HISTORY: St. Benedict and Justinian

Awesome job on your tests this past week over St. Jerome Completes the Vulgate! We started work last week on St. Benedict and "The Rules of St. Benedict" that were written for monasteries.

Monday, we will be using our reading from "The Church in History" to fill in a chart worksheet about Monasticism. This is homework if not finished in class.
Tuesday, we will take Psalm 23 which you have been learning in Latin class and create our own "Illuminated" Psalm page. Discover what a drop cap is and why manuscripts were decorated so beautifully. Below is the Psalm if you have forgotten your worksheet.

Psalmus 23

Dominus pascit me, et nihil mihi deerit;

in pascuis virentibus me collocavit,

super aquas quietis eduxit me.

Animam meam refecit.

Deduxit me super semitas iustitiae propter nomen suum.

Nam et si ambulavero in Valle umbrae Mortis,

non timebo mala, quoniam Tu mecum es,

virga Tua et baculus Tuus,

ipsa me consolata sunt.

Parasti in conspectu meo mensam

adversus eos, qui tribulant me;

impinguasti in oleo caput meum,

et calix meus redundat.

Etenim benignitas et misericordia subsequentur me

omnibus diebus vitae meae,

et inhabitabo in Domo Domini

in longitudinem dierum.

Wednesday will be a day to complete our illuminated Psalm pages in class. There will also be review for our St. Benedict test coming up on Thursday.
Thursday, St. Benedict and Monasticism TEST.

Friday, we will begin our lesson on Justinian the great, using our reading cards, we will complete the coinciding worksheet. We'll be learning how Justinian brought back some of the glory that was lost to the Roman Empire after all the invasions we've already learned about.