MIDDLE SCHOOL MEDIEVAL HISTORY
Teacher: Janiene Bishop
Tuesdays 9:00am - 10:30am /10:45am - 12:15pm / 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Thursdays 10:45am- 12:15pm / 1:00pm - 2:30pm
$415 per semester (2 semester course)*
*There is an annual student fee for all students taking classes at Pacific Coast Learning Center. Some charter schools allow for this fee to be added to the cost of classes rather than being paid out-of-pocket by parents. If your charters agrees, you may add the cost of the student fee to your first PO.
In this discussion and activity-based course, students take a global trip around the world through the Middle Ages through the early modern era. Through Socratic discussions, games, group and personal research projects, weekly homework assignments, and unit exams, students will learn the ways people thought, worked, played, worshipped, and died from the medieval period through the early modern age.
Unit 1 - Expansion and Fall of Rome
Unit 2 - Rise and Growth of Islam
Unit 3 - African Civilizations
Unit 4 - Asian Civilizations
Unit 5 - Medieval Europe
Unit 6 - Civilizations of the Americas
Unit 7 - European Renaissance and Reformation
Unit 8 - Early Modern Europe
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK
World History, Medieval and Early Modern Times by McDougal Littell
ISBN #978-0618277476
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0618277471?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Teacher: Janiene Bishop
Tuesdays 9:00am - 10:30am /10:45am - 12:15pm / 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Thursdays 10:45am- 12:15pm / 1:00pm - 2:30pm
$415 per semester (2 semester course)*
*There is an annual student fee for all students taking classes at Pacific Coast Learning Center. Some charter schools allow for this fee to be added to the cost of classes rather than being paid out-of-pocket by parents. If your charters agrees, you may add the cost of the student fee to your first PO.
In this discussion and activity-based course, students take a global trip around the world through the Middle Ages through the early modern era. Through Socratic discussions, games, group and personal research projects, weekly homework assignments, and unit exams, students will learn the ways people thought, worked, played, worshipped, and died from the medieval period through the early modern age.
Unit 1 - Expansion and Fall of Rome
- Rise and Expansion of Rome
- Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- Early Byzantine Empire
- Legacy of Rome
Unit 2 - Rise and Growth of Islam
- Life on the Arabian Peninsula
- Origins of Islam
- Expansion of Muslim Rule
- Golden-Age of the East
Unit 3 - African Civilizations
- West African Culture
- Empires of Ghana and Mali
- Growth of Coastal Trading Cities
- Empires Built on Gold and Trade
- Kongo Kingdom
Unit 4 - Asian Civilizations
- Reunifying China
- Mongol Empire
- Land of the Rising Sun
- Growth of Japanese Culture
- Korea and Southeast Asia
Unit 5 - Medieval Europe
- Development of Feudalism
- Daily Life in Medieval Europe
- Role of the Catholic Church
- Crusades
- Bubonic Plaguettoman Empire
Unit 6 - Civilizations of the Americas
- Geography and Agriculture in Meso-America
- Olmec Civilization
- Mayan Civilization
- Aztec Civilization
- Inca Civilization
Unit 7 - European Renaissance and Reformation
- Origins, Rise, and Spread of the Renaissance
- Protestant Reformation and Reaction
- Expansion of Christianity
Unit 8 - Early Modern Europe
- History of Scientific Thought
- Scientific Revolution
- Age of Exploration
- Enlightenment
- Democratic Development
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK
World History, Medieval and Early Modern Times by McDougal Littell
ISBN #978-0618277476
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0618277471?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share