Role Play activities:
1) Pope Gregory VII versus Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV over the Lay Investiture controversy (who should appoint church officials?) Henry called for the pope to step down & Gregory responded by excommunicating Henry.
2) Pope Urban II incendiary 'call to arms' n 1095 thus launching the First Crusade at the Council of Cleremont, France.
3) Returning Crusaders (12) hold their 'press' conference (class interviewers).
4) Empress Theodora impassioned plea to her husband, Emperor Justinian to remain in Constantinople and put down the Nika Rebellion.
ICD# 1 (In class debate): The Great Schism of 1054 (the west versus the east) . . . Roman Catholic Church versus Eastern Orthodox Church, and ICD #2 King John being forced the Magna Carta (Great Charter) in 1215 at the meadow of Runnymeade.
Mr. Fulumirani