A Farmer's Dream: Overcoming a Family Crisis

1. A Family Crisis Mang Jose is a farmer who dreams of having his own land. He has been tilling the land in Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte for 40 years. With his wage and harvest , he can hardly provide for his wife Maria and his four daughters. He dreams of sending them to school but he can’t even make both ends meet. He still doesn’t own the land. If you were Mang Jose, what would you do to solve your problem? NAME _______________________________ YEAR and SECTION _______________________________ DATE __________________________ TEACHER : _____________________ A Learner- Centered Learning Environment Module On Feudalism – Social Studies III

2. Individually, answer Worksheet # 1. 1 I will talk to the landlord and ask for an increase in my wage and benefits. I will no longer farm and get a new job. If I were Mang Jose, I will …. ________________________________________________________ other response I will ask my daughters to look for work to help the family. Worksheet 1 Name:_________________________________ Year and Section: _________

3. Now you may answer Worksheet # 2 2 2. What was your reason behind this response? ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ • What was your response? _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ 3. Why do you think this is the situation of Mang Jose? _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ 4. Whenever you are experiencing financial difficulty, how do you usually solve it? _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ Worksheet 2 Name:_________________________________ Year and Section: _________

4. Now try to relate your answers to the crisis encountered by the Europeans during the Early Middle Ages. Because of the invasions and the loss of political unity, people worried about their security. The mounted knight in shining armor and the great castle supported by many peasants stood for a new system that became known as feudalism. 4 Click this! http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Feudalism_and_Medieval_life.htm http://www.mrdowling.com/703-feudalism.html

5. Answer individually now Worksheet # 4. You may still go back to the website if you are not sure of your answers. 5 1.What is feudalism? _______________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 2. Why did it develop? ______________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 3. What obligations did lords and vassals have under the feudal system? __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 4. What is a manor? ________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 5. What responsibilities did the lord of the manor have toward the peasants? __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 6. What is the difference between a peasant and a slave? __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

6. Click the websites below to get answers to your questionsand be ready to answer Practice Test 6 Still unsure what feudalism is all about and how it connects with Mang Jose’s case? Well, check out the following websites to know more about feudalism and manorialism. http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/manorialism.htm http://www.historyonthenet.com/Medieval_Life/feudalism.htm

7. 7 I challenge you to try out the quiz taken from the web. Practice Test #1 A quiz about feudalism http://www.historyonthenet.com/Medieval_Life/feudalismquickquiz.htm It was the age of knights and kings, when honor belonged to the heroes, and glory was found in the battlefield.With the invasions and the loss of political unity, many western Europeans worried about their security.

8. 8 Check this out! Feudalism developed out of the needs of the times. The weak needed protection. The strong needed loyal supporters. http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/Brisas/sunda/ma/mahome.htm http://www.learner.org/interactives/middleages/feudal.html

9. With a partner, answer Worksheet # 5. You may continue reading the websites while answering. 9 • How does one become a knight during medieval ages? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Describe the pyramidal society and how does one’s clothes identify his/her status?___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3.What is chivalry? How does it affect the medieval ideas about women? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Discuss the forms of entertainment during medieval times. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. How did monks and nuns help and protect the people? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What is Crusades? Why and how did it begin? ________________________________________________________________________

10. 10 Still unsure if you already understood the lesson? Click the website below for further information. And be ready to answer Practice Test # 2 http://www.shoshone.k12.id.us/medieval/feudal.htm Practice Test #2 http://my.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=798

11. Enrichment Activity 11 Now group yourselves into five. Let’s pretend that each team contains members from each class in feudal society. A leader must be selected that will assign role to the members, so that each social class is represented. Each team should have a king, lord, lesser lord, knight, monk, princess, and peasant. You are given 15 minutes to discuss and plan before the teacher asks you to perform. Then continue to the next slide. Within each society, each member should draw up a contract explaining what they will receive from and give to the other members. Then if time permits, introduce different scenarios into the group and see how each social class aids resolving the problem raised by the scenario. The scenarios may include floods, famines, war, invasion and the death of the monarch or lord.

12. After finalizing what your role is, write in a contract what you will receive from and give to the other members. You can even specifically write your obligations and responsibilities. 12 A Vassal Pledges Loyalty “I, _________________________, make it known that I am a faithful man/woman. I hereby pledge that as a ________(role), I will ___________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________

13. 13 FINAL OUTPUT Write a paper about the issues of the farmers in the country. For the first paragraph focus on the similarities and differences of feudalism in Europe and in the Philippines today. Second paragraph must be about the issues that the farmers are confronting now and how it began. Perhaps you could read about encomienda system of the Spaniards in the Philippines as review material. Third paragraph must tackle the various means to end Mang Jose and other farmers’ problem – to have their own land.

14. Use the following Rubric Generator so you will have an idea how you will be graded . 14