M3: Final Medieval Europe Mission

Due: November 17-AM Core / December 2nd-PM Core

Using the story arc, write a 5-paragraph blog post that demonstrates character change. Select ONE of the following problems, you may slightly modify the problem to meet your traveler's needs:

1. While visiting Byzantium, you hear that Emperor Justinian is trying to unite Europe. Do you help him, or do you join those who oppose him?
2. You are a monk in monastery where St. Benedict is in charge. He has a series of new, very strict rules. He has already survived one assassination attempt, do you help him, or do you join those who oppose him?
3. A group of theater performers are preparing to present a Mystery Play. You have been invited to join the cast.
4. While visiting a Medieval town, you are invited to dinner at the home of a town dweller.
5. King John has asked for you to help him negotiate with the angry merchants. Help him write the Magna Carta.

Make sure that your story follows the story arc and includes accurate historical information.


Include 2-4 hyperlinked vocabulary words from weeks 7-10.

If you choose to use dialogue, make sure you properly format it (new line for each speaker, quotation marks). Also make sure that the dialogue is unified together based on topic (just like a paragraph).

M2: Exploring Medieval Europe

Due: November 3-A Group / November 9-B Group

Using the story arc, write a 5-paragraph blog post that demonstrates character change. Select ONE of the following problems:

1. The merchants, lords and ladies are rebelling. You are an adviser to a monarch who wants your help to save their throne.
2. The Bubonic Plague is spreading. You, or a friend, are exhibiting some of the symptoms.
3. You have assumed the role of a peasant. A knight has accused you of a crime.
4. The University of Paris needs instructors. You are invited to teach a class.
5. The 100 Years War is raging. You see that Joan of Arc is about to be captured.

Make sure that your story follows the arc and includes accurate historical information.


Include 2-4 hyperlinked vocabulary words from weeks 5-8.

If you choose to use dialogue, make sure you properly format it (new line for each speaker, quotation marks). Also make sure that the dialogue is unified together based on topic (just like a paragraph).

M1: Welcome to Medieval Europe

DUE: A Group Oct 13/B Group Oct 21

Greetings Travelers!

Before you start this mission, you need to copy and paste your Time Traveler Essay as a blog post. The title of your post should be the title of your essay. You should hyperlink the vocabulary words in your post. Depending on how you paste, you might need to play with formatting and appearance.

Your first mission for the year is going to be a fun one! For your first mission I need you to travel back to Medieval Europe and write about the sensory details. Don't talk to anyone. I just need five paragraphs describing what you see, hear, smell, taste, and/or feel. You might consider writing about the geography and the buildings/medieval towns. Your paragraphs can be five separate pieces of writing (they don't have to transition or flow into each other, they just need to be good paragraphs).

Make sure your paragraphs are strong and have unity. Include 2-4 hyperlinked vocabulary words (from weeks 3-6). Don't forget to read and comment on at least two other posts.

AND REMEMBER: If your blog layout does not meet the requirements described in this post it will be marked as missing and will not be graded! You also might want to double check the link to your blog on the TTI blog page, this will help to ensure that your classmates can read and access your exciting adventures.

Signor Volpe: A Man For All Time

It has often been said that “opportunity rarely knocks twice.” There are millions of stories about people who didn’t answer the door when opportunity knocked; the story of Signor Corsa Volpe is not one of those stories. Signor Volpe is an amazing man who rose up through the ranks to become one of the most powerful men in time travel history.

Corsa was born in Florence, Italy during the European Renaissance.  His initial interest in time travel began to germinate while working as an apprentice for the famous Leonardo daVinci. In a journal entry dated 1512, Leonardo wrote, “Never in my life have I met a more interesting young man…Volpe will certainly become one of history’s most loved men.” Some of Signor Volpe’s earliest time travels included riding war elephants across the Pyrenees with Hannibal and working as a slave to help build the Egyptian Pyramids. Signor Volpe loved time travel, yet he knew he would need to do more if he was to be truly happy

Volpe’s big break came in the year 2011C.E. It was in this year that one of the world’s most prestigious and popular time travel companies, Time Travelers’ Incorporated, had a sudden need for new management.  TTI was run and managed by the brilliant young Senor Zorro, yet Zorro was fired for reasons still unclear. Corsa Volpe knew this was his big chance. He put together an amazing résumé and presentation.  Until they agreed to hire him, he camped out in front of TTI headquarters day and night.

Although it is a lot of hard work, Signor Volpe knows that managing Time Traveler’s Incorporated is no trivial matter. Volpe has brought his personal area of expertise, the Medieval World and European Renaissance, to the company and they now offer intensive year long-travels throughout this time. Corsa is a more hands on CEO than Zorro and will often travel with his clients. Olde Time magazine has named him their “Man of the Year.” In the article describing their decision they said, “Never has one man been so amazing. It is our opinion that Volpe could easily be the man of any year he chose to live in.”

Starting life as a simple workshop apprentice and then building a career that leads to being one of the most powerful men in Time is undoubtedly an amazing feat. Many people have dreamed of doing this. Signor Corsa Volpe did more than just dream. He saw an opportunity, and he took it. Truly, this makes him one of the most powerful men in time travel history.