February 14, 2012

What we did today

Today, we started by getting the Pathways book and reading through chapter 2. We read a couple of paragraphs about William and his knights and Feudalism’s influence including the three Fs. Then we had to copy down a chart from the overhead called “Feudalism’s Influence On Medieval Society” which showed what feudalism and feudal contract is. Feudalism is a social system based on land, fief, loyalty, and faith (which is the three Fs). The feudal contract happened when land was given in exchange for loyalty, which was an oath that cemented this bond. After that we read more pages from the Pathways book, about 1 to 2 pages more about the feudal contract. Then we had to copy down a pyramid to show the levels of the people in the city or in the area. Then we had to copy a chart from the overhead about the responsibilities and the obligations for each level, for example king, greater, lesser, minor nobles, and freeholders and serfs. Then at the end of the block we had to compare oaths of allegiance but most people didn’t get much done for the comparison.

Why we did it

We had to review chapter 2 from Pathways because most of the people don’t remember about chapter 2 or the information about the levels of each person and the information about feudalism and the feudal contract. We copied the chart because this would be useful for reviewing feudalism and the feudal contract and it will be useful when we need to refer to the information. We read the Pathways book about the feudal contract because we needed to know what it is. We had to copy down the pyramid and the table of the feudal contract because we needed to know the levels of the people in a city or in an area and their responsibilities and their obligations.

Connections/ Reflection

All of this information that we learned today could be useful for the future because this could help us for other subjects and or future jobs that require this information. The charts, pyramids, and the table could also help for other subjects mainly like math and science and future jobs that require knowledge of charts, pyramids, and tables.

Homework and Tips

For homework, we didn’t have anything but to write down an oath that we had in the past and could be given to Ms. Lees.

For tips, I suggest you start on the “There Will Be Wolves chapter 7 questions”.