Class Eight
Tuesday, Jan. 15-Questions from last Q2 assignment due, Topic 7 reading ongoing
Wed., Jan. 16-read section three of topic 7 for Thursday,
Thursday, Jan. 17-finish section three topic 7 reading and work on the following questions to answer for class on Tuesday, also go over the questions and power point regarding feudalism to see if any questions
Questions: Answers due Tuesday, Jan. 22 beginning of class
1.) Explain the ways in which the Christian Church shaped daily medieval life.
2.) In what direction and in what ways did Christianity spread?
3.) What are the effects of the spread of Christianity in Europe?
4.) What influences did medieval monks and nuns have in medieval Europe? What were their contributions? How did they help unify medieval Europe?
5.) Analyze how the power of the Christian Church grew during the Middle Ages.
6.) Was is the difference between interdict and excommunication?
7.) How was Church authority and secular authority intertwined?
8.) How were Jews treated in Christian Western Europe? Why?
9.) Compare and contrast Christianity in the Byzantine Empire with Christianity in western Europe.
10.) How did the Great Schism divide different parts of medieval Europe?
11.) What institution today, if any, fills the same role that the medieval church filled for Europeans of the middle ages?
Tuesday, Jan. 22-read Topic 7 Section 4 and answer the following questions for class tomorrow:
1.) Summarize the new technologies and breakthroughs that sparked the new agricultural revolution.
2.) How did the revival of trade lead to the growth of towns and cities?
3.) Explain how trade was changing medieval society.
4.) What is a guild? How did guilds lead to the rise of a middle class?
Wed., Jan. 23-Questions to answer due tomorrow for class, Thursday, Jan. 24:
1.) What is currency? What factors must it have to be useful to facilitate exchange and replace barter? Did medieval times see the complete replacement of the barter system? Explain.
2.) How are guilds and modern trade unions similar? How do they work?
3.) What are the causes of the Crusades?
4.) Briefly describe each Crusade. What factors contributed to the vast difference in how the four crusades were conducted?
5.) Why did the fourth crusade sack Constantinople instead?
6.) What were the effects of the four Crusades?
7.) What did the Reconquista ultimately achieve? What were the benefits? Costs? Explain.
Thurs., Jan. 24-above questions due, receive Crusades Advertisement Assignment due Monday
Monday, Jan. 28-Advertisement on Crusades due, finish Crusades, Construct a Chart of Crusades-ex on dry erase board in E-2, and then summarize/synthesize what the chart conveys-think continuity and/or change over time, causation, and relate to the major themes of this unit on the spread of religion and divergence vs convergence due Wed.
Tuesday., Jan. 29-read section 5 of Topic 7 for homework and will be receiving questions: The answers, along with your Crusades chart, are due Wednesday, Jan. 30
1.) What is the Magna Carta? Why do you think John agreed to sign the Magna Carta?
2.) What liberties and rights do you feel are the most essential in our society today?
3.) What has to happen for one power to extend its authority over another power? Think of the conflict between strong popes and strong monarchs.
4.) What events show that the Christian Church acted to politically unify medieval European nations?
5.) How is British Parliament and the U.S. Congress alike? different?
6.) What ideas in the Magna Carta influenced U.S. legal and governmental systems?
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 30-Finish I movie Crusades advertisements and review the questions, Discuss the rise of France and Spain and the Holy Roman Empire, Answers to the following questions are due Friday:
1.) What are some of the similarities and differences between the development of the English monarchy and the French monarchy?
2.) Why did the election of a French pope lead to a split in the papacy?
3.) Why is it important the Henry IV finally had to give in to Pope Gregory?
4.) Analyze how the height of Church power was reached under Pope Innocent III.
5.) How were nobles and the Church obstacles to monarchs who wanted more power?
Friday, Feb. 1-watch last Imovie trailer, played a review Kahoot, above questions on France and HRE were due Friday-please get them in ASAP
Monday, Feb. 4-discuss France, Germany, HRE, Italy and move into Section 6-The following Section 6 questions are due Tuesday: Please read section 6 and complete the questions below for Tuesday class.
