Unit Description: Western Europe and Russia transformed politically, economically, and culturally ca. 1400–1750. This transformation included state building, conflicts, shifts in power and authority, and new ways of understanding their world.
Stage 1- Desired Results
Essential Questions
1) How does knowledge spread throughout various regions of the world?
2) How do global interactions effect global events in both a positive and negative fashion?
3) In what ways does challenging traditional beliefs effect the course of human events?
Enduring Understandings
Students understand that...
TRANSFORMATION OF WESTERN EUROPE AND RUSSIA: Western Europe and Russia transformed politically, economically, and culturally ca. 1400–1750. This transformation included state building, conflicts, shifts in power and authority, and new ways of understanding their world.
Common Core Standards and Performance Indicators:
Unifying Themes:
Development, Movement, and Interaction of Cultures
Time, Continuity, and Change
Power, Authority, and Governance
Science, Technology, and Innovation
Global Connections and Exchange
Social Studies Content Area Standards:
World History
Geography
Economics
Civics, Citizenship, and Government
Social Studies Practices (begin on page 3)
Common Core Learning Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science,and Technical Subjects (begins on page 76)
Knowledge
Students know that...
9.9a The Renaissance was influenced by the diffusion of technology and ideas. The Islamic caliphates played an important role in this diffusion.
9.9b The Reformation challenged traditional religious authority, which prompted a counter reformation that led to a religiously fragmented Western Europe and political conflicts. This religious upheaval continued the marginalization of Jews in European society.
9.9c Absolutist governments emerged as Western European and Russian monarchs consolidated power and wealth.
9.9d The development of the Scientific Revolution challenged traditional authorities and beliefs.
9.9e The Enlightenment challenged views of political authority and how power and authority were conceptualized
Skills
Students will be able to...
Students will investigate technologies and ideas, including printing and paper, navigational tools, and mathematics and medical science that diffused to Europe, noting the role of the Islamic caliphates.
Students will explore shifts in the Western European Medieval view of itself and the world as well as key Greco-Roman legacies that influenced Renaissance thinkers and artists
Students will examine political ideas developed during the Renaissance, including those of Machiavelli.
Students will explore the roles of key individuals, including Martin Luther, John Calvin, Elizabeth I, and Ignatius Loyola, and the impacts that they had on the religious and political unity of Europe.
Students will trace the discrimination against and persecution of Jews.
Students will investigate Russian efforts to remove Mongol and Islamic influence and to expand and transform their society.
Students will investigate autocratic and absolutist rule by comparing and contrasting the reigns of Louis XIV and Peter the Great.
Students will examine the Scientific Revolution, including the influence of Galileo and Newton
Students will investigate the Enlightenment by comparing and contrasting the ideas expressed in The Leviathan and The Second Treatise on Government.
Students will investigate the context and challenge to authority in the English Civil War and Glorious Revolution.
Key Terms
1) Humanism
2) Patron
3) Perspective
4) Indulgence
5) Recant
6) Predestination
7) Heliocentric
8) Gravity
9) Absolute monarch
10) Divine Right
11) Natural Rights
12) Philosophe
13) Social Contract
14) Enlightened Monarch
Stage 2- Assessment Evidence
Summative Tasks
Multiple Choice and CRQ Questions : Use pages 8-11 for questions on this topic
End of unit assessment: 40 question cumulative exam, followed by turning point thematic essay and printing press and heliocentrism DBQ
Formative Tasks
Comparison of characteristics of Absolutism and the Enlightenment.
Resources and Activities on Machiavelli: Three part close read on The Prince that asks students to contextualize, predict, and then take a position on The Prince. Can be cut down to suit needs and audience.
Renaissance Prezi: CRQ and DBQ (does not open in Chrome): Digital DBQ activity. Can use as a Chromebook or Computer lab assessment
Reformation resources: Visual chronicling the change from Catholic to Protestant, followed by a close read on Luther.
Reformation Station activity: Provides documents and questions for ten stations around the room.
Scientific Revolution materials: Analyzes the changing views on anatomy and astronomy, then students prove the claim that European knowledge came from outside their borders using evidence
Absolutism Activities: Uses images to answer "How does an absolute monarch gain, maintain, and consolidate power?"
Constitutional Monarchy: Students put excerpt of the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights in their own words. Followed by a letter writing activity to show understanding
Stage 3- Related Lessons
Lesson Plans and Content
Galileo Lesson SHEG: Was Galileo really a heretic? Using evidence, students determine how the Inquisition should have ruled.
Martin Luther Lesson: SHEG: Why did Martin Luther challenge the Catholic Church? Students analyze the changes in Luther's tone and life that may have prompted his challenge to the Church.
Several lessons on Renaissance (includes intro, art, spread, and technology) and Reformation (includes Luther and Henry VIII). Also includes multiple choice, short answer essay assessments and inquiry lessons.
Lesson Plan Absolutism: Students will uncover the critical attributes of absolutism from analysis of a series of examples
Inquiry Lesson: Enlightenment: How have Enlightenment philosophers influenced modern governments?
Inquiry Lesson: Did the printing press preserve the past or create the future?
Renaissance vs. Middle Ages: Review meaning of a Golden Age and uses a PPT to compare the two eras above
Art: Renaissance vs. Medieval: PPT takes students through the differences and asks them to identify examples.
Peter the Great/Louis XIV: Document based lesson comparing and contrasting Peter and Louis. Lengthy. May be cut or done over 2 - 3 days.
Videos, Documents, and Resources
Primary sources Scientific Revolution, including: models, illustrations, and writings from Ptolemy, Galileo, Bacon, Kepler, and others
Primary Source: Louis XIV: a duke writes about his experiences living in Louis' court
Suggestions for Diverse Learners:
Lesson Plan Baseball Cards Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
Renaissance Vocabulary Activity: students work collabortively to describe terms using a visual representation
Reformation Dossier activity: Read "dossiers" for major Reformation figures and complete analysis sheet
Renaissance Artist Activity: Either using the chromebooks or the computer lab Student will choose one Renaissance artist and one of their major works. They will complete the following questions that pertain to their chosen work of art: 1) List three renaissance characteristics that appear in the work. 2) Describe what you believe to be the meaning behind the artwork. 3) Explain why you have chosen this particular work of art.