Unit Plan 2: Feudal Society

	UNIT  PLAN 2
TITLE	THE FEUDAL SOCIETY
GROUP	2nd ESO
HISTORY	Xavier Marín
TEACHER
CONTENTS	- The structure of feudal society
	- The life of the different people in a feudal society
	- The importance of the Church in the Middle Ages
	- The routes of the three Crusades
	- The characteristics of Romanesque art and architecture
ENGLISH AIMS	-Vocabulary related to different civilizations: Feudalism, nobles, fief, vassals, homage, lords,
	king, court, armiy, peasants, demesne, toll, clergy, workers, castle, knight, The Pope, bishops,
	docese, priets, religious orders, the superiors, friars, monks, nuns, secular clergy, regular clergy,
	monasteries, convents, miniatures, serfs, freemen, a tithe, villages, Crusades, Romanesque,
	columns, arches, pillars, cruciform
LEARNING	- Learning about the Feudalism
	- How medieval society was organised
	- How the nobles live in medieval society
	- How the clergy lives in medieval society
	- How the peasants live in medieval society
	- Romanesque architecture, sculpture and painting
ACTIVITIES/	- Completing a table using information from a text
	- Completing a table to make comparisons
COGNITIVE	- Answering questions based on a text
SKILLS	- Investigating via a website
	- Interpreting and discussing an illustration
	- Comparing the lives of different people in medieval society
	- Making a social pyramid to represent the structure of a society
	- Describing a Romanesque church
RESOURCES	-Interactive Whiteboard work
AND	- Presentations with the computer.
MATERIALS	- Internet (pictures and interactive exercises)
	- Educational films.
	- Virtual visits to archaeological sites
EDUCATION	- Curiosity to know about how different societies were organised
VALUES	- Critical attitude towards hierarchy in medieval society
KEY	Linguistic communication
COMPETENCES	• Vocabulary related to feudal society
	• Historical recount; pronunciation /t/: They promised to govern…

UNIT  PLAN 2

	• Historical recount; pronunciation /d/: They turned to the nobles…
	Digital ICT competence
	• Accessing websites for the purpose of investigation
	• Doing a webtask -          Interactive whiteboard activities
	Temporal competence
	• Comprehension of the time-scale of important figures and events during this period
	Interpersonal and civic competence
	• Investigating, sharing information and producing texts together
	Autonomy and personal initiative
	• Using a website to find out more about aspects of feudal society
	Knowledge and interaction with our world
	• Discussing King Arthur: what has been learnt through books and films
	• Comparing the life of a medieval peasant with that of a present-day farmer
	Cultural and artistic expression
	• Drawing or finding pictures to illustrate findings
	• Describing illustrations and discovering their historical value
ASSESMENT	Written test in first language / second language
FURTHER	Visit
INFORMATION	http://cienciessocials2n.blogspot.com.es/search/label/.2.%20Feudal%20Society