"The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page." ~ St. Augustine

Surprise! Your quiz is postponed until tomorrow!


From our literature book we know that Romeo and Juliet takes place in the 14th-15th century. During class today, I want you to do a little investigative research on Verona, Italy. Not just the city and country, but Verona, Italy during the time period in which Romeo and Juliet took place.

Using the search engine of your choice, look up information about the city itself during the 14th-15th century. How did people make a living, the class system, who was ruling, the religion of the time, etc. Paint a general picture of what life was like in Verona. This won't be a very easy assignment. You have to read through several websites to get specific information, so it will probably take you the entire class, possibly even into homework tonight.

Please don't forget, before you publish your post, check it for errors. Most of you have no problems with this, but a few are posting with punctuation, capitalization and grammatical errors. I'm going to start counting off more for this.

Finally, you may pair up to work on the research for this posting. However, each person is responsible for writing their own summary. I expect a minimum of three paragraphs. Please include a link(s) to the site(s) you used as a source.

This is meant to be challenging. Good luck!