Unit 2. Feudal Europe

Unit 2. Feudal Europe from Pedro Flores

Earth's relief

You can practise the Earth's relief following this website:

Relief of the continents

Unit 2. The Earth's climate zones

The 7 continents!

Watch this video and learn more about the 7 continents:

The King Arthur's Legend

 We are going to do some research about King Arthur, part a legend, part a reality. For doing so, we are going to follow this site:

Webquest King Arthur

Check these websites to get more information about leyend of King Arthur and the knights of the round table:

King Arthur Knights

A radical end for the French monarchy....the guillotine

Watch the video and write down why the situation led to the execution of the King.

Hard life, hard jobs: A peasant woman

Read this page about women peasants during the Middle Ages. What did they wear and eat?

Medieval peasant women

Noblewomen

Hard times for women in the Middle Ages.Watch the video and makes note about how was life for a noblewoman:

Norwegian Fjords

Watch this video and answer: How were fjords formed?

Surfing in a river?

This is called "The Silver Dragon", look for information and tell me more about this phenomenon!

The power of water!

The power of water erosion. Watch these videos about water erosion:

Kinds of relief

Please, match different elements of relief with the images that are shown in the next presentation:

1ºESO Relief and Geomorphology

The King needs you!

Our kingdom, Castile, is being attacked by the Normans and the Muslims, so the King needs you, people from the nobility, to defend the territory. You are going to be the new vassal's king. The King will grant you with a huge land (fiefdom) to govern. In exchange, as his vassal, you will have to correspond the King with military aid (helping him in the battles), economic aid (paying taxes to him) and council when he needs your advice in the Royal Council of the Kingdom.
For becoming his vassal you will have to participate in a Homage ceremony:


Homage in the Middle Ages was the ceremony in which a feudal tenant or vassal pledged reverence and submission to his feudal lord, receiving in exchange the symbolic title to his new position (investiture). It was a symbolic acknowledgement to the lord that the vassal was, literally, his man (homme).

The Act of Homage consists in the following steps:
- Homage: the vassal put his hands into his future lord and declare the will to be his vassal: "Lord, I am your man". The lord answer: "I receive you as my man".

- The oath of fealthy: the vassal stands up and with his hands on the Holy Book (Bible) says: I am faithful to you, as man has to be for his Lord, without tricks".

- The osculum: the Lord says: "I receive you and take you as my man and I kiss you in sign of fealthy".

- The investiture: the Lord gives to the vassal a fief (symbolized by a handful of soil or a bunch of flower). And the Lord touches the vassal's shoulders with a sword.

 

Everyday life in the Middle Ages

Visit this website and make a table comparing how was everyday life in a castle, a town and a village.

Everyday life in the Middle Ages

Medieval castles next to you

Research medieval castles in Spain. Which are nearest to Madrid? Which other castles have impressed you?


Link: Top Castles

Medieval Europe Top Hits!

Watch this video to get an idea of what the music played by the troubadours was like.

Love in the Middle Ages?

Read the text about medieval noble woman. Is there anything you find surprising?

Click here:
What was the role of woman in feudal society?

Landforms

Unit 1. The earth's surface

Unit 1. The earth's surface from Pedro Flores

Unit 1. The Ancien Regime in crisis

Unit 1. The Ancien Regime in crisis from Pedro Flores

How comment an historical map

Here it's the metodology we are going to follow to analise and comment an historical map:

comentario_mapa_hco.pdf by Pedro Flores

Biographic File

We are going to follow this structure in our biographies. Follow these steps:

1. Download the "Biographic File" as a Word Document.
2. Fill the different gaps with the information.
3. Add your name at the bottom.

241346305-FICHA-BIO.doc by Pedro Flores

Bourbons Royal Factories

In the 18th century the Bourbons promoted the creation of Royal Factories, the purpose was to meet the demand for luxury goods. One example is the tapestry factory of Santa Barbara, in Madrid, founded in 1720.

The following video shows how the factory operates today. Wacht it and find out which other Royal Factories were created during the Spanish 18th century.

Tsunami Formation

How tectonic plates move

Vassals to more than one master?

Read the following text and answer:

- Who were vassals in the Middle Ages?
- Could people be vassals to more than one master?
- What problems did this cause?

Link: Feudalism and vassals

Bye to Anglo Saxon England

It all began with the death of Edward the Confessor, in January 1066. The Bayeux tapestry depicts Edward on his deathbed, offering the English crown to Harold. William (The Conqueror) claimed the throne and the destiny of Anglo-Saxon England was decided in the Battle of Hastings.

Watch the video and answer the following questions:

- What happened during the Battle of Hastings?

- Who fought in the battle?

- What shows the Bayeaux tapestry?

- Who was William the Conqueror?

UNIT 1. ISLAM AND AL-ANDALUS

Here it is the Unit 2 presentation: Islam and al-Andalus. Next class we will finish this unit and start next one.