The Church in Medieval Times Revival of Towns and Trade High and Late Middle Ages 2 Weeks The Growing Power of the Monarchs The and the role of the Church The Crusades Content Standards Literacy Standards How did the Church play a vital role in medieval life? How did the changes in agriculture and trade lead to the growth of towns and commerce? How did monarchs in and expand royal authority and lay the foundations for united nation-states? How did explosive conflicts between monarchs and popes affect the balance of power in ? How did the Crusades change life in and beyond? Read Text Understand Cause and Effect Summarize Compare Outline Identify Bias Analyze/Interpret Cartoons Engage in Critical Thinking Review questions Worksheets Tests Quizzes Essays Group Projects Textbook Film Maps Review Questions Primary/Secondary Source Document
The advent of Learning and its effect on Culture Time of Crisis (Black Death, Church Split & Hundred Years War) The Byzantine Empire and 1 Week The Rise of Content Standards Literacy Standards What achievements in learning, literature and the arts characterized the High and Late Middle Ages? How did the combination of plague, upheaval in the Church, and war affect in the 1300s and 1400s? What made the rich and successful for so long and why did it finally crumble? How did the geography and the migrations of different Read Text Understand Cause and Effect Summarize Compare Outline Identify Bias Analyze/Interpret Cartoons Engage in Critical Thinking Review questions Worksheets Tests Quizzes Essays Group Projects Textbook Film Maps Review Questions Primary/Secondary Source Document
Shaping Muslim Civilizations 2 Weeks The Rise of Islam Building a Muslim Empire Golden Age of Islam Content Standards Literacy Standards peoples influence the rise of ? How did geography and ethnic diversity contribute to the turmoil of Eastern European history? What messages or teachings did Muhammad spread though Islam? How did Muhammad’s successors extend Muslim rule and spread What achievements did Muslims make in Read Text Understand Cause and Effect Summarize Compare Outline Identify Bias Analyze/Interpret Cartoons Engage in Critical Thinking Review questions Worksheets Tests Quizzes Essays Group Projects Textbook Film Maps Review Questions Primary/Secondary Source Document
The Protestant Reformation The Spread of the Reformation The Scientific Revolution How did revolts against the Roman Catholic Church affect northern European society? How did the Reformation bring about two different religious paths in ? How did discoveries in science lead to a new way of thinking for Europeans? Standard 1 Beginnings of Human Society and the Development of Cultural Hearths Students will examine the lives of people during the beginnings of human society. WH.1.1 Trace the approximate chronology and territorial range of early human communities, and analyze the processes that led to their development. (Geography, Sociology) WH.1.2 Describe types of evidence and methods of investigation by which scholars have reconstructed the early history of domestication, agricultural settlement and cultural development. WH.1.3 Describe social, cultural and economic characteristics of large agricultural settlements on the basis of evidence gathered by archaeologists. (Geography, Sociology) Standard 2 Ancient Civilizations: 4000 B.C./B.C.E. to 500 A.D./C.E.