Lesson plan

I have been researching on Charlemagne times, because of our lesson plan. I am not getting that much information on customs, so I have to work extra hard, to find a good website. Im going to go to the libarary soon to rent out some books on charlemagne, because, I get good information from books.

Skits

My group, the fish, decided to split up and let the boys do what they wanted and the girls what they. I had to type the 10 facts sheet, were I had to combine the notes everyone took in our class, and types the most important. Catlin and Mara helped me. Then we had to split the notes up in the groups and then we split and did our skits. The skits went really well, and we didnt mess up at all.

Charlemagne

In 768, when Charlemagne was 26, he and his younger brother Carloman inherited the kingdom of the Franks. In 771 Carloman died, and Charlemagne became sole ruler of the kingdom. At that time the Franks were falling back into barbarian ways, neglecting their education and religion. The Saxons of northern Europe were still pagans. In the south, the Roman Catholic church was asserting its power to recover land confiscated by the Lombard kingdom of Italy. Europe was in turmoil.

Charlemagne was determined to strengthen his realm and to bring order to Europe. In 772 he launched a 30-year military campaign to accomplish this objective. By 800 Charlemagne was the undisputed ruler of Western Europe. His vast realm encompassed what are now France, Switzerland, Belgium, and The Netherlands. It included half of present-day Italy and Germany, and parts of Austria and Spain. By establishing a central government over Western Europe, Charlemagne restored much of the unity of the old Roman Empire and paved the way for the development of modern Europe.

On Christmas Day in 800, while Charlemagne knelt in prayer in Saint Peter's in Rome, Pope Leo III placed a golden crown on the bowed head of the king. Charlemagne is said to have been surprised by the coronation, declaring that he would not have come into the church had he known the pope's plan. However, some historians say the pope would not have dared to act without Charlemagne's knowledge.

Charlemagne learned to read Latin and some Greek but apparently did not master writing. At meals, instead of having jesters perform, he listened to visiting scholars read from learned works. Charlemagne believed that government should be for the benefit of the governed. He was a reformer who tried to improve his subject's lives. He set up money standards to encourage commerce and urged better farming methods.

"By the sword and the cross," Charlemagne became master of Western Europe

As is often the case, people considered great by historians are great killers as well. Throughout his conquests, Charlemagne was responsible for the death of masses of people who refused to accept Christianity, or their new king. Choosing to keep faith with their old gods and leaders, many thousands were slaughtered.

My Organism

My tank is going to have fish called the Black and Dalmatian Mollies. This fish are community fish, meaning that they can be in a tank with other fish without killing each other. This is a picture of the Dalmatian Mollie. This is the information about the fish:




Family: Poeciliidae
Range: Gulf of Mexico through the east coast of Florida to North Carolina
Size: Up to 4¾ inches
Diet: Omnivore
Tank Set-up: Freshwater: Tough plants, good filtration
Tank Conditions: 68-82°F; pH 7.0-7.8; dH 10-25
Minimum Tank Capacity: 30 gallons
Light: Medium
Temperament: Peaceful
Swimming Level: Top to middle
Care Level: Moderate
Reproduction: Livebearer

Lesson Plan

Today Mr. Strong interduced us to a new portion of the project called the Lesson Plan, that is where we have to learn indepth our time frame and be able to teach a 45 min - 1 hr. lesson plan about it. My time frame is the Charlemagne times, and my partner and I are going to be doing some hard core studying. The requirments for this project will be in a later post, once I get the copy of the sheet.

Zoomanities

This project is called Zoomanitites, which is about learning about a specific time zone, such as S. Europe Charlemagne times. There is a time, that is paired up with a specific animal, and you have to build an habitat that the animal can live in, but as well represent the time zone you are in. My group is the Fish and its time zone is Charlemagne times. My group is made of, Bella (me), Dani, Matt F, Evanglyn, Amanda, Pauline, Hunter, Jose, Catlin and Maira.