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)*
*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 $80 per semester to your purchase order to cover student fees. You may select this option when you register for the class.
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
Textbook for this Class:
McDougal Littell World History Medieval to Early Modern Times
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)*
*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 $80 per semester to your purchase order to cover student fees. You may select this option when you register for the class.
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
- Life on the Arabian Peninsula
- Origins of Islam
- Expansion of Muslim Rule
- Golden-Age of the East
- West African Culture
- Empires of Ghana and Mali
- Growth of Coastal Trading Cities
- Empires Built on Gold and Trade
- Kongo Kingdom
- Reunifying China
- Mongol Empire
- Land of the Rising Sun
- Growth of Japanese Culture
- Korea and Southeast Asia
- Development of Feudalism
- Daily Life in Medieval Europe
- Role of the Catholic Church
- Crusades
- Bubonic Plague
- Ottoman Empire
- Geography and Agriculture in Meso-America
- Olmec Civilization
- Mayan Civilization
- Aztec Civilization
- Inca Civilization
- Origins, Rise, and Spread of the Renaissance
- Reformation and Reaction
- Expansion of Christianity
- 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