1. [Do Now] – Take out your Middle Ages docs from yesterday 1. Read document #9. Answer the question underneath it and complete a SOAPStone of it on your chart (including the POV statement). 2. If you didn’t already…finish your POV statement for Docs 1 and 7 (from yesterday).

2. More docs… A.Pick any FOUR (4) more docs to read and answer the questions underneath. B.Of those 4 you chose, SOAPStone TWO (2) of them.

3. Docs – choose 2 more docs to SOAPStone Discussion – based on what you know and the documents, do you think the Middle Ages should be classified as…  “The Dark Ages”?  “An Age of Feudalism”?  “An Age of Faith”?  “A Golden Age”?

4. ***** This Do Now will be HANDED IN and GRADED today ***** Directions: You will write a persuasive paragraph with evidence from AT LEAST 2 documents from yesterday’s class. Each time you reference a document, write the # of the doc – ie (doc 3). Central Question: Which is the most accurate way to describe or label Europe during the Middle Ages? Was it (choose one):  An “Age of Faith”?  A “Golden Age”?  An “Age of Feudalism”?  The “Dark Ages”?

5. ICEB #2 This is for the last 2 weeks only!

6. The Holy Grail The story: The cup thought to used by Christ during the Last Supper. Also thought to have miraculous powers. What happened to it? Who knows? Many stories talk of the Holy Grail. One common theme in all stories is that a hero must prove himself worthy of obtaining the Grail. The story: The cup thought to used by Christ during the Last Supper. Also thought to have miraculous powers. What happened to it? Who knows? Many stories talk of the Holy Grail. One common theme in all stories is that a hero must prove himself worthy of obtaining the Grail.

7. King Arthur A fabled British king in many legends: Often depicted as a hero and an ideal ruler (but there is very little historical evidence about him at all…). Maybe ~5 th or 6 th century…but some scholars argue that King Arthur never existed.

8. Some stories that King Arthur is connected to: Sword in the stone Magical sword, Excalibur The castle, Camelot Knights of the Round Table The quest for the Holy Grail (…and many more!) Some stories that King Arthur is connected to: Sword in the stone Magical sword, Excalibur The castle, Camelot Knights of the Round Table The quest for the Holy Grail (…and many more!)