Then the teacher will have students formulate questions they have about Medieval Europe and Feudalism they will then pair-share and share with the whole class. A characteristic that Feudalism held was the use of a social structure. In other words, feudalism was a part of the feudal society where the subordinate subjects showed loyalty to their Lords and obtained from them a piece of land. They will then pair-share their chart with a partner, and then the teacher will choose some student volunteers to share out their prior knowledge to the rest of the class. Feudalism was a kind of socio-political organisation which arose in medieval Europe and was based on land tenure given by the Lord to the Vassels, who served their masters in varous ways. The pyramid of power which was the Feudal system ran to a strict pecking order - during the Medieval period of the Middle Ages everyone knew their place.
During the Middle Ages Unit students will also. The teacher will first have students create and fill out a "Know" column of the chart, individually. Students will learn about the rise of Feudalism in Medieval Europe as a way to maintain order and protection. To see that students have this prior knowledge, the teacher will have students fill out a K-W-L chart about Medieval Europe and Feudalism. They also need to know how Charlemagne united the Germanic Kingdoms and how the pope started to gain power. The feudalistic set up of European Middle Ages was also strengthened by the emergence of Christian religious revolutions. They need to be aware of the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the Germanic invasions into the old Roman territory that took place which caused Europe to fall into the Dark Ages. In order to attain security after the fall of the Roman Empire, against Germanic barbarians, Islamic invaders, and pagan enemies, European kingdoms gradually accepted the customs of feudalism. In order to successfully learn about the feudal system, students need to have prior knowledge of Europe's history, up until the Middle Ages.