Unit 0
The Late Middle Ages
Documents selected for instruction may include but are not limited to:
Textbook and Primary Sources
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Kagan, The Western Heritage. Ch: 9
Boniface VIII “Unam Sanctam”
“Magna Carta”
Heinrich Kramer “The Hammer of Witches”
Secondary Sources
Oath of Fidelity
The Frankish Royal Annals
The Banning of Works
Visual Sources
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Monty Python’s “Bring Out Yer Dead”
Gothic Cathedrals
Various “Madonna” paintings
Works by Botticelli
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The effects of the bubonic plague on population and society
The Hundred Years’ War between England and France
The growing power of secular rulers over the papacy
Schism, heresy, and reform of the church
Unit Focus
Name: ______________________ Hour: ____ AP European History – Mr. W.B. Brooks
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Assignment Title
Kagan Chapter(s) – Readings & Multiple Choice Questions
Vocabulary & Review Questions
APPARTS Activity – “The Black Plague” (Point of View)
Group Project – Plague Documents
Unit Reading Journal (Completed By 3rd Day of Unit)
Reading Groups (Done In Class On Day Before Unit Exam)
Reading Quiz (Only Over Textbook Chapters)
Unit Summative / Exam (MC, FRQ, DBQ – Possible Formats)
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First Semester, Unit I: The Late Medieval World Calendar
Reading: Text, pp. 258-304
Day Date
Topic of the Day
Class Intro, Map of Europe
Medieval Society, church, and politics
Late Medieval Crises; The Plague Video
Doc Analysis—Magna Carta & Plague docs
(APPARTS)
Quiz – Chapter 9
Article – Pope Boniface VIII - Unam Sanctam
Group examination of 1995 DBQ on the Plague,
group project
Group Reading Journal
Medieval Test;
Reading Questions and Vocab Due
Reading/Homework
Chapter 9
Chapter 9
Study for Quiz
Study for Test
Unit 0: The Late Medieval World
Enduring Understandings
1. The roots of some modern political tenets are found in the late medieval period
2. Late medieval economic developments changed the class structure of Europe and led to a
more modern demographic arrangement.
3. The breakdown of the Catholic Church, and other late medieval disasters (plague, little ice
age, Hundred Year’s War, etc.) began to change the traditional structures of Europe.
Essential Questions
1. What relationships may be pointed out between the modern world and the Middle Ages?
2. Why did Europe's population decline dramatically between 1300 and 1450? What were the
effects of this depopulation?
3. How did the adversities of the 14th century affect urban life and medical practices?
4. How did the disasters that afflicted European society in the 14th century set the stage for the
Renaissance?
5. What factors cause change in the political, economic, and demographic structures of a
society? Specifically, how did these factors affect late medieval society?
Vocabulary to Identify (Definition and Significance)
Black Death
Hanseatic League
100 Years War
Flanders
Calais
Joan of Arc
Longbow
Gabelle
Taille
War of the Roses
Burgandy
Doges of Venice
Papal States
Scholasticism
William of Ockham
Dante/”The Divine Comedy”
Giovanni Boccaccio/”The Decameron”