Research steps for European Middle Ages Topic Groups
Steps:
- Google Doc: Set up a shared Google Doc for the group. Assign each group member a color. Share your group’s doc on Google Classroom Stream page
- Luke Derror
- Jason M-L
- David Wood
- Robyn Metz
- Brainstorm: As a group create a list of keywords related to your topic in Late and High Middle Ages 1050-1450. Do not stop until you have a considerable list. An example for Medicine might look like:
- Bubonic Plague
- Bloodletting
- Leeches
- Medical tools
- Surgery
- Apothecary (pharmacist in Middle Ages)
- Doctors?
- Research: Search information on databases and reliable internet sites using items from your brainstorming session. Each person should contribute at least 8 items. Below are a few ideas of research sites:
- Wikipedia
- Arts and the Humanities: Medieval Europe
- Gale World History
- Encyclopedia Britannica
Example for Medicine
Item
Image
Description/Details
Source
Bubonic Plague
1347-1351. Est. 75 to 200 million people died. Believed to be caused by bacteria....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death
Bloodletting
Common practice in the Middle Ages or many illnesses...
https://www.history.com/news/a-brief-history-of-bloodletting
Example for Government
Peasants Revolts
Peasants revolted against nobles in the late middle ages which caused political disunity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_revolts_in_late-medieval_Europe
- Ranking: From your table of items in step 3, rank items as a group that best summarize your topic for the Middle Ages.