Middle Ages in Europe Group Project
Middle Ages in Europe Group Project
Middle Ages in Europe Group Project
Objective:
Students will collaborate with classmates to investigate the political, religious and
economic conditions of Europe during the High Middle Ages and prepare a
PowerPoint presentation for the class.
Procedure:
The class will be divided into groups of five students; the students on each team
will be assigned five separate tasks:
Section 1 Expert - Growth of Royal Power in England and France
Section 2 Expert - The Holy Roman Empire and the Church
Section 3 Expert - Europeans Look Outward
Section 4 Expert - Learning, Literature, and the Arts
Section 5 Expert - A Time of Crisis
Each group will work together to research conditions in Europe during the high
Middle Ages and create a presentation for the class.
Experts in each group will teach their team members about their topic. Each
expert must prepare a written outline (like the notes I give you) or handout of the
pertinent facts on their topic, posted on the wikipage.
http://msrodolicohistory.wikispaces.com/
Requirements:
Each group must create a Powerpoint presentation with a minimum of 20 slides (4
per person) Each group must answer all of the questions and address all of the
subjects in each of the expert groups.
Any student who misses more than two day of class during the two weeks we
work on this will be responsible for all three essays.
Grading :
Students will be graded on the Powerpoint, Essay, Guided Reading Packet, Group
Evaluation and Ms. Rodolico’s Evaluation, please see rubrics.
April_______
Research days in the library and in the classroom.
Tasks :
1.Students may work alone or with other experts for their topic to
find and compile information, pictures and graphics.
All work should be saved on the computer and posted
to wiki.
April ____________
Peer instruction and presentation work.
Tasks:
1. Each expert will instruct the rest of the group on her topic.
2. Students should fill in information for their vocabulary packets
in original sentences.
3. Students will also continue entering info into their presentations.
**Guided Reading and Vocabulary are due on April ______
April __________
Presentations will begin
April _______ All paperwork is due and all groups must be prepared to present.
Presentations can be either on a flash drive or posted to the wiki and MUST be together
with the rest of the group. I will not accept separate presentations from each group
member.