Medieval Choice Projects
Feudalism
Church
Crusades
Magna Carta
Black Death
Make a “feudal pyramid”
foldable.
CREATE AN
ILLUMINATED PRAYER
To make additional copies of
books, priests rewrote them by
hand. They used fancy script,
colors, and illustrations. Copy
the Prayer of St. Francis or the
Lord’s Prayer and illuminate it.
Make a book cover for an
informational book of the
Crusades.
Write an acrostic for
“MAGNA CARTA”
Create a crossword puzzle
about the Black Death
10 points
15 points
Use the “Three Estates”
handout and use one side for
each of the estates.
10 points
Technology
Go to http://snipurl.com
and pull up the white
board – make a map of
the spread of the plague
10 points
10 points
15 points
Read pages 178 – 185 “The
Training of a Knight” in the
Tapestries Book
Make a poster illustrating the
steps to Knighthood.
Create a sensory figure of a
monk. Include at least ten facts
about how monks lived and the
importance of the church.
15 points
15 points
Design A Heraldic Shield
Create a shield that represents
you, and write a paragraph
explaining what the symbols
say about you
Create a crossword puzzle
about the Roman Catholic
Church
20 points
15 points
Write a letter home as a
soldier in the Crusades.
15 points
15 points




Charlemagne
Richard the Lion Hearted
Eleanor of Aquitaine
King John
You will record your
performance.
Research a famous cathedral
such as Amiens or Notre Dame.
Create a collage of items
that were introduced to
Europe after the Crusades.
In addition to
newspapers/magazine you
may use images from the
internet.
Create a recruitment
commercial for people to
join the Crusades.
Create and label a floor plan for
it.
OR
Create a sensory figure of
a plague victim.
You must include four
symptoms on the body of
your victim.
Include any other 6 facts
about the plague.
15 points
You Be The Person –
Medieval Monarch
Create a worksheet on
King John and the
Magna Carta.
20 points
Make and label a model of the
cathedral.
Create a six panel
comic strip of the
meeting between the
Barons and King John.
Consider this historical
fiction – your story
must be based in fact
but you may be
creative
15 points
Was King John a
“necessary evil” or
would something like
the Magna Carta have
happened anyway?
15 points
Greeting Card
(Condolences)
Create a greeting card to
send to a family who has
lost loved ones to the
plague.
15 points
News Report of the Black
Death
Must include:
Who, what, where, why,
and how of the Black
Death.
Write a position
paper about your
opinion, and support it
with facts.
Script must be turned in
along with the recording of
the News Broadcast.
20 points
20 points
Latin was the popular
language of the Church in
the Middle Ages. Make
a powerpoint of Latin
words and their English
meanings.
15 points
Create a Poster
Use
http://poster.4teachers.org
to create an online poster
about feudalism, the
Roman Catholic Church,
the Crusades, The Black
Death, or the Magna
Carta.
20 points
Create a Game in
Powerpoint – either use
the template or create
your own board.
Your topic is “The
Middle Ages” – it will be
printed out and
assembled.
30 points
20 points
20 points
FREE CHOICE
(approval required)
FREE CHOICE
(approval required)
FREE CHOICE
(approval required)
FREE CHOICE
(approval required)
FREE CHOICE
(approval required)
FREE CHOICE
(approval required)
25-50 pts
25-50 pts
25-50 pts
25-50 pts
25-50 pts
25-50 pts