Western+Europe

__**Day 1**__
 * Create a new page titled "Western Europe" linked in your post-classical era page
 * Go to worldology and scroll through the maps starting at 490-600 (The Early Dark Ages) ending at 1240-1350 (Europe's Darkest Days) Take notes on the following
 * 1) **Impact of Christianity** (490-600)
 * 2) **Reign of Charles Martel & Viking Raids** (600 - 755)
 * 3) **The Rise of the Franks** (755-850)
 * 4) **Feudalism** (840 - 967)
 * 5) **Christianity and the High Middle Ages & Expansion of Holy Roman Empire** (967 - 1060)
 * 6) **Effects of the Crusades, Norman conquest of England and Magna Carta** (1060-1240)
 * 7) **Why the Golden Horde was able to dominate Europe and the Black Death Plague** (1240 - 1350)

__**Day 2**__
 * Use Mindomo to create two concept maps (1 for **Manorialism** and another for **Feudalism**). When you have completed these concept maps you should embed them onto your wiki. When you have embedded each of the maps you should write a summary of each term.


 * Homework**: Read pages 213-221

Read and mark up the following document using crocodocs and embed in wikispace When you have embedded the document write a short summary beneath.

__**Day 3**__
 * Create a GLOG - using Glogster focusing on either Western Culture during the Postclassical Era **__or__** the development of Economic Systems in Western Europe. Embed and summarize
 * Homework** Complete reading Chapter - take and upload notes on the __Decline of the Medieval Synthesis__

__**Day 4**__
 * Watch **"The Dark Ages"**

//**Essay: Compare and Contrast the economic and political systems of the Byzantine Empire and Western Europe during the post classical Era**//