1. Warm up Copy HW Please grab a Green Textbook Please take the three handouts from the front desks and make them pages 2,3 and 4 of your New Middle Ages Notebook Please complete the “Loyalty” activity on your new page #2: 6 minutes

2. What is Loyalty? A feeling of strong support for someone or something Faithfulness to commitments or obligations

3. Essential Questions What happens when societies are confronted with change? How do societies stabilize in the face of adversity?

4. Please turn to page 17 in your Green textbook

5. The Middle Ages Time in European history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance

6. Why is this time period called The Middle Ages?

7. Success of Western Civilization Greeks/Romans ~ Year “0” Present/Future Early Neolithic Revolution ~5000 B.C.E. Renaissance ~1500 B. C. E. Fall of Rome 476 C.E. 10,000 BCE end of last Ice Age DARK/MIDDLE AGES ~1000 C.E.

8. The Middle Ages Early 476-1000 C. E. High1000-1300 C. E. Late1300-1450 C.E.

9. Political Geography of Europe Roman Empire: Pax RomanaKingdoms of the Middle Ages

10. What was life like after the fall of Rome? Dangerous People had to work hard just to survive

11. Invasions Vikings: North Muslims: North Africa and the Middle East Magyars: Central Asia

12. What was the solution???? Feudalism

13. Feudalism A social structure during the Middle Ages that held society together Political and economic system based on bonds (Loyalty) btw. Lords and vassals

14. Feudalism

15. Who gets what?

16. What’s my role?

17. School Feudalism

18. Please turn to page 20 in your text book

19. Fiefs Land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service Manors Manors Large estates; including a castle, or manor house, a village and surrounded by farmland

20. Monarchs: page 21 Kings and Queens Got their power from: God, their family, or military conquest Relied on the vassals to provide knights and soldiers

21. William The Conqueror Invaded England Brought Feudalism to England in » 1066 C.E.

22. Lords and Ladies: pages 22/23 Lords- managed land defended land acted as judges Ladies- helped run estates acted as judges raised children

23. Knights: pages 24 and 25 Soldiers on horseback Most were wealthy Knights were expected to be loyal to the Church and their lord, be just and fair, and protect the helpless

24. Peasants and Serfs: pages 26 and 27 Worked the land Grind the grain at the mill Some were craftsman Fought in wars Free or not free??? Homes were… Smokey Crowed Dark

25. Social Mobility People were born into a social class for life They had the same social position, and often the same job as their parents. How does this compare to America today?

26. Closure Please write down the answers to the following questions and be prepared to share your answers with the class… 1. Why is the Middle Ages called the Middle Ages? 2. What is feudalism; and why was it needed? 3. Explain the role of the monarch, lord and peasant in the Middle Ages?

27. Middle Ages A period of chaos and confusion from 476 C.E. until 1450 C.E. This time period bridged the gap between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance

28. Feudalism A social structure that used loyalty to establish order and security after the fall of the Roman Empire

29. Everyone had a role to play! MonarchsLordsPeasants Gave lords land and workers in return for their loyalty/protec- tion in times of war Gave the peasants protection, shelter and food in return for hard work, rent and service in times of war They worked the land, paid rent, and fought in wars in return for their “protection” and place to call “home”