2.10: Feudalism

Objective:

1. Students will be able to create a poster about a social class from either feudal Japan or Europe
2. Students will be able to answer questions on a worksheet based on student-generated posters about the feudal systems of Europe and Japan

Vocabulary: feudalism, serf, shogun, daimyo, samurai, knight

Directions:

• Get a copy of the worksheet found in this link
• Answer questions 1 & 2 based on the following information:

Feudalism is a system where peasants called serfs, who are tied to the land, work for the protection afforded by the landlord rather than for money. Warriors dominate society and are bound by codes of obedience and ethics. There is no strong central government; instead, lords of smaller units of land control the warriors and peasants, but these lords owe obedience (at least in theory) to a distant and relatively weak duke, king or emperor.

• Complete the "GALLERY WALK" portion of the worksheet based on the 2 readings bellow. Just click the button be taken to the reading.