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This week Students watched a short video entitled "History of the Middle Ages" and answered related questions, also students worked on a map of Europe. The questions for the video were:

1. When was the period known as the Middle Ages, and why was it given this name?
2. Who was Charlemagne? Why was he an important figure during this time?
3. What were the Crusades?
4. What were some of the things the Crusaders learned from their expeditions?
5. What was the Black Death? Describe its symptoms.
6. Describe the effects of the Black Death on Europe during the late Middle Ages.


Map locations and color scheme are found on pgs. 385 and 394 in the text. The following sites must be labeled on your map:

Danube River
North Sea
Rhine River
Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
British Isles
Alps Mountains
Pyrenees Mountains
Black Sea
Use the map on pg. 394 to color your map following the spread of Christianity and areas under Muslim rule - be sure to include a legend describing what color describes which time period.

Jan. 19th - Jan. 22nd

This week in World History students will be learning about the geography of Europe, and the development of the rural lifestyle in Europe following the fall of the Roman Empire. On Tuesday and Wednesday we will check Vocabulary for the unit and the following questions:

1. What were the reasons that the heart of Europe became farmland and an important migration route?
2. What kind of impact might the Alps have had on settlement and migration patterns?
3. What was the effect of the fall of Rome on Europe?
4. Why were rivers so important in European history?
5. Who was Charlemagne and what was his main goal?
6. What leadership would religion provide in the absence of governmental leadership?
7. Who are St. Patrick and St. Bonafice? How did these missionaries spread Christianity?
8. How did the fir tree become a Christian symbol? What was the cause?
9. How did the system of rewards and punishments in Christian teachings help create a setting for law and order?
10. What did missionaries do?

Vocab:

Serf
Chivalry
Manor
Charlemagne
Secular
Crusade
Guild
Epidemic
Joan of Arc
Heresy

Welcome Back!

I hope everyone had a great winter break. This semester in World History we will be studying the continent of Europe from the fall of the Roman Empire until the Enlightenment. This week (1/11-1/15) we will be finishing up our study of Japan with an emphasis on its culture. The INB for this unit will be checked in class on Thursday(A) and Friday(B). By the end of the week we will begin studying the Medieval period of Europe.
A quick reminder that both Thursday and Friday are minimum days, and that this coming Monday, the 18th, there is no school in observance of the Martin Luther King holiday.