World History
Assignments and Lesson Plans
Chapters 7 & 8 , Middle Ages
Date
(A-day)
12/10
12/12
Lesson
Assignment Due
Objectives
Ch. 5 Test
>Lecture, 7.1 7.2
>Early Middle Ages
and Feudalism
Review ws
GRR 7.1 &
crossword
12/14
>Lecture, 7.3
>Medieval Church
GRR 7.2 &.3
>Explain how the Church shaped medieval life.
>Understand monastic life and the influence of
medieval monks and nuns.
>Analyze how the power of the Church grew during the Middle
Ages and how reformers worked for change in the Church.
>Describe the situation of Jews in medieval Europe.
12/18
>Lecture, 7.4
>Economic Growth
>GRR 7.4 & map
>Trivial Pursuit
questions
>Summarize how new technology sparked an agricultural
revolution.
>Explain how the revival of trade revolutionized commerce
and led to the growth of towns.
>Analyze the rise of the middle class and the role of guilds.
>Describe life in medieval towns and cities.
12/20
>Lecture, 8.1
>Royal Power
Ch. 7 review
worksheet
>Learn how monarchs gained power over nobles and the
Church.
>Describe how William the Conqueror and
Henry II strengthened English royal power.
>Analyze the traditions of government that
developed under King John and later English monarchs.
>Explain how strong monarchs unified France.
1/2
>Lecture, 8.2
>Holy Roman
Empire
GRR 8.1 & map
>Understand why Holy Roman emperors failed to build a
unified nation-state in Germany.
>Describe the conflict between Pope Gregory VII and Emperor
Henry IV and summarize the struggle to control Italy.
>Analyze how the Church reached the height of its power
under Pope Innocent III.
1/4
>Lecture, 8.3 & 8.4
>Crusades and
Culture
GRR 8.2 & .3
>Identify the advanced civilizations that were flourishing in
1050.
>Explain the causes and effects of the Crusades.
>Summarize how Christians in Spain carried out the
Reconquista.
>Describe Western Europe after the collapse
of the western Roman Empire.
>Describe how Germanic tribes carved Europe
into small kingdoms.
>Explain how Charlemagne briefly reunited much of Western
Europe and what happened to his empire after his death.
>Explain how feudalism shaped medieval society.
>Describe the life of knights and nobles.
Analyze how the economic system of the manor worked and
how it affected peasants and nobles.
>Explain the emergence of universities and their importance
to medieval life.
>Understand how newly translated writings from the past
and from other regions influenced medieval thought.
>Describe the literature, architecture, and art of the High and
late Middle Ages.
1/8
>Lecture, 8.5
>Plague
GRR 8.4 & .5
>Understand how the Black Death caused social and economic
decline.
>Describe the problems facing the Church in the late Middle
Ages and how the Church reacted.
>Summarize the causes, turning points, and effects of the
Hundred Years’ War.
1/10
>Review
>Take Ch. 7/8 Test
>Play Ch. 6 board
games
>Make up tests
Chapter 8 review
worksheet
>Assess learning
1/14
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