Vwo 1 tto: Early Middle Ages - lesson 1
Early Middle Ages
Lesson 1
Lesson duration is: 70 minItems in this lesson
Early Middle Ages
Lesson 1
Start of the lesson
Phone off in phonebag
Chewing gum in bin
Book, notebook, laptop & Plenda on table
Menu of the day
Plenda
Intro
The feudal system
Break
Exercises
Plenda
Make learning objectives 5.1 + 5.2
Also: learn key words
May 21 - 2nd hour
Test
I hope to discuss the test with you tomorrow
Intro
Next year you will go on a trip to Aachen in Germany
In that city, this happened:
Goal
You can explain how the feudal system worked
Middle ages
Intro
Let's read on page 94
Reading
Let's read together on page 96
The feudal system
The Franks had a warrior culture: fighting leads to honor, respect and power
Clovis (466-511) becomes king after defeating other Frankish lords --> after his baptism he is a Christian.
Charlemagne (742-814) is the most important king; he is crowned emperor (imperator) by the pope
The feudal system
Charlemagne needed help to govern all this land
But he had a problem:
People did not use money to pay for things
How would you solve that?
Bruggemanstan
Write down in your notebook:
In return for the land vassals had to pledge fealthy: to assist with actions and advice
Break
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Fun fact MC
Multiple choice: which sentence about Charlemagne is NOT true?
His parents were related
He could not read or write
He died before he was 50 years old
He had at least 18 children
Exercises
Read ''The collapse of the Frankish Empire'' on page 99 and do exercises 10, 11 & 12
Finished? --> do the learning objectives
Score the goal: How did the feudal system work?