NCSOS/ESSENTIAL STANDARDS:
January 23 and 24 APWH Lesson
 Key Concept 3.2. Continuity and Innovation of State Forms and Their
Interactions
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Key Concept 3.3. Increased Economic Productive Capacity and Its
Consequences
Know: The fate of cities varied greatly, with periods of significant decline, and per
with urbanization buoyed by rising productivity and expanding trade networks.
Understand: That following the collapse of empires, most reconstituted government, including the Byzantine Empires and the Chinese Dynasties-Sui, Tang
and Song combined traditional sources of power and legitimacy with
innovations better suited to the current circumstances.
Do: Analyze and Evaluate the impact of “ The Two Worlds of Christendom” and ho
continued influence of Europe.
Warm-Up:
1. In 802, what gift did Charlemagne receive from the Abbasid caliph, Harun al-Rashid?
a. a thousand pounds of gold
b. a golden chandelier
c. a terra-cotta army
d. an elephant named Abu al-Abbas
e. a chess set displaying the two leaders as the kings
2. In the late 1200s, Marco Polo visited the court of
a. Khubilai Khan.
b. Chaghatai Khan.
c. Chinggis Khan.
d. Hung Wu.
e. Mansa Musa.
Classwork:
 Review and turn in articles
 Return papers
 Terms for Index Cards- Charlemagne, Vikings, Holy Roman Empire,
vassals, horse collars, watermills, Pope Gregory I, Hanseatic League,
chivalry, Thomas Aquinas, Clovis, Magyars, serfs, manors, heavy plows,
William Duke of Normandy, three estates, guilds and pilgrimage, Gothic
Cathedrals, reconquista, bubonic plague, Theme system, Fourth Crusade,
schism, Leif Erikson, Leo III, Icononclasm, Greek fire, Hagia Sophia- DUE
January 27-A DAY and Jan 28-B DAY
 Power-Point
Group Activity:
Each group will present their research and information through a power-point
presentation.
Activity 1- Research the internet and answer the 2002 AP world History Exam.
Question is on Islamic and Christian attitudes toward merchants in the post
classical period. Access on AP Central website. Type a five paragraph essay and
create a visual to illustrate the information within your essay. ( 1-2 pages, singlespace 14 font, Times New Roman)
Activity 2- Research and find photographs and schematics of Gothic cathedrals.
Create a power-point presentation to discuss medieval technological skills as well
religious, economic and political purposes of these massive buildings. Type an
essay, based on your research and conclusions that explain the significance of these
buildings to the people who used them and lived near them. (1-2 pages, singlespace 14 font, Times New Roman)
Activity 3- Research and find illuminated manuscripts drawings that feature
women, and try to draw conclusions about the role of women from these visual
sources. Be sure to look for elite as well as common women. In your essay explain
the point of view of the illuminator, the patron and the likely purchaser.( try the
World History matters Web site and “Finding Sources” list of Web sites to locate
these images.(1-2 pages, single-space 14 font, Times New Roman)
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Activity 4- Use the PSI Web site (www.glencoe.com/psi) to look at various
primary source documents and pictures of the Middle Ages. Choose two
documents and two images, and then write an essay. Explain what their selections
can tell us about European life during the Middle Ages.
Activity 5- Use maps 16.1 (fractured state of Western Europe after fall of Western
Roman Empire), 16.3- (cogent visual of the continuing nomadic invasions of
Western Europe in the early Middle Ages), 19.1(Summary of the postclassical state
reconstruction), 19.2 (illustrates the major trade routes of medieval Europe and
Type an essay on the history Western Europe in the postclassical period based on
the four maps. (1-2 pages, single-space 14 font, Times New Roman) Include
pictures.DUE JAN 27 – A DAY and Jan 28 –B DAY end of class