Questions due Tuesday, Feb. 5: Section 6 Questions
1.) How did an improving economy lead to the growth of universities?
2.) Where did Aquinas find the important similarities between Aristotle's philosophy and Christian religious beliefs?
3.) Which inventions had the greatest impact on medieval life? Justify your ranking.
4.) Why was the flying buttress such an important architectural advance?
5.) The Byzantine heritage is one of convergence. Assess the validity of this statement. To help you think about the following question: Why is integrating different cultural influences a major factor in the development of art, architecture, and literature?
6.) Why do museums and libraries protect and share the art and literature of prior civilizations?
7.) What is the role of government in providing education?
8.) What long term impacts will the spread of education in Western Europe by the late Middle Ages have on the Christian Church?
Thursday, Feb. 7-finish topic 7 section 7 reading on the Middle Ages and answer the following questions for Friday, Feb. 8:
1.) How did the high mortality rate affect the feudal and manorial systems in medieval Europe?
2.) What might have happened to Europe if the plague had been limited to Italy?
3.) What problems faced the Christian Church in the late Middle Ages? How did the Church react?
4.) How did the Great Schism actually occur? Create a timeline of events to answer this question.
5.) Summarize the causes, turning points and effects of the Hundred Years War.
6.) Rank the events that had the greatest impacts on the Hundred Years War and justify your ranking.
Friday, Feb. 8-complete look at the Black Death, problems in Christianity Complete the following questions for Monday, Feb. 11
1.) What key events affected Russia's growth?
2.) What were the short and long term effects on how Russia developed?
3.) How did the introduction of Cyrillic script influence Russian culture?
4.) How did Russia benefit from Mongol invasion? What did they forfeit?
5.) Why did Moscow replace Kiev as the center of Russia?
6.) How were Ivan the Great and Ivan the Terrible able to wrest control from the Mongols?
7.) Describe how geography influenced the development of Eastern Europe.
Monday, Feb. 11-catch up day for those not finished with previous topic seven questions and please share asap for full credit-remember one point off for each day late, finished Black Death documentary and went over Great Schism timeline and started 100 Years War info.
Wed., Feb 13-Go over 100 years War in Depth
Questions due for Thursday, Feb. 14:
1.) How did the great diversity of migrating groups impact Eastern Europe?
Thursday, Feb. 14 in class-finish our look at Eastern Europe and Russia and talk about the Mongul Empire and its influence
Friday, Feb. 15-Receive Topic 7 Dbq in class and discuss, start studying for Topic 7 test Wednesday Feb. 20
Tuesday, Feb. 19-go over DBQ doc questions, do DBQ prewrite, review for test
Wed., Feb. 20-receive short answer questions that could appear on Test and answer questions about test and DBQ due Friday
Potential Test Short Answer Questions:
1.)Explain how conflict between King John and his nobles eventually led to the creation of England's Parliament.
2.)Cite at least three pieces of evidence to support the conclusion that monks and nuns served a vital role during the Middle Ages.
3.)Explain the significance of the term "Dark Ages" and why that term is seldom used today.
4.)Describe how the fall of the Western Roman Empire led to the rise of feudalism.
5.)Describe how the spread of Christianity in Western Europe affected villages and cities, despite variations in language and culture.
6.)Explain how farming methods in medieval Western Europe evolved to meet the food needs of a growing population.
7.)Evaluate the impact of the bubonic plague on the medieval economy and social stability.
8.)Were Mongols barbarians or the first wave globalization and convergence?
9.)How did the legal forms of Henry II eventually lead to the formation of English common law?
