Horizontal Curriculum Map by 3-Week Block COURSE: Medieval World History Block CA State Standard(s), Common Core Standards Topic(s)/ Essential Question(s) Content/Materials Assessments Academic Vocabulary 1A 6.7: Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures during the development of Rome. 7.1: Students analyze the causes and effects of the vast expansion and ultimate disintegration of the Roman Empire. RH: 1, 4 WHST 1, 4, 6 What were the G.R.A.P.E.S of the Roman Empire? What were the early strengths and lasting contributions of Rome? What were the geographic borders of the empire at its height and the factors that threatened its territorial cohesion? Describe the establishment, by Constantine, of the new capital in Constantinople and the development of the Byzantine Empire. Supplemental Material- History Alive: Ancient World History (Chapters 32-34, 36) History Alive: Medieval World History (Chapters 1 and 6) Informal Assessment: Map of Rome Project Based Assessment: G.R.A.P.E.S of the Roman Empire Legacies of the Roman Empire Creation of a Mosaic Formal Assessment: Unit Exam Mapping Quiz w/ short constructive response Mosaic Vault Dome Cathedral Aqueduct Philosophy Proverb Public works Icon Schism Patriarch Liturgy Veto
1C 7.4: Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Ghana and Mali in Medieval Africa. RH 1, 7, 8 WHST 1, 5, 6 What are the relationship of the vegetation zones of the forest, the savannah, and the desert to trade in gold, salt, food, and slaves; and the growth of the Ghana and Mali empires? What is the importance of family, labor specialization, and commerce in West Africa? What was the role of the trans-Saharan caravan trade in the changing religious and cultural characteristics of West Africa and the influence of Islamic beliefs, ethics, and Law? Arabic Language? Describe the importance of written & oral traditions in the transmission of African history culture. History Alive: Medieval World (Chapters 12-15) McDougal Littel Video on the Sahara Desert LAUSD Resource Binder Informal Assessments: Map of Africa including Vegetation Zones and Empires of Ghana and Mali Discussion on importance of family, labor specialization, and regional commerce in Africa. Project Based Assessment: G.R.A.P.E.S of the Civilization of Africa. Legacies of West African Culture Flipbook Formal Assessment: Unit Exam Mapping Quiz w/ short constructive response Kingdom Trans-Saharan Trade Tribute Clan Patrilineal Folktale Genealogy Succession
2A 7.7: Students compare and contrast the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the and Andean civilizations. RH 1, 2,4, 9 WHST 2, 6, 7, 8 What are the locations, landforms, and climates of Mexico, Central America, and South America and their effects on Mayan, Aztec, and Incan economies, trade, and development of urban societies? What are the roles of people in each society, including class structures, family life, warfare, religious beliefs and practices, and slavery? Explain how and where each empire arose and how the Aztec and Incan empires were defeated by the Spanish. Describe the artistic and oral traditions and architecture in the three civilizations. What were the Meso-American achievements in astronomy and mathematics, including the development of the calendar and the Meso-American knowledge of seasonal changes to the civilizations’ agricultural systems? History Alive: Medieval World (Chapters 23-27) Informal Assessments: Map of Civilizations Discussion on roles of people in each society. Worksheet on the G.R.A.P.E.S of each Society Cultural Awareness “Ceremony” Project Based Assessment: G.R.A.P.E.S of each of the Civilization of Meso-America. Legacies of the Maya, Inca, and Aztecs Formal Assessment: Unit Exam Mapping Quiz w/ short constructive response Mesoamerica Social Pyramid Slash & Burn Agriculture Alliance
2C 7.5: Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Medieval Japan. RH 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 WHST 1, 8, 9 What is the significance of Japan’s proximity to China and Korea? Discuss the reign of Prince Shotoku of Japan and the characteristics of Japanese society and family life during his reign. Describe the feudal system, including the values, social customs, and traditions prescribed by the lord-vassal system and lasting influence of the samurai and warrior code of the twentieth century. Trace the development of distinctive forms of Japanese Buddhism. What are the legacies of the golden age of literature, art, and drama and its lasting effects on culture? History Alive: Medieval World (Chapters 20-22) McDougal Littel Video on the Proximity of Japan to China and Korea LAUSD Resource Binder Informal Assessments: Map of Feudal Japan Creation of the Feudal system in relation to Japan Samurai Warrior Activity, including forms of Buddhism Project Based Assessment: G.R.A.P.E.S of Japan Booklet Formal Assessment: Unit Exam Mapping Quiz w/ short constructive response Regent Imperial Aristocracy Meditation Syllable Courtier Shogun Daimyo Samurai Bushido (page 248) Noh Theater
