Lesson on Monday, October 10, 2016

Aim: How did the Commercial Revolution help the Middle Class rise?

Bell Ringer: Journal 25 – How and why did medieval towns and cities grow?

Objectives:

1.                        Students will determine factors that led to the growth of a modern economy (agricultural improvements, trade, guilds, rise of a merchant class, rise of towns).

2.                        Students will analyze the effects of trade on the diffusion of culture.

Agenda:

1.                        Bell Ringer (10 min)

2.                        Letter Partners: Students are to pair up and read a designated section of the chapter. Each partner reads a different section. (Read pages 48-50) Students then write a letter to their partner describing their designated sections. Partners can write back asking any additional questions. (Keep in mind the checkpoint questions) Sections: "A Commercial Revolution" and "The Rise of the Middle Class"

3.                        Exit Ticket: 1. Describe three changes of the commercial revolution. 2. Why were guilds important in town life?

Home Learning: Entrance Ticket – Describe Japanese Feudalism. Due tomorrow!