Tues/Wed. Feb 19/20-Study for test and work on DBQ due Friday-in class Kahoot review Wed., Feb. 20 and once again review how to do a DBQ and answer questions
Due to inclement weather possible, the TEST on Wednesday Feb. 20 has been moved to Thursday, Feb. 21
Friday, Feb. 22-start Topic 8 Rise of Isalm, DBQ essay due by lunch-on desk at front of E-2 or shared by email, finish Test in Study Hall ASAP
Monday, Feb. 25-start topic 8 rdg on rise of Islam
Tuesday, Feb. 26-finish reading section 2 of topic 8 and be able to explain how Islam splinters and why
Wed., Feb. 27-Focus Questions to answer for Friday, March 1
1.) Describe the central ideas of Islam.
2.) Explain how Islam helped shape the way of life of its believers.
3.) How might Islam spread beyond the Arabian peninsula? Describe its spread.
4.) What is the importance of the Dome of the Rock to both Muslims and Jews?
5.) Identify the divisions that emerged within Islam. What long term issues might arise?
6.) Why is the Battle of Tours in France important? If the Muslim forces had been successful in France, where might they have gone next? Why?
7.) What might the advancement of Muslims further into Europe have meant for the area?
8.) How did the spread of the Muslim empire contribute to trade?
9.)Compare and contrast the Umayyad and Abbasid Dynasties. Use a t chart to do so.
10.) Why did the empire of the Abbasid caliphs decline?
Friday, March 1 focus questions due Monday, March 4
1.) Describe the role of trade in Muslim civilization.
2.) What was the social and economic impact of Islam as the Muslim empire spread across Europe, Asia, and Africa?
3.) What traditions influenced Muslim art, architecture and literature?
4.) Design a piece of "wallpaper" or "mosaic tile" illustrating your knowledge of Islamic art. You may use the blank side of a file card to do so.
5.) Summarize the scientific contributions of Muslim civilization.
6.) Why is the Muslim physician Muhammad al-Razi so important?
7.) How did Muslim scholars preserve and build on the learning of earlier civilizations?
8.) Now create a chart/graphic organizer identifying the accomplishments of Muslim civilization in medicine, history, literature, science and mathematics. What does this chart reveal about Muslim civilization?
Monday, March 4-focus questions due Tuesday, March 5
1.) Explain the impact of the Ottoman Empire on Eastern Europe.
2.) Why was the fall of Constantinople a powerful symbol?
3.) What new technology allowed the Ottomans to expand their empire?
4.) How did Islam grow in the Ottoman Empire?
5.) Explain how Abbas the Great strengthened the Safavid empire.
6.) How did religion divide the Ottoman and Safavid empires?
7.) How did the Safavid empire decline?
8.) Compare and Contrast the Ottoman and Safavid empires.
Thursday, March 7-remember to share answers to the above homeworks if not done yet!!
In class today you received an Essay Prompt: Is the postclasssical period (476-1450) one of convergence or divergence? Justify your answer.
We discussed what convergence and divergence means and then reviewed how to approach essay writing, what makes a good thesis. Then the class divided into groups to assess and list examples of divergence. In class on Friday, we will return to groups to create a list of examples of convergence.
Friday, March 8-receive a convergence handout on this period and read it and divide into groups to create a list of examples of convergence.
Create a thesis/ outline draft over break to be ready to write an essay answering the question the week after break.
Monday, March 18-thesis and outline for essay shared by end of class, Kahoot review on Rise of Islam, essay due Wednesday, March 20
Wed., MARCH 20-ESSAY DUE-Please print and bring to class ready to hand in
Thursday, March 21-Quiz on Rise of Islam
Friday, March 22-Questions due on West and East Africa today:
1.) How did geography affect migration, cultural development and trade in Africa? Make sure to define (in terms of the continent of Africa) Desert, Savanna, Rain Forest, Bantu (a group of people), and desertification.
2.) By 1000 AD which religion dominated Africa?
3.) What effect did trade have on North Africa?
4.) How did gold and salt trade impact West Africa?
5.) How did the rulers of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai build strong kingdoms?
6.) How did other West African societies (Benin and Hausa) develop?
7.) What impact did Muslim traders and Islam have on West Africa?
8.) How did Islam impact the development of East Africa?
