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UNIT COVER PAGE
UNIT 8
School District:
BHSD 228
Unit Title: Rulers Absolutism
Department:
Social Studies
Course:
Grade Levels:
World History
10
Topic Areas: The absolute monarchies of England, France, Spain, and Russia
1 Wk.
2009
Date Created: Spring, 2004
Date Modified:
G. Andruch, M. Bracena, J. Curtin, W. Podbbielniak, J. Robison, D. Stell,
Unit Designer(s): R.Tustin, D. Uniek, Greg Huelsman, Andrew Rybarczyk
Time Frame:
Link to State Standards
14.D.1 - Identify the roles of civic leaders (e.g., elected leaders, public service leaders).
14.D.5 - Interpret a variety of public policies and issues from the perspectives of different
individuals and groups.
14.F.1 - Describe political ideas and traditions important to the development of the United States
including democracy, individual rights and the concept of freedom.
14.F.2 - Identify consistencies and inconsistencies between expressed United States political
traditions and ideas and actual practices (e.g., freedom of speech, right to bear arms, slavery,
voting rights).
16.B.1 - Explain the contributions of individuals and groups who are featured in biographies,
legends, folklore and traditions.
16.B.2a - Describe the historical development of monarchies, oligarchies and city-states in
ancient civilizations.
16.B.3c - Identify causes and effects of European feudalism and the emergence of nation states
between 500 CE and 1500 CE.
16.B.5a - Analyze worldwide consequences of isolated political events, including the events
triggering the Napoleonic Wars and World Wars I and II.
16.B.5c - Analyze the relationship of an issue in world political history to the related aspects of
world economic, social and environmental history.
16.C.3a - Describe major economic trends from 1000 to 1500 CE including long distance trade,
banking, specialization of labor, commercialization, urbanization and technological and scientific
progress.
16.C.3b - Describe the economic systems and trade patterns of North America, South America
and Mesoamerica before the encounter with the Europeans.
16.C.3c - Describe the impact of technology (e.g., weaponry, transportation, printing press,
microchips) in different parts of the world, 1500 - present)
16.C.5c - Analyze the relationship between an issue in world economic history and the related
aspects of political, social and environmental history.
16.D.2 - Describe the various roles of men, women and children in the family, at work, and in the
community in various time periods and places (e.g., ancient Rome, Medieval Europe, ancient
China, Sub-Saharan Africa).
16.D.3 - Identify the origins and analyze consequences of events that have shaped world social
history including famines, migrations, plagues, slave trading.
16.D.5 -Analyze the relationship between an issue in world social history and the related aspects
of political, economic and environmental history.
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16.E.1 - Compare depictions of the natural environment that are found in myths, legends, folklore
and traditions.
16.E.2a - Describe how people in hunting and gathering and early pastoral societies adapted to
their respective environments.
16.E.5b - Analyze the relationship between an issue in world environmental history and the
related aspects of political, economic and social history.
17.A.1a - Identify physical characteristics of places, both local and global (e.g., locations, roads,
regions, bodies of water).
17.A.3a - Explain how people use geographic markers and boundaries to analyze and navigate the
Earth (e.g., hemispheres, meridians, continents, bodies of water).
17.A.4b - Use maps and other geographic instruments and technologies to analyze spatial patterns
and distributions on earth.
17.B.3a -Explain how physical processes including climate, plate tectonics, erosion, soil
formation, water cycle, and circulation patterns in the ocean shape patterns in the environment
and influence availability and quality of natural resources.
17.B.4a - Explain the dynamic interactions within and among the Earth's physical systems
including variation, productivity and constructive and destructive processes.
18.B.1a - Compare the roles of individuals in group situations (e.g., students, committee member,
employee/employer).
18.B.1b - Identify major social institutions in the community.
18.B.2a - Describe interactions of individuals, groups and institutions in situations drawn from
the local community (e.g., local response to state and national reforms).
18.B.2b - Describe the ways in which institutions meet the needs of society.
18.B.3a - Analyze how individuals and groups interact with and within institutions (e.g.,
educations, military).
18.B.3b -Explain how social institutions contribute to the development and transmission of
culture.
18.B.4 - Analyze various forms of institutions (e.g., educational, military, charitable,
governmental).
18.B.5 - Use methods of social science inquiry (pose questions, collect and analyze data, make
and support conclusions with evidence, report findings) to study the development and functions
of social systems and report conclusions to a larger audience.
