Collapse and Rebirth
In this unit, students will study the political, economic and cultural changes and growth that occurred from the collapses of the Middle Ages, to the rebirth of Europe during the Renaissance and The Age of Exploration what was a result. Students will analyze the importance of art, science, language and revolutionary political theories that greatly impact this time period of history. Further the students will learn about the relationship that exists between conflict, civil unrest, and expansion and how that can lead to cultural diffusion in the spread of language, scientific theories, artistic ideologies, cultural and religious customs, disease, trade, and territorial boundaries over time. Ultimately, students will be able to distinguish and analyze the relationships among these drastic events and explain how one impacted the other and further influence modern culture and ideas.
Feudalism existed as the primary form of social organization during the middle Ages. Trade expanded, towns grew, kings increased their authority and nations began to develop.
Enduring Understandings: Religion can influence a society’s beliefs and values. Cultures are held together by shared and common practices and values. Conflict can lead to change.
Essential Questions:
Why does conflict develop?
What are the characteristics that define a culture?
How do governments change?
What is the role of religion in government?
Why do people make economic choices?
How do new ideas change the way people live?Historical Questions:
How did geography shape life in Europe after the fall of Rome?
How did Germanic groups build kingdoms in Western Europe?
How did the Catholic Church influence life in early medieval Europe?
How did Europeans try to bring order to theirsociety after the fall of Charlemagne’s empire?
How did most Europeans live and work during the Middle Ages?How did increased change life in Medieval Europe?
How was the king’s power strengthened and then limited in medieval England?
How did the kings ofFrance increase their power?
How did the cities of Kiev and Moscow become centers of powerful Slavic states?
Why did Western Europeans go on crusades?
What types of learning and art developed during the Middle Ages?
How did the Catholic Church affect the lives of Medieval Europe?
How did the Black Death affect Europe during the late Middle Ages?
How did the disputes and wars change societies in Europe during the Late Middle Ages?
Why did the states of Italy become leading centers of culture during the Renaissance?
How did Italy’s states become wealthy and powerful?
Who controlled the states of Italy?
How did the Renaissance writers rely on the paste to develop new ideas?
How did Renaissance artists learn to make their art look natural and real?How did the Renaissance change as it moved fromItaly into northern Europe?
Why was the church under pressure to reform itself?
How did Luther’s reforms lead to a new form of Christianity?
How did the teachings of Protestant reformers shape the western world?
How did the Reformation shape England and later the American colonies.
How did the Catholic Church respond to the spread of Protestantism?
How did wars of religion affect Europe?
Medieval Europe
Middle Ages
In this unit, students will study the political, economic and cultural changes and growth that occurred from the collapses of the Middle Ages, to the rebirth of Europe during the Renaissance and The Age of Exploration what was a result. Students will analyze the importance of art, science, language and revolutionary political theories that greatly impact this time period of history. Further the students will learn about the relationship that exists between conflict, civil unrest, and expansion and how that can lead to cultural diffusion in the spread of language, scientific theories, artistic ideologies, cultural and religious customs, disease, trade, and territorial boundaries over time. Ultimately, students will be able to distinguish and analyze the relationships among these drastic events and explain how one impacted the other and further influence modern culture and ideas.
Feudalism existed as the primary form of social organization during the middle Ages. Trade expanded, towns grew, kings increased their authority and nations began to develop.
Enduring Understandings: Religion can influence a society’s beliefs and values. Cultures are held together by shared and common practices and values. Conflict can lead to change.
Essential Questions:
Why does conflict develop?
What are the characteristics that define a culture?
How do governments change?
What is the role of religion in government?
Why do people make economic choices?
How do new ideas change the way people live?Historical Questions:
How did geography shape life in Europe after the fall of Rome?
How did Germanic groups build kingdoms in Western Europe?
How did the Catholic Church influence life in early medieval Europe?
How did Europeans try to bring order to theirsociety after the fall of Charlemagne’s empire?
How did most Europeans live and work during the Middle Ages?How did increased change life in Medieval Europe?
How was the king’s power strengthened and then limited in medieval England?
How did the kings ofFrance increase their power?
How did the cities of Kiev and Moscow become centers of powerful Slavic states?
Why did Western Europeans go on crusades?
What types of learning and art developed during the Middle Ages?
How did the Catholic Church affect the lives of Medieval Europe?
How did the Black Death affect Europe during the late Middle Ages?
How did the disputes and wars change societies in Europe during the Late Middle Ages?
Why did the states of Italy become leading centers of culture during the Renaissance?
How did Italy’s states become wealthy and powerful?
Who controlled the states of Italy?
How did the Renaissance writers rely on the paste to develop new ideas?
How did Renaissance artists learn to make their art look natural and real?How did the Renaissance change as it moved fromItaly into northern Europe?
Why was the church under pressure to reform itself?
How did Luther’s reforms lead to a new form of Christianity?
How did the teachings of Protestant reformers shape the western world?
How did the Reformation shape England and later the American colonies.
How did the Catholic Church respond to the spread of Protestantism?
How did wars of religion affect Europe?
Medieval Europe
Middle Ages