Unit Title:
Second Six Weeks:
The Middle Ages And Feudalism:
Time Frame: 2 Days 1 Block
Standards:
WH:
ID major causes and describe the major effects of the following
Important turning points in world history from 600 to 1450: the
Spread of Christianity, the decline of Rome and the formation of
Medieval Europe…
WH:
Explain the development of Christianity as a unifying social and
Political factor in medieval Europe….
WH:
Describe the major characteristics of and the factors contributing to the
development of the political/social system of feudalism and the
economic system of Manorialism.
WH:
Explain how the Crusades, the Black Death, the Hundred Years’ War,
and the Great Schism contributed to the end of medieval Europe.
Government: WH:
Identify the characteristics of the following political systems…
theocracy…monarchy…oligarchy.
Identify the impact of political and legal ideas contained in the
following documents:…Magna Carta….
Essential Questions:
1. How did the concept of Christendom dramatically affect the role of the
Catholic Church during the Middle Ages?
2. How did the economic system of Manorialism work?
3. What events led to the Crusades and what impact did they have on
Europe and the Holy Land?
4. How did the Crusades weaken the power of the pope?
5. How could the Black Death help lead to the fall of the feudal structure in
Europe?
6. What caused the power struggle between popes and German emperors?
7. What structures of medieval society blocked social advancement and led
to questioning of medieval values?
8. What factors led to the end of medieval Europe?
Anticipatory Set:
Avid Strategy:
Video series “The Black Death”,
Cornell notes over material covered in clips.
Direct Instruction:
Avid Strategy:
Handout over feudalism, and the concept of Manorialism.
Students read and mark text.
Articles:
“Feudalism and Medieval Life”
”Life in a Medieval Monastery”
“Illuminated Manuscripts of the Middle Ages”
“Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII”
“Call to Crusades”
Avid Strategy:
After marking the text move to group to discuss and answer critical
thinking questions from graphic organizers that go with the articles.
Guided Practice:
Avid Strategy:
Complete graphic organizers
Story board major aspects of medieval society from information
gathered in group and from video notes.
Independent Practice:
Students will write a 5 paragraph essay:
Avid Essay Model:
Writing Prompt:
Describe the conditions in Europe that allowed the middle or
dark ages to occur. The paper should include information on the
rise of the feudal structure in Europe and the system of
economics known as Manorialism. Students should also explain
the role the Crusades, Black Death, and Hundred Years War,
played on the fall of Feudalism as a political structure in Europe.
List one outside source that you would like to interview and
why.