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Summary of Unit
Students will learn about absolute monarchs and how their nations both benefited from, and
suffered under their rule.
Resources
See Curriculum Binder
Key Words
absolute Monarch
divine right
skepticism
intendment
westernization
habeas corpus
constitutional monarchy
cabinet
glorious revolution
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STAGE 1: IDENTIFY DESIRED RESULTS
Enduring Understandings
Students will understand that
absolutism gave Europe structure but limited the rights of the people.
Essential Questions
1. Compare England's Constitutional Monarchy to U.S. Democracy.
2. What happens to citizens' personal liberties if their ruler has absolute control?
3. What are some negative consequences of allowing one ruler to have complete control?
4. Why does absolute power corrupt?
5. How might a commoner feel about their monarch?
6. How do I know I don’t live under absolute rule?
Knowledge and Skills
Students will know
Absolute Monarchs
Westernization
Habeas Corpus
Constitutional Monarchy
Cabinet
What differs absolute rulers from other types of rulers
Divine right
Glorious Revolution
English Civil War
Students will be able to
explain how absolute rulers are both beneficial and negative.
show how different societies sought to limit these rulers.
Students will be familiar with
Peter the Great
Charles I
Oliver Cromwell
Charles II
Frederick the Great
Maria Theresa
Phillip II
Spanish Armada
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Frederick II
Louis XVI
Cardinal Richelieu
Ivan Terrible
Elizabeth
Catherine the Great
Louis XIV
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STAGE 2: DETERMINE ACCEPTABLE EVIDENCE
What evidence will show that students understand?
Required Assessments (brief description)
Create a travel brochure from the perspective of the king/queen trying to persuade people to come
their kingdom
Other Assessments (brief description)
Posters on various Kings/Queens of Europe
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PLAN LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND INSTRUCTION
What sequence of teaching and learning experiences will equip students
to develop and demonstrate the desired understandings?
Learning Activities
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How will you ensure that all students know where they are headed in the unit, why they are
headed there, and how they will be evaluated?
-Weekly calendars provided to the students.
-Objectives stated at each lesson
-Rubrics will be used as an assessment tool
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How will you hook students at the beginning of the unit?
Students will examine the powers and limitations of contemporary leaders.
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What events will help students experience and explore the big idea and questions in the unit?
How will you equip them with needed skills and knowledge?
Students will research past and present rulers and examine the impact the people under their rule
faced.
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How will you cause students to reflect and rethink? How will you guide them in rehearsing,
revising, and refining their work?
Students will participate in journal entries.
Students will be exposed to quizzes and self correct assessments with provided rubrics
E
How will you help students to exhibit and self-evaluate their growing skills, knowledge, and
understanding throughout the unit?
Students will be analyze their work based on pre distributed rubrics
Exit cards will contain reflective questioning to illustrate growth
T
How will you tailor and otherwise personalize the learning plan to optimize the engagement and
effectiveness of ALL students, without compromising the goals of the unit?
Multiple intelligence research will be utilized in creating assessments.
EPAS reading scores will assist teachers in tailoring instruction and assessment
Students will be given a variety of assessment choices
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How will you organize and sequence the learning activities to optimize the engagement
and achievement of ALL students?
Each unit will be approached topically to identify common themes.
Absolutism Travel Guide Project
1. Create a travel brochure for a King or Queen in Europe.
a. You must have persuasive reasons of why people should visit
your kingdom
b. Each entry on the brochure must contain at least 2 pieces of
factual information
i. Choose the most interesting because you want people
to come to your kingdom!!
c. Each entry on the brochure must be accompanied by a
picture or symbol
d. The travel brochure must contain a title with a “catchy”
slogan
e. You should have 6 entries
2. Based on your travel brochure: Complete a persuasive essay. See
attached rubric.
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Student Performance Task
Unit:
7
Task:
Travel Brochure on Kingdoms
Course: World History
Time Frame: 2 Days
Overarching Understanding:
 Students will understand that there has been a constant struggle throughout history between more
democratic and less democratic philosophies of government.
Enduring Understanding:
 Students will understand that absolutism gave Europe structure but limited the rights of the people
Essential Question:
 How might a commoner feel about their monarch?
Vignette:
Students will research a particular kingdom. They will then create a travel brochure from the king’s
perspective that persuades the reader to come to the kingdom.
Standard:
You will be graded on the following scale:
See attached rubric