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This resource includes a digital download of the full 15 week course syllabus aimed at enriching your learner’s understanding of the Middle Ages from the text: The Story of the World Volume 2: History for the Classical Child: The Middle Ages, by Susan Wise Bauer. Reference book pages are listed as well for companion study- Kingfisher Illustrated History of the World & Usborne Internet Linked Encyclopedia. Text specific discussion questions, appropriate cultural literacy terms, and links to creative activities are included for your use. Week fifteen is reserved for final presentations and a Kahoot Review. Topics of discussion include-
First Week Two Teacher's Outline, PPT and Flex Video Trial are also available for FREE download.
Week One: Rome- Governments, Influences, Rise and Fall; Anglo Saxons, Celts, Beowolf, Christianity, St. Augustine, monks, monasteries, Middle Ages literacy
Week Two: Constantine the Great, Constantinople, Holy Roman Empire, Justinian Code of Laws, Hagia Sophia, Gupta Dynasty, Buddhist monks, Ajanta caves, Australian aborigines, Maori
Week Three: Muhammed, Koran, Mecca, Hegira, 5 Pillars of Islam, Islamic Empire, caliph, Sinbad the Sailor, Rock of Gibraltar, Moors
Week Four: Sui & Tang Dynasties, Golden Age of China, Grand Canal, Ancient Chinese Inventions, Japan’s Yamato Dynasty, Moghul Dynasty of India: Babur the Tiger, Akbar
Week Five: Kingdom of the Franks- Clovis, Salic Laws, Charles the Hammer, Battle of Tours, Charlemagne, Vikings, Thor, Norse gods, Leif Ericson
Week Six: Alfred the Great, Bayeux Tapestry: Battle of Hastings, Haley’s Comet, Chivalry, feudalism, serfs, vassals, guilds, Japanese Samurai, shoguns
Week Seven: Jerusalem: The Holy City; Crusades, Saladin; El Cid, Reconquest of Spain; Richard the Lion-heart, Robin Hood, Magna Charta; Jewish Diaspora
Week Eight: Genghis and Kublai Khan; Travels of Marco Polo, Silk Road, Spice Route, The Forbidden City- Ming Dynasty; African Kingdoms: Ghana, Mali, Songhay; Mansa Musa, holy pilgrimage
Week Nine: Russians, Ivan the Great/ Terrible, tsars, Ottoman Turks, Fall of Constantinople, Suleiman the Magnificent, Black Death, Spain: Ferdinand and Isabella, Castle of Alhambra; Portugal: Prince Henry the Navigator; Navigation: astrolabe, compass, knots
Week Ten: Henry V; Battle of Agincourt, Joan of Arc, Battle of Orleans, Dauphin of France; Battle of the Roses: Lancasters, Yorks, Tudors; Queen Elizabeth, Shakespeare, Macbeth
Week Eleven: Columbus, De Gama, Vespucci, Magellan, Incas, Machu Picchu, Mayas, Aztecs, Tenochtitlan, Line of Demarcation, conquistadors, Cortes, Montezuma, Quetzalcoatl
Week Twelve: Gutenberg Press, William Tindale, Martin Luther, Henry VIII, Church of England, Council of Trent; Ptolemy, Copernicus, Galileo, Isaac Newton, Leonardo DaVinci
Week Thirteen: Renaissance: Rebirth of Ideas, Age of Reason; Michelangelo: David, Pieta, Sistine Chapel; Leonardo DaVinci: Last Supper; Brunelleschi: Linear Perspective; Copernicus, Galileo, Heliocentric vs. Geocentric; Isaac Newton, Laws of Motion; Orerry
Week Fourteen: Sir Walter Raleigh, Lost Colonies, John Cabot, Jacques Cartier, French Canada, Spanish Armada, Sir Francis Drake
Week Fifiteen: Final Presentations & Kahoot Review
