World History Unit 7

Big Idea:

Understand population loss, shifting of power, growth of inquiry, and changing to fit the times

Student Expectations:

Priority TEKS

WH.1(D) [Supporting] identify major causes and describe the major effects of the following important turning points in world history from 1450 to 1750: the Renaissance and the Reformation

WH.5(A) [Readiness] explain the political, intellectual, artistic, economic, and religious impact of the Renaissance

WH.5(B) [Readiness] explain the political, intellectual, artistic, economic, and religious impact of the Reformation

Focus TEKS

WH.4(G) [Readiness] explain how the Crusades, the Black Death, the Hundred Years’ War, and the Great Schism contributed to the end of medieval Europe

WH.23(B) [Supporting] identify examples of religious influence on various events referenced in the major eras of world history

WH.24(B) [Supporting] describe the major influences of women such as Elizabeth I during major eras of world history

WH.25(C) [Supporting] explain the relationship among Christianity, individualism, and growing secularism that began with the Renaissance and how the relationship influenced subsequent political developments

WH.26(A) [Supporting] identify significant examples of art and architecture that demonstrate an artistic ideal or visual principle from selected cultures

WH.27(C) [Supporting] explain the impact of the printing press on the Renaissance and the Reformation in Europe

Ongoing TEKS

WH.25(C) [Supporting] explain the relationship among Christianity, individualism, and growing secularism that began with the Renaissance and how the relationship influenced subsequent political developments

WH.27(E) [Supporting] identify the contributions of significant scientists such as Copernicus, Galileo

WH.30(A) [Processing] use social studies terminology correctly

WH.30(B) [Processing] use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation

Student Learning Targets:

• I will identify factors that lead to the Renaissance and Reformation
• I will classify artistic, political, intellectual, and economic contributions of the Renaissance and Reformation
• I will understand how the spirit of inquiry lead to the restructuring of political units in Europe
• I will recognize how the spirit of inquiry lead to the power loss of the Catholic Church
• I will relate how the printing press allowed for the spread of ideas that lead to the power shift in Europe

Essential Questions:

• How did the shift in power dynamics create the political structures currently in the world?
• How did technological advancements of the Renaissance evident in the world today?
• How the spirit of inquiry evident in the world today?
• How does the spirit of inquiry lead to revolutions around the world to this day?

Extra Information:

Adopted Textbook: World History Texas - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Holt McDougal

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