9.) Describe similarities between the trade routes of East and West Africa.
Wed., Jan. 16-read section three of topic 7 for Thursday,
Thursday, Jan. 17-finish section three topic 7 reading and work on the following questions to answer for class on Tuesday, also go over the questions and power point regarding feudalism to see if any questions
Questions: Answers due Tuesday, Jan. 22 beginning of class
1.) Explain the ways in which the Christian Church shaped daily medieval life.
2.) In what direction and in what ways did Christianity spread?
3.) What are the effects of the spread of Christianity in Europe?
4.) What influences did medieval monks and nuns have in medieval Europe? What were their contributions? How did they help unify medieval Europe?
5.) Analyze how the power of the Christian Church grew during the Middle Ages.
6.) Was is the difference between interdict and excommunication?
7.) How was Church authority and secular authority intertwined?
8.) How were Jews treated in Christian Western Europe? Why?
9.) Compare and contrast Christianity in the Byzantine Empire with Christianity in western Europe.
10.) How did the Great Schism divide different parts of medieval Europe?
11.) What institution today, if any, fills the same role that the medieval church filled for Europeans of the middle ages?
Tuesday, Jan. 22-read Topic 7 Section 4 and answer the following questions for class tomorrow:
1.) Summarize the new technologies and breakthroughs that sparked the new agricultural revolution.
2.) How did the revival of trade lead to the growth of towns and cities?
3.) Explain how trade was changing medieval society.
4.) What is a guild? How did guilds lead to the rise of a middle class?
Wed., Jan. 23-Questions to answer due tomorrow for class, Thursday, Jan. 24:
1.) What is currency? What factors must it have to be useful to facilitate exchange and replace barter? Did medieval times see the complete replacement of the barter system? Explain.
2.) How are guilds and modern trade unions similar? How do they work?
3.) What are the causes of the Crusades?
4.) Briefly describe each Crusade. What factors contributed to the vast difference in how the four crusades were conducted?
5.) Why did the fourth crusade sack Constantinople instead?
6.) What were the effects of the four Crusades?
7.) What did the Reconquista ultimately achieve? What were the benefits? Costs? Explain.
Thurs., Jan. 24-above questions due, receive Crusades Advertisement Assignment due Monday
Monday, Jan. 28-Advertisement on Crusades due, finish Crusades, Construct a Chart of Crusades-ex on dry erase board in E-2, and then summarize/synthesize what the chart conveys-think continuity and/or change over time, causation, and relate to the major themes of this unit on the spread of religion and divergence vs convergence due Wed.
Tuesday., Jan. 29-read section 5 of Topic 7 for homework and will be receiving questions: The answers, along with your Crusades chart, are due Wednesday, Jan. 30
1.) What is the Magna Carta? Why do you think John agreed to sign the Magna Carta?
2.) What liberties and rights do you feel are the most essential in our society today?
3.) What has to happen for one power to extend its authority over another power? Think of the conflict between strong popes and strong monarchs.
4.) What events show that the Christian Church acted to politically unify medieval European nations?
5.) How is British Parliament and the U.S. Congress alike? different?
6.) What ideas in the Magna Carta influenced U.S. legal and governmental systems?
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 30-Finish I movie Crusades advertisements and review the questions, Discuss the rise of France and Spain and the Holy Roman Empire, Answers to the following questions are due Friday:
1.) What are some of the similarities and differences between the development of the English monarchy and the French monarchy?
2.) Why did the election of a French pope lead to a split in the papacy?
3.) Why is it important the Henry IV finally had to give in to Pope Gregory?
4.) Analyze how the height of Church power was reached under Pope Innocent III.
5.) How were nobles and the Church obstacles to monarchs who wanted more power?
Friday, Feb. 1-watch last Imovie trailer, played a review Kahoot, above questions on France and HRE were due Friday-please get them in ASAP
Monday, Feb. 4-discuss France, Germany, HRE, Italy and move into Section 6-The following Section 6 questions are due Tuesday: Please read section 6 and complete the questions below for Tuesday class.
