Grade Levels:

• 9-12

Subjects:

• English/Language Arts
• Social Studies
• Mathematics

Synopsis:

• Students will design, develop, and implement a performance-based project which explains selected aspects of society during the Middle Ages including creating tapestries, the romance of medieval literature, peasant farmers, knights, and the Bubonic Plague

Lessons:

• Middle Ages Tapestries were the Fabric of their Lives
• Elements of Medieval Romance
• Peasant Life in the Middle Ages
• The Life of a Knight
• The Bubonic Plague During the Middle Ages

Created by University High School faculty members:

• Mary J. Phillips

• Paula L. Polosky (Additional e-mail address: ppolosky@access.k12.wv.us)

• James C. Wendling