1351

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the start day of the year?Saturday. January 1st, 1351, occurred on a Saturday
2. What is the roman numeral designation?MCCCLI. This is the representation of 1351 in Roman numerals
3. What does it mean that 1351 was a "common year"?A common year has 365 days and does not include a leap day. It was the normal length for most years in the Julian calendar.
4. Why did the year 1351 start on a Saturday?The calendar was set so that January 1, 1351 fell on a Saturday. That day of the week was used to keep track of dates.

Julian calendar: A solar calendar introduced by Julius Caesar, characterized by a leap year every four years, which was the standard in Europe until the Gregorian reform.
Common year: A calendar year containing 365 days, as opposed to a leap year which contains 366 days.
Intercalary day: An extra day added to a calendar, such as February 29th in a leap year, to synchronize the calendar with astronomical events.