Second Semester, Unit III: The World Between the Wars/WWII



First Semester, Unit I: 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”

First Semester, Unit I: The Late Medieval World Calendar

Reading: Text, pp. 258-304

|Day |Date |Topic of the Day |Reading/Homework |

|T |Sept. 6 |Class Intro, Map of Europe | |

|W |Sept. 7 |Medieval Society, church, and politics |pp. 258-271 |

|TH |Sept. 8 |Late Medieval Crises; The Plague Video |pp. 292-304 |

|F |Sept. 9 |9/11, Picture Day, Doc Analysis—Magna Carta & Plague docs |pp. 271-281 |

| | |(APPARTS) | |

|M |Sept. 12 |Medieval/Renaissance Art, Art Tour | |

|T |Sept. 13 |Group examination of 1995 DBQ on the Plague, group project |Study for quiz—map due tomorrow |

|W |Sept. 14 |Medieval Quiz; Reading Questions and Vocab Due | |

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