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Unit Project- 6th Grade Each student will be assigned a specific class from the Middle Ages. Students will be required to research the feudal system and their specific class and write a report explaining what life was like for their people in their class, what kind of jobs they had, the challenges they faced, how one became a part of a specific class, etc. Gender differences should also be taken into account.

GLEs SS7 1.4, 2.7, 2.1 (Use technological tools for research and presentation) SS5 1.10 (Identify and Describe human characteristics, such as people's education, language, diversity, economies, religions, settlement patterns, ethnic background and political system.) SS3 1.10 (Investigate Europe in the Middle Ages)

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eThemes []
 * [|The Middle Ages: Feudal Life]
 * This site covers many aspects of life in the Middle Ages including feudal life, religion, town life, and more.
 * I kept running across this link over and over again during my search. This web site has a lot of varied information.
 * [|Medieval Times]
 * Use this site for information and numerous links to everything about the Middle Ages from castles to knights to footwear and more.
 * This web site did not have a great deal of information alone, but it did have a lot of links to additional web sites about the Middle Ages.
 * [|PBS: Medieval Siege]
 * This site helps students understand life in a castle.
 * This was the only other website on this site that seemed helpful and age appropriate. Though it is quite specific to students whose role is in the castle, it would be a good resource for them.


 * While I found this site the easiest to use, it did not give me very much information about what I was looking for. While I like that the web site includes the grades that the link can serve, it would be wonderful if it would include information about what link will benefit which grade.

IPL2 (Internet Public Library and Librarians' Internet Index) []
 * [|Middle Ages]
 * Portrays every day life in Medieval times and contains sections on feudal life, religion, homes, clothing, health, arts & entertainment, and town life.
 * [|Medieval English urban history]
 * Historical information about English cities and towns in the Middle Ages, with emphasis on medieval boroughs of East Anglia and on social, political and constitutional history
 * [|The End of Europe's Middle Ages]
 * A tutorial "designed to assist those students engaged in Renaissance, Reformation and Early Modern studies who lack a background in medieval European history," particularly the 14th and 15th centuries.
 * This web site had more links than eThemes, but it did not have information about what grades the links were appropriate for. There were many, more specific, links that could be helpful to students.

Sweet Search []
 * [|History 388-Violence in the Middle Ages]
 * The site contains background sources, books, and journal articles about violence in the Middle Ages.


 * [|Catholic Culture: Library: Religion and the Middle Ages]
 * An examination of the Church's influence on secular law during the Middle Ages.
 * This link is very specific, but religion played a very large role during the Middle Ages and it could be helpful as a secondary source.


 * [|The ORB: On-line Reference Books for Medieval Studies]
 * This link has information about Medieval studies and external links to more web sites about the Middle Ages.


 * This web site was, by far, the most difficult site to maneuver through and though it gave me a lot of hits from my search, they did not seem to relate to my original search that much. Some of the links on Sweet Search's site also required a subscription which, I think, would frustrate many students.

Virtual Learning Resource Center [| http://www.virtuallrc.com/]
 * [|Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature]
 * This web site contains information about literature during the Middle Ages on various subjects as well as links to additional information about the Middle Ages.
 * [|BBC History]
 * This web site contains information about the Bubonic Plague which was a large threat during the Middle Ages.


 * [|Medieval Sourcebook]
 * Contains information about the Peasant's Revolt of 1381.


 * I had a very difficult time finding information pertaining to the Middle Ages on this web site and I found it more daunting to figure out what a link was actually about without actually visiting the site.

NetTrekker d.i. (JCKL database)
 * [|Thinkquest: The Lives of Medieval Women]
 * A website based on the opinion that medieval women are glossed over in modern day history courses.
 * [|Medieval-life.net]
 * This web site has a wealth of information about life during the Middle Ages including knowledge about food, education, etc.


 * [|Women in the Middle Ages]
 * This site is an overview of the power and privilege given to women in the Middle Ages. Describes the lives of noble and peasant women.


 * This web site was very helpful! I found the reading recommendation levels very useful. It was also helpful that the resource was divided into elementary, middle, and high school levels.