Thursday January 26, 2012

1. Thursday January 26, 2012

2. Starter: Read, 5- 3 The Bubonic Plague, Pages Answer the following on notebook paper: 1. Why was the plague called the “Black Death”? 2. What were some of the common symptoms? 3. How was the plague spread? (Compare your answer with the person next to you and be ready to share)

3. Cause and Effect 1. Power shifted from nobles to common people because, since so many workers had died, the few who remained could demand higher pay and more rights; 2. Serfs abandoned feudal manors and moved to towns and cities, seeking better opportunities 3. Peasant revolts also occurred when nobles tried to return things to the way they had been Bubonic Plague:

5. 1. How did the Hundred Years’ War start? 2. Why were the English able to defeat the French in early battles, such as the one at Crécy? (Work with a partner to answer the two questions)

6. 1. How did the Hundred Years’ War start? The war began when the king of France challenged England’s claim to French fiefs.

7. 2. Why were the English able to defeat the French in early battles, such as the one at Crécy? The English army relied on archers armed with longbows. Arrows fired from longbows flew farther, faster, and more accurately than those fired from French crossbows.

9. 3. Who was Joan of Arc? What did she do for the French during the Hundred Years’ War? Joan of Arc was a 17-year-old peasant girl who claimed she heard the voices of saints urging her to save France. She led a French army to victory in a battle. Her actions inspired many French people to feel more strongly about their king and nation.

10. Cause and Effect The war shifted power from lords to monarchs and common people military technology used in the war made knights and castles less important a new feeling of nationalism helped to shift power away from lords and toward monarchs and commoners peasants who survived the war were more in demand as soldiers and workers and therefore had greater power Hundred Years’ War:

11. How did events in Europe contribute to the decline of feudalism and the rise of democratic thought? Explain, give 3 examples from the text. How do we re-write the question to create the leg, or stem of our thesis statement.

12. How did events in Europe contribute to the decline of feudalism and the rise of democratic thought? Explain, give 3 examples from the text. The events in Europe that contributed to the decline of feudalism and the rise of democratic thought were;

13. How did events in Europe contribute to the decline of feudalism and the rise of democratic thought? Explain, give 3 examples from the text. The events in Europe that contributed to the decline of feudalism and the rise of democratic thought were; • What are the toes of our chicken foot?

14. Toes of our chicken foot The events in Europe that contributed to the decline of feudalism and the rise of democratic thought were; 1. Political Developments 2. The Bubonic Plague 3. The Hundred Years’ War

15. Toes of our chicken foot The events in Europe that contributed to the decline of feudalism and the rise of democratic thought were; political developments, the bubonic plagueand the Hundred Years’ War.

16. Supporting the main idea The events in Europe that contributed to the decline of feudalism and the rise of democratic thought were; political developments, the bubonic plagueand the Hundred Years’ War. Political developments strengthened common law, judges and juries. The Magna Carta established the idea of rights and liberties. The Parliament gave a voice common people and nobles.

17. Supporting the main idea The events in Europe that contributed to the decline of feudalism and the rise of democratic thought were; political developments, the bubonic plagueand the Hundred Years’ War. Political developments strengthened common law, judges and juries. The Magna Carta established the idea of rights and liberties. The Parliament gave a voice common people and nobles. The bubonic plague …… The Hundred Years’ War…..