HOMEWORK--Complete your Agenda!
Read your Syllabus for when pages of your FINAL REVIEW PACKET are due (2 pages due tomorrow!).
Start a new right page in your notebook entitled END of the MIDDLE AGES. You are going to take notes on these topics, using the links below and the questions I've posed. These are notes, so sentences are not necessary.
THE CRUSADES (10 minutes)
The Crusades were a series of Holy Wars involving the Christians and the Muslims. These two groups were fighting for control of the Holy Land (land around Jerusalem). Read the information on the following webpage and complete notes on the following questions:
http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/the-crusades.htm
1. Why is Jerusalem important to Christians?
2. What were the Crusades?
3. What were the results of the Crusades?
MAGNA CARTA (5 minutes)
The Magna Carta was a powerful document that changed how the king ruled. Go to this webiste and take notes on the following questions:
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/magna_carta/
1. Who wrote the Magna Carta?
2. How did it inspire American government?
BLACK DEATH
Explore at least two (2) of the websites below, which have information about the Black Death in Europe. Take two-column notes on the following questions:
1. What caused the Black Death?
2. How did the Black Death spread? Why did it spread so quickly in cities?
3. Approximately how many people died during this plague?
4. How did people react to the disease and death around them?
5. How did trade help spread the disease (think about the 50K+ miles of roads built by the Romans)?
For this last question, respond using Power Answers:
6. If you were a priest or doctor during the Black Death, would you help people, even if it meant you could die? Why or why not?
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/home?gr=WELCOME!&gr=Welcome+Kansas+Education
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/plague.htm
http://www.boisestate.edu/courses/westciv/plague/
http://historymedren.about.com/od/theblackdeath/ig/Spread-of-the-Black-Death/msBD1.htm
http://www.suite101.com/content/the-black-death-in-europe-a74072
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/media/4544/The-second-pandemic-of-the-Black-Death-in-Europe
RENAISSANCE (rest of class, if time)
Following the Middle Ages, Europe entered a period known as The Renaissance. You will explore the following website for information and interactives during this exciting time period in history... when learning was again an important part of European life!
Each topic has some "deeper information" at the bottom of the page. Be sure to check these out, as well as the interactives! When you have your notes and are ready for the next topic, click on NEXT TOPIC at the bottom of the page (or from the menu to the left of the information).
http://www.learner.org/interactives/renaissance/
Start a new right page in your notebook entitled RENAISSANCE. Take notes (no sentences necessary) on the following questions (question to the left of the line, notes to the right):
1. What does the word Renaissance mean, and what language is it?
2. What is the overall "big" idea of the Renaissance?
3. How did the Plague (Black Death) affect the economy in Europe?
4. What was the "new middle class"?
5. What were some reasons for exploration?
6. What were some items found in the New World?
7. Why was the printing press an important advancement?
8. What cultures, which we have studied this year, reappeared in art, literature and architecture during the Renaissance?
9. Which Italian city is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance? WHY?
10. Based on what you read about life in Florence, would you like to live there? Why or why not?
