Overview and Background: Unit: The Middle Ages

Stacy DeVore : Cheney USD 268

History. Social Studies. : World History, Middle Ages : World History, Middle Ages

Cheney : Grades 6 - 6 : Aug. - Jun.

Title:	The Middle Ages
Topics:	World History, Middle Ages
Time Frame:
Start Date:	-
Status:	Draft
Date Revised:

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Summary:
This unit will look at the Middle Ages, how they developed and their influence on modern society.

Print Materials Needed:
Textbook - Human Heritage: A World History

Resources:
The Middle Ages / by Rebecca Stark. Educational Impressions, 1995.
The Middle Ages / (5 videos). Films Incorporated Video, 1993.
Medieval World / Jane Bingham. Scholastic, 1999.
Teaching the Middle Ages with Magnificent Art Masterpieces / by Bobbi Chertok et al. Scholastic Professional Books, 1999.
Medieval Times / by Cynthia Ross. Teacher Created Materials, 1992.

Resource Attachments:	http://www.cheney268.com/MSSS/DeVore/middleages/middleages.htm
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Stage 1: Identify Desired Results

State:	KS
Title:	Social Studies
Standard(s):	World History 3.1 The student describes the political, social and economic institutions of Medieval Europe. World History 4.1 The student explains how the Renaissance was a transition period from the Medieval to the modern age.

Understandings:
user	Each historical era develops from earlier events and influences future developments. Unit Understanding: The Middle Ages was a period for new forms of political, social and economic systems. The Renaissance was the transition from the Medieval to the Modern Age.

Essential Questions:
User	What events of the Middle Ages influenced the Modern Age? How and why did social institutions change during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance? How and why did political institutions change during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance? How and why did economic institutions change during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance?

Knowledge and Skills:

K
Key Concepts"
Magna Carta
Feudalism
Christendom
Rise of Towns

Stage 2: Determine Acceptable Evidence

Assessment Summary:
Students pick one event or element each of the categories (social, political, economic, inventions, arts) for the Middle Ages. They research those events, creating a one page flyer for each, explaining the event, how it developed and its implications for the Modern era. The flyers should be accurate, informative and insightful.

Task/Prompt: The Middle Ages Museum

Type: Performance Task

Topics: World History, Middle Ages

Summary:
Students pick one event or element each of the categories (social, political, economic, inventions, arts) for the Middle Ages. They research those events, creating a one page flyer for each, explaining the event, how it developed and its implications for the Modern era. The flyers should be accurate, informative and insightful.

Print Materials Needed:

Resources:

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Internet Resource Links:
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Student Directions:
You have been hired to help create a Middle Ages Museum that will help visitors understand the changes of the Middle Ages and how these developments had an impact on us today. Pick one event or element each of the categories (social, political, economic, inventions, arts) for the Middle Ages. Research those events and then create a one page flyer for each, explaining the event, how it developed and its implications for the Modern era. Use graphics to make it attractive as well as informative. The flyers should be accurate, informative and insightful.

Other assessment evidence to be collected:

Stage 3: Plan Learning Experiences and Instruction

Learning Activities:

W
Students fill in Graphic Organizer about what they already know about the Middle Ages.

H
Show video clip from the Middle Ages video.

E
Textbook readings and activities
Students create a rose window in conjunction with their art classes.
Students create a coat of arms and then describe the symbols they have chosen and how it represents the family.
Sim Feud Game (see link)

R
Peer review of flyers.

E
Students pick one event or element each of the categories (social, political, economic, inventions, arts) for the Middle Ages. They research those events, creating a one page flyer for each, explaining the event, how it developed and its implications for the Modern era. The flyers should be accurate, informative and insightful.

Other Assessments:
Sin Feud Game
Unit Test

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