3A 7.6: Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Medieval Europe. RH 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 WHST 1, 5, 8 Study the geography of the Europe and the Eurasian land mass, including its location, topography, waterways, vegetation, and climate and their relationship to ways of life in Medieval Europe. How did the spread of Christianity north of the Alps and the roles played by the early church and by monasteries in its diffusion after the fall of the western half of the affect the Roman Empire? Understand the development of feudalism, its role in the medieval European economy, the way in which it was influenced by physical geography & how relationships provided the foundation of political order. History Alive: Medieval World (Chapters 2-5, 11) McDougal Littel Video on Medieval Europe LAUSD Resource Binder Informal Assessments: Map of Feudal Europe Discussion of the role of Christianity Creation of the Feudal system in relation to Europe Bubonic Plague Letter Project Based Assessment: Decline of Feudal Europe Project Crusades Pyramid Magna Carta Writing Assignment Formal Assessment: Unit Exam Mapping Quiz w/ short constructive response Monarch Fief Manor Noble Hierarchy Chivalry Excommunication Crusades Hundred Years’ War Knight Bubonic Plague Magna Carta
3B 7.6: Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Medieval Europe. RH 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, WHST 2, 4, 7 What was the conflict and cooperation between the Papacy and European monarchs? Know the significance of developments in medieval English legal and constitutional practices and their importance in the rise of modern democratic thought and representative institutions. What were the causes and course of the religious Crusades and their effects on the Christian, Muslim, and Jewish populations in Europe? Map the spread of the bubonic plague and describe its impact on global population. Understand the importance of the Catholic church as a political, intellectual, and aesthetic institution (e.g., founding of universities, political, etc.) History Alive: Medieval World (Chapters 2-5, 11) McDougal Littel Video on Medieval Europe LAUSD Resource Binder Informal Assessments: Map of Feudal Europe Discussion of the role of Christianity Creation of the Feudal system in relation to Europe Bubonic Plague Letter Project Based Assessment: Decline of Feudal Europe Project Crusades Pyramid Magna Carta Writing Assignment Formal Assessment: Unit Exam Mapping Quiz w/ short constructive response Monarch Fief Manor Noble Hierarchy Chivalry Excommunication Crusades Hundred Years’ War Knight Bubonic Plague Magna Carta
4B 7.10: Students analyze the historical developments of the Scientific Revolution and its lasting effect on religious, political, and cultural institutions. RH 1, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 WHST 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9 What are the roots of the Scientific Revolution (e.g., Greek rationalism; Jewish, and Muslim science; Renaissance humanism; new knowledge from global exploration)? Understand the significance of the new scientific theories (e.g., those of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton) and the significance of new inventions (e.g., the telescope, microscope, thermometer, barometer). 3. Understand the scientific method advanced by Bacon and Descartes, the influence of new scientific rationalism on the growth of democratic ideas, and the coexistence of science with traditional religious beliefs. History Alive: Medieval World (Chapters 34) Supplemental Materials Informal Assessments: Scientific Method Model Discussion of the roots of the Scientific Revolution Formal Assessment: Unit Exam Scientific Method Quiz w/ short constructive response Rationalism Geocentric Heliocentric Orbit Projectile Mass Hypothesis Data Microscope Barometer Thermometer
4C 7.11: Students analyze political and economic change in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries (the Age of Exploration, the Enlightenment, and the Age of Reason). Rh 1, 2,3,4,5,6,7, 8, 9, 10 WHST 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 What are the great voyages of discovery, the locations of the routes, and the influence of cartography in the development of a new European worldview? Discuss the exchanges of plants, animals, technology, culture, and ideas among Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and the major economic and social effects on each continent. Examine the origins of modern capitalism; the influence of mercantilism and cottage industry; the elements and importance of a market economy in seventeenth-century Europe; the changing international trading and marketing patterns, including their locations on a world map; and the influence of explorers and map makers. How can the main ideas of the Enlightenment be traced back to such movements as the Renaissance, Reformation, and Scientific Revolution? Describe how democratic thought and institutions were influenced by Enlightenment thinkers. How were the principles in the Magna Carta were embodied in such documents as D.O.I and B.O.R? History Alive: Medieval World (Chapters 33, 35) Supplemental Materials Informal Assessments: Map of the Voyages Discussion of Capitalism Principle of the Magna Carta Compared to English Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence Project Based Assessment: Trade and Exchanges Project Enlightened Thinkers Research Project Formal Assessment: Unit Exam Mapping Quiz w/ short constructive response Cartography Longitude Latitude Colony Plantation Circumnavigate Epidemic Inflation Northwest Passage Capitalism Market Economy Cotton Industry Mercantilism Constitutional Monarchy Bill of Rights Natural Rights Separation of Powers Despotism Oppression Tolerance Capital Punishment