6.2.9 Describe the characteristics, significance, and influences of feudalism, the Crusades, and the growth of towns and cities through trade and commerce during the Middle Ages

6.2.10 Examine the significance of the people and ideas that influenced the Renaissance in Europe

6.3.4 Determine world migration patterns and population trends by interpreting maps, charts, and graphs

6.4.2 Explain how world migration patterns and cultural diffusion influenced human settlement

6.4.3 Explain the connection between physical geography and its influence on the development of civilization.

• Explain how geography influences human settlement and the rise of civilization.

• Explain which geographical features are beneficial and which are detrimental to civilization (use factors such as stability, climate, location, and resources including proximity to water).

6.1.1 Produce clear and coherent writing for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences by completing the following tasks:

• Conducting historical research

• Evaluating a broad variety of primary and secondary sources

• Comparing and contrasting varied points of view

• Determining the meaning of words and phrases from historical texts

• Using technology to research, produce, or publish a written product

6.1.2 Construct and interpret a parallel timeline of key events in the ancient world.

• Create a timeline relating to early humans and developing civilizations including the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic, Stone Age-Old/New Stone Age, Bronze Age).

• Create a timeline using appropriate dates, including B.C.E/B.C. and C.E./A.D.

6.1.3 Analyze information in primary and secondary sources to address document-based

6.1.4 Identify and compare measurements of time in order to understand historical chronology.

• Compare/contrast measurements of time including years, decades, centuries, millenniums, time periods, eras, and events.

• Examine timelines of key Unit 1 content recognizing measurements of time, sequencing, chronology, location, distance, and duration.

• Define terms related to measurements of time and chronology (B.C.E./B.C., C.E./A.D., circa or c., prehistoric/prehistory).the world.

6.3.3 Compare and contrast physical and political boundaries of civilizations, empires, and kingdoms using maps and globes

6.3.4 Determine world migration patterns and population trends by interpreting maps, charts, and graphs

6.6.1 Explain the impact of job specialization in the development of civilizations

6.6.2 Analyze the progression from barter exchange to monetary exchange

6.6.3 Describe the economic motivation for expanding trade and territorial conquests in world civilizations using economic concepts

6.6.4 Explain how the development of trade and taxation influenced economic growth in the ancient world

Unit Goal:

Topics (GLEs) for the unit & pacing: Approximately 4 Weeks

Unit Description: The unit focuses on the rise of the Medieval Period in Western Europe; its political, social and economic structures and influences; the spread of Christianity and the growing power of the Catholic Church; the Black Death, and the conflicts between Christianity and Islam. Additionally, this unit focuses in the development of the Renaissance in Europe, its accomlishments and contributions to the power of the Catholic Church, and its enduring influence on western civilization.

• Task 1 - Charlemagne

• Task 2 - The Rise of Feudalism in Europe

• Task 3 - The Feudal Manor

• Task 4 - Knights

• Task 5 - The Crusades

• Task 6 - Bubonic Plague

• Task 7 - Magna Carta

• Task 8 - What if?

• Task 9 - Middle Ages Timeline

• Task 1 - Causes of the Renaissance

• Task 2 - Renaissance Map

• Task 3 - Men of the Renaissance

• Task 4- Renaissance Men

• Task 5 - The Invention of the Printing Press

• Task 6 - Renaissance Timeline

• Task 7 - Greece & Rome to the Renaissance

• Societies changed over time.

• Exploration and exoansion transform ideas, culture, and society.

• The movement and migration of people and ideas affects the past, present, and future.

• Societies change over time.

• How did the society change during the Medieval Period?

• How and why did trade and interaction lead to changes in political, economic, and social systems?

• Why do people and ideas move? How does movement affect existing communities? How does it affect new communities?

• What were the political conditions that allowed the Renaissance to flourish?