Our unit covers the Grade 4 Provincial Curriculum expectations. Travel back to Medieval Times to meet the Crusaders. Learn about the Feudal System, Muhammad, the spread of Islam, and the Christian Church. The origins of modern western civilization lie in the Middle Ages. It was a period of upheaval, change, and assimilation and the foundations of our present-day systems of law, commerce and banking, religion, education, government and social institutions were built by vigorous and creative people all over Western Europe. The Middle Ages are generally considered to be the period of time extending from about 500 A.D. to the end of the fifteenth century. This unit contains information pages with comprehension, language, and art and drama activities. You are about to embark on a wonderfully interesting adventure with your class!