Lesson 9: Internship Observation

Time: 1:50 2:45 pm

Grade: 8th
Subject: World History (Middle Ages in Western Europe)
Lesson Title: Medieval Architecture and Art

Standards:
National Geography Standards
2The World in Spatial Terms: How to use mental maps to organize information about people,
places, and environments in a spatial context
4Places and Regions: The physical and human characteristics of places and time periods.

Common Core State Standards

Brochure:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.2.B
Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or
other information and examples.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.2.E
Establish and maintain a formal style.
Tour:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.3
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique,
relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.3.A
Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a
narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.

SLOs:
1. Students will be able to identify and categorize different medieval architecture features
and structures: Romanesque or Gothic.
2. Students will label and describe features (Romanesque or Gothic) about a specific
Western European church.
3. Students will create a tour-based narrative to lead the classroom through their given
medieval church.
4. Students will develop an informational brochure with pictures, label and explanations in a
formal tone appropriate to historical tour brochures.
Materials:
*SmartBoard/Projector
* Medieval architecture PowerPoint (attached)
*Postcard Quick Write Evaluation
*Sample Brochure
*Visual Vocabulary Handout
*San Minato al Monte Floor Plan
*Computer/laptop (for each student group)
*World History textbook
 Lesson Plan

Hook: Playing Gregorian monk chants as the students enter the classroom and get seated.

Introduction: We will be looking further into the architecture of medieval churches, the
Romanesque and the Gothic, applying the knowledge that we learned from yesterdays lesson
and continuing to build on it.

Engage: Romanesque or Medieval game. (PowerPoint)

Ask students to identify structures as Romanesque or Gothic. Why? What features
(using specific vocabulary from the textbook and video) to make decisions.

Explore: Vocabulary Worksheets. Use pictures and definitions in the PowerPoint to fill out the
visual vocabulary worksheet. Add to the T-chart from the previous day as necessary.

Explain & Elaborate: Give a tour of the Basilica San Miniato al Monte in Florence, Italy.
Tell students that you are going on a field trip to Florence today!
o Where is Florence? What do you know about it? What did your textbook say
about the Northern Italian states in your textbook?
Pass out the layout of the church, explain that we will be going on a virtual tour to
each of the spots marked on the map.
o Do you think the church will be Romanesque or Gothic based on the floor
plan? Why?
Pass out brochures and have students follow along in the tourengage them with
questions about specific features of the church that matched the vocabulary given.

Evaluate: Have students fill out a postcard to their parent from Florence. Summary and
describeWhat did you see at San Miniato al Monte today?

Introduce group projectmaking a tour of your own church. Students must do Part I
(selecting a church from the list of preapproved virtual medieval churches) and Part 2,
finding a floor plan of the church, in class or as homework.
 Resources

1. Brescia church of San Francesco d'Assisi: Brescia, Italy

http://www.visit360.net/pano/start_full_right_en.php?vtour=italy_brescia&pano=10efda79-5f3b-
436e-908c-24c1cda4ede2

2. Seville Cathedral: Seville, Spain

http://www.sevillaen360.es/tours/tourvirtualcatedraldesevilla/tourvirtualcatedraldesevilla.html

3. Basilica di Saccargia: Sardinia, Italy

http://www.thinklab360.com/sardegna-virtual-tour/basilica-di-saccargia/esterno-della-
basilica.html

4. Exetere Cathedral: Devons, England

http://www.peterstephens.co.uk/content/virtual-tours/exeter-cathedral/virtualtour.html

5. Westminster Cathedral: London, England

https://www.eyerevolution.co.uk/tours/westminster-cathedral/

6. (Teacher church) San Miniato al Monte: Florence, Italy

http://www.thinklab360.com/firenze-virtual-tour/chiesa-san-miniato/navata-laterale-sinistra.html