Download Middle Ages and the Crusades iMovie Activity

Middle Ages and the Crusades
iMovie Activity
Directions: Your group is going to create a video presentation on the Roman Empire. Your topic will
be “Charlemagne unites Germanic Kingdoms” Ch 13 sec 1. You will need to open your iMovie
application and make a project. The presentation will need to be 3-4 minutes long. You may insert
graphics but must have video while having voice over to explain your assigned topic. You may use
music, sound effects, or any other tool to make your presentation effective.
Requirements:
-3-4 minutes
-Information must be valid and specific to the assigned topic.
-Information must be relevant and organized in a way that is easily understood.
-Must be interesting to your audience (not the teacher but the students).
-Add any additional information that might be relevant to the topic.
-Create a script (story board).
-Everyone’s voice must be in the video.
-Define new terms:
Charlemagne
Secular
Middle Ages
-Questions to answer
Who fought at the battle of Tours and why is it important?
What caused change in Western Europe?
What declined as a result of Germanic invaders?
Why would a lack of a common language be a problem in Europe?
How did Gregory I (Pope) expand the powers of the papacy beyond religion?
What is the importance of crowning Charlemagne emperor?
How did Charlemagne spread Christianity?
What 3 effects occur because of Charlemagne being crowned the Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope?
Middle Ages and the Crusades
iMovie Activity
Directions: Your group is going to create a video presentation on the Roman Empire. Your topic will
be “Feudalism in Europe” Ch 13 sec 2. You will need to open your iMovie application and make a
project. The presentation will need to be 3-4 minutes long. You may insert graphics but must have
video while having voice over to explain your assigned topic. You may use music, sound effects, or
any other tool to make your presentation effective.
Requirements:
-3-4 minutes
-Information must be valid and specific to the assigned topic.
-Information must be relevant and organized in a way that is easily understood.
-Must be interesting to your audience (not the teacher but the students).
-Add any additional information that might be relevant to the topic.
-Create a script (story board).
-Everyone’s voice must be in the video.
-Define new terms:
Feudalism
Vassal
Manor
Serf
Lord
Tithe
Fief
-Questions to answer
How are Feudalism and Manor system related?
Why did Feudalism develop?
What were the forces that held feudal society together?
What was a Vassal’s obligation to his Lord?
Explain the hierarchy of Feudalism.
What 3 groups invaded Europe?
Why does this help cause Feudalism?
Middle Ages and the Crusades
iMovie Activity
Directions: Your group is going to create a video presentation on the Roman Empire. Your topic will
be “The Power of the Church” Ch 13 sec 4. You will need to open your iMovie application and make a
project. The presentation will need to be 3-4 minutes long. You may insert graphics but must have
video while having voice over to explain your assigned topic. You may use music, sound effects, or
any other tool to make your presentation effective.
Requirements:
-3-4 minutes
-Information must be valid and specific to the assigned topic.
-Information must be relevant and organized in a way that is easily understood.
-Must be interesting to your audience (not the teacher but the students).
-Add any additional information that might be relevant to the topic.
-Create a script (story board).
-Everyone’s voice must be in the video.
-Define new terms:
Clergy
Benedict
Sacrament (examples)
Concordat of Worms
Lay Investiture
Excommunication
Holy Roman Empire
Papal Supremacy
-Questions to answer
Why didn’t Germany become a unified nation-state during the Middle Ages? (look up what a nationstate is)
Why was Henry IV excommunicated?
Why was Lay Investiture an issue for the Church?
Why would Papal Supremacy be an issue for Kings/Queen (Monarchs) in Europe?
What was the result of Pope Gregory VII reforms (Lay Investiture)?
Where was the Holy Roman Empire?
Middle Ages and the Crusades
iMovie Activity
Directions: Your group is going to create a video presentation on the Roman Empire. Your topic will
be “Church Reform and the Crusades” Ch 14 sec 1. You will need to open your iMovie application and
make a project. The presentation will need to be 3-4 minutes long. You may insert graphics but must
have video while having voice over to explain your assigned topic. You may use music, sound effects,
or any other tool to make your presentation effective.
Requirements:
-3-4 minutes
-Information must be valid and specific to the assigned topic.
-Information must be relevant and organized in a way that is easily understood.
-Must be interesting to your audience (not the teacher but the students).
-Add any additional information that might be relevant to the topic.
-Create a script (story board).
-Everyone’s voice must be in the video.
-Define new terms:
Crusade
Reconquista
Saladin
Inquisition
Richard the Lionhearted
Urban II
-Questions to be answer
Why was Jerusalem holy to Jews, Christians, and Muslims?
The Dome of the Rock is where Muslims believe Muhammad does what?
How many Crusades are there?
Which Crusade do Christians attack Christians and where does it occur?
Are the Crusades successful for Europeans?
What is the goal of the Crusades?
Where was the Reconquista and who was involved?
What did the Reconquista attempt to do?
Middle Ages and the Crusades
iMovie Activity
Directions: Your group is going to create a video presentation on the Roman Empire. Your topic will
be “The Hundred Years' War and the Plague” Ch 14 sec 4. You will need to open your iMovie
application and make a project. The presentation will need to be 3-4 minutes long. You may insert
graphics but must have video while having voice over to explain your assigned topic. You may use
music, sound effects, or any other tool to make your presentation effective.
Requirements:
-3-4 minutes
-Information must be valid and specific to the assigned topic.
-Information must be relevant and organized in a way that is easily understood.
-Must be interesting to your audience (not the teacher but the students).
-Add any additional information that might be relevant to the topic.
-Create a script (story board).
-Everyone’s voice must be in the video.
-Define new terms:
Bubonic Plague
Hundred Years War
Joan of Arc
-Questions to be answer
What happens to wages in Europe because of the Plague?
The devastation of the plague contributed to the collapse of what?
Who is responsible for the spread of the plague?
One impact of The Hundred Years War is that England and France began to develop what?
The development of what weapon changed warfare?
What is the importance of Joan of Arc?
What are the effects of the Plague?