Questions due Tuesday, Feb. 5: Section 6 Questions
1.) How did an improving economy lead to the growth of universities?
2.) Where did Aquinas find the important similarities between Aristotle's philosophy and Christian religious beliefs?
3.) Which inventions had the greatest impact on medieval life? Justify your ranking.
4.) Why was the flying buttress such an important architectural advance?
5.) The Byzantine heritage is one of convergence. Assess the validity of this statement. To help you think about the following question: Why is integrating different cultural influences a major factor in the development of art, architecture, and literature?
6.) Why do museums and libraries protect and share the art and literature of prior civilizations?
7.) What is the role of government in providing education?
8.) What long term impacts will the spread of education in Western Europe by the late Middle Ages have on the Christian Church?
Thursday, Feb. 7-finish topic 7 section 7 reading on the Middle Ages and answer the following questions for Friday, Feb. 8:
1.) How did the high mortality rate affect the feudal and manorial systems in medieval Europe?
2.) What might have happened to Europe if the plague had been limited to Italy?
3.) What problems faced the Christian Church in the late Middle Ages? How did the Church react?
4.) How did the Great Schism actually occur? Create a timeline of events to answer this question.
5.) Summarize the causes, turning points and effects of the Hundred Years War.
6.) Rank the events that had the greatest impacts on the Hundred Years War and justify your ranking.
Friday, Feb. 8-complete look at the Black Death, problems in Christianity Complete the following questions for Monday, Feb. 11
1.) What key events affected Russia's growth?
2.) What were the short and long term effects on how Russia developed?
3.) How did the introduction of Cyrillic script influence Russian culture?
4.) How did Russia benefit from Mongol invasion? What did they forfeit?
5.) Why did Moscow replace Kiev as the center of Russia?
6.) How were Ivan the Great and Ivan the Terrible able to wrest control from the Mongols?
7.) Describe how geography influenced the development of Eastern Europe.
Monday, Feb. 11-catch up day for those not finished with previous topic seven questions and please share asap for full credit-remember one point off for each day late, finished Black Death documentary and went over Great Schism timeline and started 100 Years War info.
Wed., Feb 13-Go over 100 years War in Depth
Questions due for Thursday, Feb. 14:
1.) How did the great diversity of migrating groups impact Eastern Europe?
Thursday, Feb. 14 in class-finish our look at Eastern Europe and Russia and talk about the Mongul Empire and its influence
Friday, Feb. 15-Receive Topic 7 Dbq in class and discuss, start studying for Topic 7 test Wednesday Feb. 20
Tuesday, Feb. 19-go over DBQ doc questions, do DBQ prewrite, review for test
Wed., Feb. 20-receive short answer questions that could appear on Test and answer questions about test and DBQ due Friday
Potential Test Short Answer Questions:
1.)Explain how conflict between King John and his nobles eventually led to the creation of England's Parliament.
2.)Cite at least three pieces of evidence to support the conclusion that monks and nuns served a vital role during the Middle Ages.
3.)Explain the significance of the term "Dark Ages" and why that term is seldom used today.
4.)Describe how the fall of the Western Roman Empire led to the rise of feudalism.
5.)Describe how the spread of Christianity in Western Europe affected villages and cities, despite variations in language and culture.
6.)Explain how farming methods in medieval Western Europe evolved to meet the food needs of a growing population.
7.)Evaluate the impact of the bubonic plague on the medieval economy and social stability.
8.)Were Mongols barbarians or the first wave globalization and convergence?
9.)How did the legal forms of Henry II eventually lead to the formation of English common law?
