January 11-15: Renaissance/Reformation DOP Text: Chapter 11 Lesson 1 7.45 Summarize the effects and implications of the reopening of the ancient Silk Road between Europe and China, including Marco Polo’s travels and the location of his routes. (C, E, G, H) 7.46 Describe how humanism led to a revival of classical learning and fostered a new interest in the arts including a balance between intellect and religious faith. (C, H) Primary Documents and Supporting Texts: Resources/Activities: Writing Tasks: 1 January 19-22: Renaissance/Reformation DOP Text: Chapter 11 Lesson 2 and p. 300 7.47 Analyze the growth and effects of new ways of disseminating information, ability to manufacture paper, translation of the Bible into vernacular, and printing. (C, H) 7.48 Outline the advances made in literature, the arts, science, mathematics, cartography, engineering, and the understanding of human anatomy and astronomy, including Leonardo da Vinci (Last Supper, Mona Lisa), Michelangelo (Sistine Chapel, The David), Johann Gutenberg, and William Shakespeare. (C, G, H) Resources/Activities: January 25-29: Renaissance/Reformation DOP Text: Chapter 11 Lesson 3 and Chapter 10 Lesson 5 7.49 Gather relevant information from multiple sources about Henry V, Hundreds Year War, and Joan of Arc. (H, G, P) 7.50 Conduct a research project drawing on several resources to investigate the Tudor dynasties of Henry VIII, Mary I, and Elizabeth I, including their family heritage, line of Resources/Activities: Joan of Arc Biography
succession, religious conflicts, Spanish Armanda, and the rise of English power in Europe. (H, G, P) Writing Task: February 1-5: Renaissance/Reformation DOP Text: Chapter 10 Lesson 1, Chapter 11 Lesson 4, and Chapter 12 Lesson 3 RM Atlas: Teacher Manual p. 51 Activity 22 7.51 Explain the institution and impact of missionaries on Christianity and the diffusion of Christianity from Europe to other parts of the world in the medieval and early modern periods. (C, G, H) 7.52 Locate and identify the European regions that remained Catholic and those that became Protestant and how the division affected the distribution of religions in the New World. (C, G, H) Resources/Activities: February 8-11: Renaissance/Reformation DOP Text: Chapter 11 Lessons 3 and 4 7.53 Explain the heightened influence of the Catholic Church, the growth of literacy, the spread of printed books, the explosion of knowledge and the Church’s reaction to these developments. (C, H, P) 7.54 List and explain the significance of the causes for the internal turmoil within and eventual weakening of the Catholic Church including tax policies, selling of indulgences, and England’s break with the Catholic Church.(C, H, P) Resources/Activities: February 16-19: Renaissance/Reformation DOP Text: Chapter 11 Lesson 3 7.55 Outline the reasons for the growing discontent with the Catholic Church, including the main ideas of Martin Luther (salvation by faith), John Calvin (predestination), Desiderius Erasmus (free will), and William Tyndale Resources/Activities:
(translating the Bible into English), and their attempts to reconcile what they viewed as God’s word with Church action. (C, H, P) 7.56 Engage effectively in collaborative discussions explaining Protestants’ new practices of church self-government and the influence of those practices on the development of democratic practices and ideas of federalism. (C, H, P) February 22-26: Renaissance/Reformation DOP Text: Chapter 11 Lesson 3 and Chapter 12 Lesson 1 7.57 Analyze how the Catholic revitalized the Catholic Church and the forces that fostered the movement, including St. Ignatius of Loyola and the Jesuits, and the Council of Trent. (C, H) 7.58 Identify the voyages of discovery, the locations of the routes (Da Gama, Dias, Magellan), and the influence of cartography in the development of a new worldview. (C, G, H) Resources/Activities: The Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution Students analyze the historical developments of the Scientific Revolution and its lasting effect on religious, political, and cultural institutions. Students analyze political, social, and economic change as a result of the Age of Enlightenment in Europe. February 29-March 4: Enlightenment DOP Text: Chapter 13 Lessons 1 and 2 7.59 Describe the roots of the Scientific Revolution based upon Christian and Muslim influences. (C, H) 7.60 Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources explaining the significance of new scientific theories, the accomplishments of leading figures including Sir Frances Bacon, Nicolaus Copernicus, Rene Descartes, Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, and Sir Isaac Newton, and new inventions, including Resources/Activities: