Create an acrostic poem that describes the influence of the Roman Catholic Church in medieval Europe. Use your student text, Reading Notes, and Handout D to complete your poem. Your poem must meet the following requirements. • It must have nine short stanzas, or lines.
• The first letter of the poem’s stanzas must spell out the words THE CHURCH. So, the first word of Stanza 1 must begin with the letter T, the first word of Stanza 2 with the letter H, and so on.
• The poem must contain at least five of the Social Studies Vocabulary words from this lesson.
• The poem must contain correct spelling and grammar.