1. Lesson 1 – The Middle Ages
A time of lost or forgotten knowledge

2. In your journal, Brainstorm:
What possessions/things do you love?
Why?
Pick your top 3
Stand up/Hand up/Pair up
Share your top 3 with your partner

3. Blackout!
How would your list of things you love be affected by a worldwide blackout? Look at your list and draw a line through anything that would be affected by a complete loss of all power in the world.
Watch first 1:52 of trailer (right after the musket is fired and you see the Ferris Wheel)
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4. What items stand the test of time?
As a society, where do we store the majority of our information?
What would our society look like if we underwent a worldwide blackout?
How far back in time would we regress?
Which country would survive this epic problem the best? The worst? WHY?!
What things do we love?
Stand up/Hand up/Pair up
Blackout
It has happened before
The Dark Ages
The Bubonic Plague
How will our culture survive?

5. The Dark Ages: Changes in Europe
Watch this video and write down the changes that occurred in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire
What technologies had the people of Europe lost?
How would you react if you saw amazing technology all around you, but did not understand it and could never use it? Have any of you ever felt this way?
What parts of our society would we see as reminders of our past if we had an epic blackout?
Intro/Technology clip 8:30-13:05 DON’T CLOSE VIDEO, YOU WILL USE IT THROUGHOUT THE CLASS!!!!!!

6. Daily life
While watching this next clip, describe the daily life of people in this period
If you couldn’t read, write, and had no access to technology, what would you do during the winter period of the year?
What percentage of children died at birth?
What percentage died before reaching your age?
What kind of effect do you think losing a family member would have on people during the Dark Ages?
Why did parents continue to have children?
Watch clip Daily Life 41:25-44:41
Note: commercials have been added to the documentary, so we’ll need to adjust the times.

7. Safety What do you need to feel safe?
Why is safety an important aspect of every person’s life?
Watch this video and think about how safe these people would have felt
Why do people look to religions like Christianity when they do not feel safe?
What things do people use in our society to help make them feel safe?
As you watch the clip, hand out an even number of red and green sticky notes. Distribute them randomly.
Watch clip Safety 14:40-16:30

8. Disease Everyone stand up!
If half of the Okanagan’s population died from a virulent disease in the next month, how would that affect our economy?
Our local government? Our police force?
Our culture?
Why do you think the bubonic plague spread as fast as it did?
Where did it start? Why is that important?
Everyone with a red sticky note is dead. Green sticky notes have survived the Black Plague.
Watch clip Disease 34:50-40:15