TOOL Name:

Twiducate
TOOL URL
http://www.twiducate.com
Contributor:
Karen Hunter
Grade Level:
Grades 4-8 (for these activities: Grade 7/8;
home school; Special Ed.)
Class/Course/Subject:
Any Course or Subject (For these activities:
Social Studies & L.A.; the Middle Ages)
Activity Idea 1:
1. General Post/Question & Answer

With parental permission, students will be
added to the class Twiducate account.
(Note: students without parental permission
will be provided an alternate activity)

- A1 Interact and collaborate in pairs and
groups to support learning of self and
others; explore experiences, ideas and
information; comprehend and respond to
a variety of texts
- A4 Contributing ideas and recognizing
the ideas of others
- B7 After reading and viewing, select and
use a range of strategies to extend and
confirm meaning, including responding
to text, asking questions, making
inferences and drawing conclusions

After watching and listening to Story of the
World Vol 2: The Middle Ages Ch. 17, Part 1
on CD/DVD, log in to Twiducate and join our
class:
In the comments section, please make a
post about what you learned about
knights today. Some ideas to help you:
What was the old way of being a knight
and how did it change? What happened
to make it change? What was the new
word for it? What were some of the
characteristics of this new way of being
a knight? How did you become a
knight? How do you think it felt to be a
knight?
Respond to one other persons post
about their ideas (look for a post that
does not have a comment yet). You are
welcome to comment on more than one
post. Leave a comment about their post
and then please leave a question for that
person to answer (the question should
be connected to what they have posted).
Answer any questions others have left
for you about your post.
Activity Idea 2:
2. Using the Class Bookmark Feature

- B3 View, both collaboratively and
independently, to comprehend a variety
of visual texts, such as: websites, films
and videos
- B7 After reading and viewing, select and
use a range of strategies to extend and
confirm meaning

Log into Twiducate and join our class. Go to
the Bookmarked section about the Middle
Ages and choose one of the bookmarked
links to explore.
Once you have explored your chosen
link, please post at least 2 examples of
something new you learned about the
Middle Ages; OR, compare information
from one bookmarked link to another,
giving at least 2 examples.
Using the information you have learned
from the link, find another website with
information about the Middle Ages that
you think will add to our learning and
post the link in the Class Bookmark
section.



Activity Idea 3:
3. Thinking & Extension

- B8 Explain and support personal
responses to text by making connections
with prior knowledge and experiences;
generating thoughtful questions;
developing opinions using evidence
- B9 Interpret and analyze ideas and
information from texts, by making and
supporting judgments
- B10 Synthesize and extend thinking
about texts, by personalizing ideas and
information

Log into Twiducate and join our class.
Using what you have now learned about
the Middle Ages from the CD, as well as
information provided by your classmates,
choose one of the following and create a
post:
1. Make a connection between how
knights of the Middle Age had to live
and how you live your own life. How
could you live your life differently
being inspired by the knights?
2. If knights of the Middle Ages came to
visit you today, describe what they
might think is similar and what they
might think is different.
3. The image of a Middle Age knight
makes me feel. OR reminds me
of