Medieval Times Web quest

Introduction Someone has invaded the World History Center data bases and destroyed all records of the world’s past history. Your team has been assigned to recover information on Western Europe during the Middle Ages. The Middle Ages is the time period from 400 to about 1500. We know that many wars and plagues occurred during this time and life was not easy. Remember it is your duty to gather information and create an artifact that will help us have a better understanding of what it was like to live in the Middle Ages.

Your Task: You and your team members will prepare and present a visual and oral presentation that will be shared with your classmates. Each person will be responsible for gathering information, answering guideline questions, and then creating at least one artifact for the presentation. Be prepared to talk about what you learned and your artifact.

The Process: You will be placed in a small group (5-6 people per group) and each person will be assigned a different role. Use the information on the page associated with your role to answer the guiding questions. These questions will be discussed in your presentation as well as other important facts and information you discover. You will be turning in the information you gather. Make at least 1 artifact for your presentation.

The Process Cont. After all data is collected, meet with your group to plan and organize the data into a presentation. Each person will be responsible for speaking about their role and artifact.

The Roles: Lord Craftsman Peasants/ Serfs Lady Monk/Nun Knight

Task for the Lord Guiding Questions: Artifacts: Describe the feudal system. Compare the advantage and disadvantages. Create a diagram that shows the political hierarchy. Describe the duties and responsibilities of a lord. What happened in 1066? Which monarch did you support and why? Artifacts: Build a model of a castle. Design a Coat of Arms for your family. Make a crown fit for a king.

Tasks for the Craftsman Guiding Questions: What were the guilds and what was their function? Why were trade fairs important? Compare the daily life of a family in the Middle Ages to the daily life of a family now. Artifacts Draw a detailed map of your town. (Make sure you include a key.) Make a model of an object made by a craftsman. Do we still use something similar today?

Tasks for the Peasant Guiding Questions: What was your daily life like as a peasant? What was the black death? What were farming methods like for the peasant? Make a chart or graphic organizer comparing the social classes of peasants. Artifacts: Draw pictures of clothing worn by peasants. Make a model of a peasants home. Create a map showing the spread of the black death. What were the causes of it?

Tasks for the Lady Guiding Questions Describe your daily duties and living conditions in the castle. What did Lords and Ladies do for entertainment? What is a tapestry? Artifacts Design a lady’s gown and other clothing of the time period. Design a tapestry. Make a flower chain head dress.

Monk/Nun Guiding Questions: Explain the importance of the church in the Middle Ages. Describe your duties. What was a pilgrimage? Artifacts: Make a replica of a stained glass window. Create a map showing the path of the Crusades. Choose a poem or ballad and illustrate it.

Knight Guiding Questions: Describe the steps taken to become a knight. Describe your importance to the Lords and Kings. Describe your armor and weapons you were trained to use. What were the crusades and how did they influence Western Europe. Artifacts: Make a chain mail bracelet. Build a model of a weapon used to defend a castle. Draw a diagram of your armor and label the parts. Make sure you make a shield.

Steps to the Project: Research your role and complete the guiding questions. Decide which artifact you are going to create. (Be sure to check with a parent or guardian.) Meet with your group to share your information and plan for your group presentation. Be prepared to share your artifact and information learned in the guiding presentation.

Rubric: What is expected? Use class time wisely. Answer guiding questions using factual information and in your own words. DO NOT PLAGARIZE. All parts of the questions are answered. Artifact made is historically accurate and is your BEST work. You are able to talk about the information you learned and the significance of your artifact.

Rubric Category 4 3 2 1 Use of Class time Required Elements Knowledge Used time well during each class period. Focused on getting the project done. Never distracted Used time well during each class period. Usually focused on getting the project done and never distracted others. Used some of the time well. During each class period. There was some focus on getting the project done but occasionally distracted others. Did not use class time to focus on the project OR often distracted others. Required Elements The guiding questions and artifact includes all elements as well as additional information. All required elements are included. (Guiding questions and artifact) All but 1 of the required elements are included. Several elements were missing. Knowledge Gained Student can accurately answer all questions related to the facts and process. Student can accurately answer most questions related to the facts and process. Student can accurately answer about 75% of questions related to facts and process. Student appears to have insufficient knowledge about the facts or process. Graphics- Relevance Artifacts are historically accurate and related to the topic. Guiding questions are accurate and NOT plagiarized. Most elements of the artifact are historically accurate and related to topic. All guiding questions are NOT plagiarized. Artifact relates to the topic, but some information may not be historically accurate. All guiding questions are Not plagiarized. Artifacts are not related to topic or are not historically accurate. Information in guiding questions is plagiarized. Grammar There are no grammatical mistakes. There are a few grammatical mistakes. None interfere with meaning. There are several grammatical mistakes that interfere with meaning. There are many grammatical mistakes that interfere with meaning.