Castles

Remember our class discussions and do some reading here about castle defense. Explore the site and become one of our Castle experts.

Then:

Use your google account to log onto flickr. Then go the the pictures of Castles that exists on the class flickr account http://www.flickr.com/photos/78589856@N03/ Find at least 5 comments to make on the various pictures

This coming Friday

Blog below what you will be coming as this Friday and your plans to get(make) your costume. Also blog what item(s) you will be bringing to share and go into some detail about those items.

Review for the start of May!!

The Vikings

With this link and/or this link, and/or the 2 viking movies provided, answer the following questions. 1. About what time period did the vikings travel throughout Europe? 2. What piece of technology enabled the vikings to be such successful traders and pirates? 3. List 7 trade items that might be found in a Viking boat. 4. We don't weigh our coins to determine their worth. Why did Viking traders often carry a scale to determine the worth of money? 5. Your ticket out is to have a successful viking quest. Bonus- What is your theory of the round towers of Ireland?

Tell us about a meal

With your group, plan a meal from the European Middle ages. Let us know who the meal is for and about what period during the Middle Ages the meal is being served. Blog your response below.

Food, and O Yes I did CCCaitlynn.

With information from this link, answer the following questions in the blog. 1. List at leasts 2 ways that travel (in particular, the Crusades) change meal time during the Middle Ages. 2. Who would eat rye bread? 3. Assuming that you have enough food to feed yourself properly during the middle ages, would extra money lead you to have a healthier diet? Explain. 4. Many of our foods were developed as a result of preservation practices during the Middle Ages. In the days before fridges and canning, foods were prepared in various ways so that they would last longer. These various methods of preparation gave the foods a distinctive taste. Read the article here and list at least 5 foods that you have had that would have been subjected to a Middle Ages preservation technique. Some more information can be found here 5. A ploughman is a field worker from the Middle Ages and a ploughman's lunch is a common menu item today. What would you get if you ordered this? 6. What were some main differences between the meals of the upper class and the lower class?

Ancient Rome Timeline

Using the teacher provided link, or a link of your own, add to your timeline. This time, put in at least 5 dates about Ancient Rome. Three of the dates have to be when Rome became a Republic, When Rome became an Empire, The collapse of Rome.