Get ready.

Experiencing Feudalism Goal: have a working understanding of feudalism Kind of ranks, where there’s someone on the top and they all serve the person above them, and the people on the very bottom are easy to replace The monarch at the top gives land to the lords, the lords pay the knights with food! The knights protect the lords, and the serfs. Serfs: semi-slaves, do whatever the lords tell them to do, they receive protection from knight and lord, get to live on the land THEY CANNOT LEAVE What was life like in a feudal society? Serfs: Kinda sucked, we just made food. Knights: I got to stab people! I got to serve and protect! Lords: I kinda just stood around and waited for people to have the food ready, and I took the food. Had to make sure everyone was productive Monarchs: Pretty dope, you sit in a comfy chair, don’t get killed that often

Experiencing Feudalism Goal: have a working understanding of feudalism Serfs have to harvest food for knights and owners of the manor things and the knights get to kill them if they don’t do their job It’s kinda like the serfs get to live if they make food And they die if they don’t. The king gets respect, loyalty, money and power Lords own the servants! They get the land! Don’t they get somewhat fair amount of food? Knights get power to kill, food Serfs get the right to live on the land, get protection What was life like in a feudal society? Serfs: Hard  Painful, rough Knights: Fun, super hard just watching the people die WHEN I KILLED THEM ALL Lords: Very fun threatening peasants, Simple Monarchs: Pretty boring.

Our Facts The Roman Empire was the largest empire around for 500 years! (27 B.C.E to 456 C.E) They believed in lots of gods (POLYTHEISM!!!) Colosseum!!! Gladiators fought for freedom and glory WATER BATTLES! Julius Caesar created the JULIAN CALENDAAAAAR (we use it today) Ruled Rome (EMPEROR!) Elections weren’t really a thing.

Jigsaw Reading: The Legacies of Rome Grab a textbook! Your group will be working to read your section and write 3-4 facts in the box with your section title. Then, your group will create a “Rough Draft Sketch” showing all of the facts visually! You will each present one fact, and you will put an example of your drawings and your facts under the document camera for the rest of class!

7th Grade Social Studies Julia Weed

Observing and Inferring: MEDIEVAL EURO EDITION! Take out a piece of loose leaf paper. Write your name on it, and draw a “T” chart One side of the T is labeled “I OBSERVE”, the other side, “I INFER” Turn and talk: what is an “inference”?