Tues/Wed. Feb 19/20-Study for test and work on DBQ due Friday-in class Kahoot review Wed., Feb. 20 and once again review how to do a DBQ and answer questions
Due to inclement weather possible, the TEST on Wednesday Feb. 20 has been moved to Thursday, Feb. 21
Friday, Feb. 22-start Topic 8 Rise of Isalm, DBQ essay due by lunch-on desk at front of E-2 or shared by email, finish Test in Study Hall ASAP
Monday, Feb. 25-start topic 8 rdg on rise of Islam
Tuesday, Feb. 26-finish reading section 2 of topic 8 and be able to explain how Islam splinters and why
Wed., Feb. 27-Focus Questions to answer for Friday, March 1
1.) Describe the central ideas of Islam.
2.) Explain how Islam helped shape the way of life of its believers.
3.) How might Islam spread beyond the Arabian peninsula? Describe its spread.
4.) What is the importance of the Dome of the Rock to both Muslims and Jews?
5.) Identify the divisions that emerged within Islam. What long term issues might arise?
6.) Why is the Battle of Tours in France important? If the Muslim forces had been successful in France, where might they have gone next? Why?
7.) What might the advancement of Muslims further into Europe have meant for the area?
8.) How did the spread of the Muslim empire contribute to trade?
9.)Compare and contrast the Umayyad and Abbasid Dynasties. Use a t chart to do so.
10.) Why did the empire of the Abbasid caliphs decline?
Friday, March 1 focus questions due Monday, March 4
1.) Describe the role of trade in Muslim civilization.
2.) What was the social and economic impact of Islam as the Muslim empire spread across Europe, Asia, and Africa?
3.) What traditions influenced Muslim art, architecture and literature?
4.) Design a piece of "wallpaper" or "mosaic tile" illustrating your knowledge of Islamic art. You may use the blank side of a file card to do so.
5.) Summarize the scientific contributions of Muslim civilization.
6.) Why is the Muslim physician Muhammad al-Razi so important?
7.) How did Muslim scholars preserve and build on the learning of earlier civilizations?
8.) Now create a chart/graphic organizer identifying the accomplishments of Muslim civilization in medicine, history, literature, science and mathematics. What does this chart reveal about Muslim civilization?
Monday, March 4-focus questions due Tuesday, March 5
1.) Explain the impact of the Ottoman Empire on Eastern Europe.
2.) Why was the fall of Constantinople a powerful symbol?
3.) What new technology allowed the Ottomans to expand their empire?
4.) How did Islam grow in the Ottoman Empire?
5.) Explain how Abbas the Great strengthened the Safavid empire.
6.) How did religion divide the Ottoman and Safavid empires?
7.) How did the Safavid empire decline?
8.) Compare and Contrast the Ottoman and Safavid empires.
Thursday, March 7-remember to share answers to the above homeworks if not done yet!!
In class today you received an Essay Prompt: Is the postclasssical period (476-1450) one of convergence or divergence? Justify your answer.
We discussed what convergence and divergence means and then reviewed how to approach essay writing, what makes a good thesis. Then the class divided into groups to assess and list examples of divergence. In class on Friday, we will return to groups to create a list of examples of convergence.
Friday, March 8-receive a convergence handout on this period and read it and divide into groups to create a list of examples of convergence.
Create a thesis/ outline draft over break to be ready to write an essay answering the question the week after break.
Monday, March 18-thesis and outline for essay shared by end of class, Kahoot review on Rise of Islam, essay due Wednesday, March 20
Wed., MARCH 20-ESSAY DUE-Please print and bring to class ready to hand in
Thursday, March 21-Quiz on Rise of Islam
Friday, March 22-Questions due on West and East Africa today:
1.) How did geography affect migration, cultural development and trade in Africa? Make sure to define (in terms of the continent of Africa) Desert, Savanna, Rain Forest, Bantu (a group of people), and desertification.
2.) By 1000 AD which religion dominated Africa?
3.) What effect did trade have on North Africa?
4.) How did gold and salt trade impact West Africa?
5.) How did the rulers of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai build strong kingdoms?
6.) How did other West African societies (Benin and Hausa) develop?
7.) What impact did Muslim traders and Islam have on West Africa?
8.) How did Islam impact the development of East Africa?
9.) Describe similarities between the trade routes of East and West Africa.