Friday, next week is June

Friday-May 29

Friday Journal-handing in video(s) for the Grade 8 Farewell. Use your communication skills to reflect upon your time at Bruce.  If needed, more details are here

Friday-Kahoot

Next Week, I will keep being online at 1pm, but from school. You can also book an appointment by phoning the school to come in and see a teacher.

Also on Monday we will be correcting the questions from Wednesday and Thursday. For those already done, I have entered marks and given suggestions in Powerschool what needs to be done to get a perfect mark. Feel free to correct. Remember, marks won't be going down, only up!

To Infinity, and Beyond

Want to audition for the divisional choir? If so, email  jakkalyn.woodcroft@sjasd.ca

The Crusades, which began in 1095, brought a change to Europe. During the Middle Ages, especially the first part, there was little travel and therefor little exchange of ideas, materials, etc. The Crusades brought change by the influence traveling to the Middle East had on the Crusaders. They brought back new approaches to learning, new knowledge in science and mathematics, new flavours and manners, and a host of other things. 

Read more about the Crusades here. 

1. What prompted the Pope to call for a Crusade

2. There were a number of Crusades, which one was most successful?

3. Would you have joined a children's crusade? Why or why not. 

Read here for some of the effects of the Crusades

4. What effect did the Crusades have on land ownership?

5. At the start of our studies back in the Fall, societies seemed to have everyone fairly equal, The Hunting and Gathering societies, or a very rich and very poor class, the Agrarian societies (like ancient Egypt, Rome). With the rise of the Merchant class, what class of people are we seeing develop? Hint, most populous class in Canada. 

Next Week, The Black Death, the end of the Middle Ages, and the start of the Renaissance.