Lesson+3

Instructor: Laura Bakes Grade Level: Ninth Grade Class: Social Studies 


 * Unit: World History **


 * __Lesson 3 - Western Civilization 1__

Introduction:** The beginnings of Western Civilization help to connect present-day Europe and America to past influences. Empire-building and the creation of new governance methods will be studied. In this first session, we all study the growth of Christianity into a dominating force on the European continent. Finally, we will examine the impact of the Bubonic Plague, starvation, enviromental changes and the clash with the Islamic world on Europe's beginnings.

 Time needed to complete lesson: Two weeks
 * Lesson Objectives:**
 * Student will understand the important eras of Western Civilization..
 * Student will be able to recognize the contributions of Greece in Rome.
 * Student will understand the impact of empire, war and expansion on the Western world.
 * Student will understand the impact of Christianity and its clash with the Muslim world.
 *  Students will understand the impact of the plague, onset of the small ice age, and war on the Western experience.




 * ~ **Assignment ** ||~ **Details ** ||~ **Skills learned ** ||~ **Assessment ** ||
 * Reading assignments; Philosopher and Historians || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: left;">Ancient Greece and Rome; history and ideas in their words (Homer, Herodotus, Socrates, Plato, Virgil, Cicero); Primary source review || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Recognition of the impact of ideas on societies; recognition of cultural ties within regions || Flow chart showing where and how Greece influenced Rome ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Documentary film || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: left;">The fall of the Roman empire || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Student will understand cultural diversity within a society; || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Reflection paper on the causes of Rome's decline ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: left;">Readings: Early Christians and mainstream pagan society || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: left;">Comparative religions: Christianity, Judaism, Roman pagan religions; monasticism

Create your own documentary that expresses the Medieval Monk's experience (male or female). Use text, music, and illustrations of their lives from the internet. Find examples of Gregorian chanting for your background music. Students will work in collaborative groups. See my example - Widget 1 - below.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Historical inquiry of primary sources; Recognition of multiple perspectives; and Understanding of the impact of religion on societies. || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Create your own documentary on animota (group project - see details) ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Documentary and maps; readings on Midieval Europe || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">The spread of Christendom, Monarchies, Barbarians || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Organization of historical information and recognition of changes in the region || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Map ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Readings in Midieval Europe || The plague, starvation, and onslaught of minor ice age || Recognition of the impact of the environment on society || Timline ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Music, art, and literature of the Renaissance <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> || The changing views on society, love, an science

Use Readthewords.com to create a modern version of a Shakespeare monologue. Once you have created it, send it to a classmate and discuss your impressions of both the reading and the reader (see widget 2 below for an example). || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Appreciation of changes in clutures and society over time || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Reflection paper on the causes of the new European outlook; also group worksheet on Readtheword assignment || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> Widget 1 - Animoto <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> media type="custom" key="4419021"

Widget 2 - ReadtheWords

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Background readings on European history, excerpts from philosophers and historians, documentary films (history channel, PBS), sound bites of music, slide show of art, and other piece of time-specific literature (religious and rennaissance, for example).
 * Resources/materials needed:**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bookmark: Text10; msobookmark: Text10; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msonoproof: yes;">Some internet research, animoto (pictures and sound files from the internet), timeline maker, online map, flow chart tool (office tool). <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * Technology used:**
 * The technology used in this lesson changes the teaching / learning in this way: **

Creating a documentary will allow students to perform specific research on Medieval Christian life and present it in a creative and innovative fashion. Readthewords will allow students to synchronize words from the past into a modern, computerized scheme. This project can help students to consider the traditional purpose of dramatic voice. Students will also use the internet and microsoft office tools to organize historical information in a clear manner. Through the use of modern tools, the students will be able to incorporate the past into their lives today.