The intended audience for this unit is 7th grade social studies students.

This unit meets the Grade 7 Social Studies standards:

· Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Medieval Europe.

· Understand the development of feudalism, its role in the medieval European economy, the way in which it was influenced by physical geography (the role of the manor and the growth of towns), and how feudal relationships provided the foundation of political order.