Expanding Exchanges & Encounters

Students will be able to:

• Describe Rome’s Legacy

• Analyze the impact of early invaders - Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Angles, Saxons, Vandals

• Discuss the achievements of Charlemagne

• Recognize the role of the Vikings in the Middle Ages as both a threat and a source of trade

•  Define Feudalism and construct the Feudalism Pyramid 

  • Label and explain the layout/functions of a Medieval Manor

  • Analyze the evolution of Castles for both defense and offense

  • List and describe the stages of Knighthood

  • Analyze the transformation of manors into Medieval Towns

  • Understand how Guilds worked & the stages of becoming a “master”

  • Compare becoming a knight to becoming a master craftsman

• Explain how and why the Medieval Church developed.

• Analyze the religious and political purposes behind the Crusades

• Understand and evaluate how the Crusades fostered religious prejudice/antisemitism

• Define the cause of the Black Death and consider its impact on society

• Evaluate their group’s civilization in relation to the Middle Ages (consider technology, economics, & religious beliefs)

Students will be able to:

• Define Genocide and Holocaust 

• Consider how Religious prejudice was used to foment disrespect of one culture by another

• Observe slavery through history

• Make connections between the family values of the ancients, perspectives of humanity during the Holocaust, and societal norms today.