Middle School World History: Middle Ages 
Teacher: Janiene Bishop
Tuesdays 1:00 - 2:30, 2:45 - 4:15
Thursdays 1:00 - 2:30, 2:45 - 4:15
​$370 per semester (2 semester course)

In this discussion and activity-based course, students take a global trip around the world through the Middle Ages. 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 Plague
• Ottoman 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 
• Reformation and Reaction
• Expansion of Christianity

Unit 8 - Early Modern Europe

• History of Scientific Thought
• Scientific Revolution
• Age of Exploration
• Enlightenment
• Democratic Development

Textbook for this Class: 
McDougal Littell World History Medieval to Early Modern Times 

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