1. 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.

2. 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

3. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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!

7. 7th Grade Social Studies
Julia Weed

8. 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”?