Unit 7 European Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Reformation

Unit Outcomes

Quarter 3

Key Vocabulary

At the end of this unit, your student should be able Terms to deepen the students understanding
to:consequences on the
Explain the devastating
Black Death
Crusades
populations, economies, and lives of those
Feudalism
Knight
affected by the Black Death in Asia and Europe.
Chivalry
Manor
Assess the limited power the Magna Carta
Magna Carta
Roman Catholic
gave to the English King and its influence on
Serfs
Church
the revolutionary foundation for many of the
Renaissance
Gutenberg
democratic principles found in Western
Printing Press.
Humanism
democracies today.
Michelangelo
Leonardo da
Compare social hierarchy roles in a feudal
Vinci
society based on the exchange of goods and
Mona Lisa
Michelangelo
services, protection, and power.
Sistine Chapel
William
Describe the influence of the Catholic Church on
Reformation
Shakespeare
the daily life of citizens living in a feudal society.
Indulgences
Heresy
Assess the geographic location of Northern Italy
Ninety-Five Theses
Martin
and its connection to the birth and expansion of
Luther
Renaissance ideas.
Protestant
Analyze the influence of the Renaissance on
art, literature, and science.
Analyze the Reformation movement led by
Martin Luther and other members of the
Roman Catholic Church that resulted in the
Key Standards Addressed
Essential Questions:
Connections to Common Core/NC Essential Standards
Connections to prior and future
- Why do civilizations and eras
H.2.1 - Explain how invasions, conquests, and 6.H.2.1learning
(Rome,
the
Middle Ages) end?
migrations affected various civilizations,
6.H.2.2
Why
does history (Greece, Rome,
societies and regions.
Europe, the US) repeat itself?
6.H.2.3 - How do new technologies (the
G.1.1 - Explain how the physical features
printing press, the internet) hasten the speed
and human characteristics of a place
of change and is this a good thing?
influenced the development of civilizations,
6.H.2.4 - Did one of these men (Charlemagne
societies and regions.
or Martin Luther) really change the world?
6.G.1.1 - How important are location and
E.1.2 - Explain how quality of life is impacted
place to a society's (Rome) longevity and
impact?
by economic choices of civilizations,
6.G.1.2 - How has disease (The Black Death)
societies and regions.
shaped the history of mankind?
6.C&G.1.4 - Does an increase in individual
C&G.1.1 - Explain the origins and
freedoms (the Magna Carta) lead to societies
structures of various governmental
that are more or less "free"?
systems.
6.E.1.2 - Is protection worth poverty or
servitude (Feudalism)?
C&G.1.2 - Summarize the ideas that shaped
6.E.1.2 - Are wealth and artistic expression
political thought in various civilizations,
linked?

societies and regions.

C.1.1 - Analyze how cultural expressions

reflected the values of civilizations, societies,

6.C.1.2 - Which has a greater impact on

individuals and society: religion, wealth, or
power?