Medieval Choice Projects



Medieval Choice Projects

|Feudalism |Church |Crusades |Magna Carta |Black Death |Technology |

|Make a “feudal pyramid” foldable. |CREATE AN ILLUMINATED PRAYER |Make a book cover for an |Write an acrostic for “MAGNA |Create a crossword puzzle about the |Go to and pull|

| |To make additional copies of books, |informational book of the Crusades. |CARTA” |Black Death |up the white board – make a map |

|Use the “Three Estates” handout and |priests rewrote them by hand. They used | | | |of the spread of the plague |

|use one side for each of the estates. |fancy script, colors, and illustrations. |10 points |10 points |15 points | |

| |Copy the Prayer of St. Francis or the | | | |10 points |

|10 points |Lord’s Prayer and illuminate it. | | | | |

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| |15 points | | | | |

|Read pages 178 – 185 “The Training of | |Write a letter home as a soldier in |Create a worksheet on King John|Create a sensory figure of a plague |Latin was the popular language of|

|a Knight” in the Tapestries Book |Create a sensory figure of a monk. |the Crusades. |and the Magna Carta. |victim. |the Church in the Middle Ages. |

| |Include at least ten facts about how | | | |Make a powerpoint of Latin words |

|Make a poster illustrating the steps |monks lived and the importance of the |15 points |15 points |You must include four symptoms on |and their English meanings. |

|to Knighthood. |church. | | |the body of your victim. | |

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|15 points |15 points | | |Include any other 6 facts about the |15 points |

| | | | |plague. | |

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| | | | |15 points | |

|Design A Heraldic Shield |Create a crossword puzzle about the Roman|Create a collage of items that were |Create a six panel comic strip |Greeting Card (Condolences) |Create a Poster |

| |Catholic Church |introduced to Europe after the |of the meeting between the | | |

|Create a shield that represents you, | |Crusades. |Barons and King John. |Create a greeting card to send to a |Use |

|and write a paragraph explaining what |20 points | | |family who has lost loved ones to |to create an online poster about |

|the symbols say about you | |In addition to newspapers/magazine |Consider this historical |the plague. |feudalism, the Roman Catholic |

| | |you may use images from the |fiction – your story must be | |Church, the Crusades, The Black |

|15 points | |internet. |based in fact but you may be |15 points |Death, or the Magna Carta. |

| | | |creative | | |

| | |15 points | | |20 points |

| | | |15 points | | |

|You Be The Person – Medieval Monarch |Research a famous cathedral such as |Create a recruitment commercial for|Was King John a “necessary |News Report of the Black Death |Create a Game in Powerpoint – |

| |Amiens or Notre Dame. |people to join the Crusades. |evil” or would something like | |either use the template or create|

|Charlemagne | | |the Magna Carta have happened |Must include: |your own board. |

|Richard the Lion Hearted |Create and label a floor plan for it. | |anyway? |Who, what, where, why, and how of | |

|Eleanor of Aquitaine | |20 points | |the Black Death. |Your topic is “The Middle Ages” –|

|King John |OR | |Write a position paper about | |it will be printed out and |

| | | |your opinion, and support it |Script must be turned in along with |assembled. |

|You will record your performance. |Make and label a model of the cathedral. | |with facts. |the recording of the News Broadcast.| |

| | | | | |30 points |

|20 points |20 points | |20 points |20 points | |

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|FREE CHOICE |FREE CHOICE |FREE CHOICE |FREE CHOICE |FREE CHOICE |FREE CHOICE |

|(approval required) |(approval required) |(approval required) |(approval required) |(approval required) |(approval required) |

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|25-50 pts |25-50 pts |25-50 pts |25-50 pts |25-50 pts |25-50 pts |

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