WORLD HISTORY
Have out your spiral, and writing utensil.
Pick up a bell work paper off the front desk.
Put your name on it.
Write Now!: Day 1 Week 2
◦ Write “NO SCHOOL” in the space for Monday.
◦ Change Tuesday to Day 1, Wednesday Day 2, etc.
◦ Respond to the following in the space for Tuesday.
◦Romans controlled most of Western Europe for a long
period of time. What do you think might have happened
when that unifying force disappeared?
Opinion Statements
◦ Read the statement signs posted around the room. Decide whether
you agree or disagree with the statement. On your post-it note, write
agree or disagree. Place your notes on the signs around the room.
◦ A) Strong rulers create stable societies.
◦ B) Strong economies create stable societies.
◦ C) Societies are stable when everyone is the same religion.
◦ D) A large middle class creates stable societies.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How did life change in Europe during the Middle
Ages?
Topical Questions
•
What happened in western Europe after the fall
of Rome?
•
What were the contributions of Charlemagne to
western Europe?
•
What impact did the Muslim, Magyar, and Viking
invasions have on medieval Europe?
•
What are the key words I need to know about
the middle ages?
Word Sort
Sort the words in your envelopes.
Use the four categories given first.
Political
Social
Economic
Religious
Can you create sub-groups?
Can you organize them in different ways?
Vocabulary
Rating Page
Rate your
knowledge of
key terms about
the middle ages.
NOTES:
Title: Unit 2 Middle Ages
THE FALL OF ROME
AND THE BEGINNING
OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
The middle ages begins with the end of Rome in the West…..
Fall of the Roman Empire
◦ Rome was the most powerful
empire the world had ever seen.
Massive road system
Architectural achievements
Pax Romana
Roman Law
Roman Empire at its height 117 C.E.
200 Years of Peace
Fall of Rome
◦ Rome atttacked by tribes from
modern day Germany and
France.
◦ Famine
◦ Corrupt Government
Although the fall of the Roman
Empire did not happen overnight,
many consider its fall the beginning
of the Middle Ages.
Europe
declined
during the
early Middle
Ages, for
several
reasons.
1.The unifying force of
the Roman empire
was gone.
2.
The region was
invaded repeatedly.
3. Trade and
classical learning
decreased.
After the fall of Rome, Germanic tribes
carved Western Europe into small
kingdoms.
Unlike the Romans, the Germanic tribes
lived in small communities with no
written laws.
War was constant.
Starting in the 600s,
Muslims built an
empire in the
Mediterranean
region.
Muslim armies
conquered Spain and
crossed into France.
Charles Martel led
Frankish warriors in the
battle of Tours to
push them back.
Martel’s grandson
Charlemagne
briefly united
Western Europe.
• He
fought Muslims,
Saxons, Avars, Slavs, and
Lombards.
• The
pope crowned
Charlemagne Emperor of
the Romans.
• Charlemagne
was a skilled
leader who brought
scholars to his court and
revived Latin learning.
Kingdom
divided
three ways
after his
death.
Louis the German
His heirs faced waves of invasions.
Invasions led to a need for protection…
Annotated Reading
◦ Underline the main idea in each
paragraph.
◦ Circle the vocabulary words
◦ Lists important facts in the
margins.
◦ Answer all the questions.
Independent Work
Finish annotated reading:
◦READ Chapter 7.1 summary.
◦Complete the questions on
the sides and bottom of the
page.
◦Define the vocabulary words:
medieval through fief.-Do
not paste them in your spiral.
◦Tell me three things that happened to
western Europe after Rome fell..