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1. Students will analyze the cause and effect of the vast expansion and eventual fall of the Roman Empire. • Explore the internal weaknesses and territorial threats to the sanctity of the Roman Empire including political infighting, corruption, slavery, lack of education, barbarian migration and challenges to boundaries at height of empire. • Explain the establishment of Constantinople and the development of the Byzantine Empire and the consequences of the development of two distinct European civilizations. 7th Grade Medieval World History 2. Students will analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of Islam in the Middle Ages. • Investigate the origins of Islam including the life and teachings of Muhammad (including the Five Pillars of Islam) and connection to Judaism and Christianity. • Understand the intellectual exchanges among Muslim scholars of Eurasia and Africa and the contributions Muslim scholars made to later civilizations in the areas of science, geography, mathematics, philosophy, medicine, art and literature 7th Grade Medieval World History 2. Students will analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of Islam in the Middle Ages. • Explain the significance of the Qur'an and Sunnah as the primary sources of Islamic beliefs, practice, and law, and their influence in Muslims’ daily life • Compare and contrast early Muslim society to today’s Muslim community. • Explore the intellectual life of Islamic Spain and its impact on Europe. 7th Grade Medieval World History 3. Students will analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the Sub-Saharan civilizations of Ghana and Mali in Medieval Africa. • Study the Niger River and the relationship of vegetation zones of forest, savannah, and desert to trade in gold, salt, food, and slaves; and the growth of the Ghana and Mali empires. • Investigate the growth of Arabic as a language of government, trade and Islamic scholarship in West Africa. 7th Grade Medieval World History 4. Students will compare and contrast the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of Meso-American and Andean civilizations. • Investigate the locations, landforms and climates of Mexico, Central America and South America and their effects upon Mayan, Aztec and Inca economies, trade and development of urban societies. • Compare and contrast the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the Mesoamerican (Aztec & Maya) and Andean (Inca) civilizations including their subsequent destruction by Spanish conquerors 7th Grade Medieval World History 4. Students will compare and contrast the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of Meso-American and Andean civilizations. • Describe Mesoamerican achievements in astronomy and mathematics, including the development of the calendar and the Mesoamerican knowledge of seasonal changes to the civilizations’’ agricultural systems. 7th Grade Medieval World History 5. Students will analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of China in the Middle Ages. • Analyze the influences of Confucianism and changes in Confucian thought during the Sung and Mongol periods. • Describe the reunification of China under the Tang Dynasty and the reasons for the spread of Buddhism in Tang China, Korea and Japan • Trace the historic influence of such discoveries as tea, the manufacture of paper, wood-block printing, the compass, and gunpowder 7th Grade Medieval World History 6. Students will analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of Medieval Japan. • Explore feudal society in Medieval Japan including the shogun, daimyo and samurai and the lasting influence of the warrior code in the 20th century. • Describe the significance of Japan’s proximity to China and Korea and the intellectual, linguistic, religious, and philosophical influence of those countries on Japan. 7th Grade Medieval World History 7. Students will analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of Medieval Europe. • Examine how geography influenced the development of political and economic states after the fall of the Roman Empire (e.g. Barbarian kingdoms). • Investigate the struggle between church and state (e.g. conflict and cooperation between the Papacy and European monarchs, including Charlemagne). 7th Grade Medieval World History 7. Students will analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of Medieval Europe. • Understand the development of feudalism, its role in the medieval European economy, the way in which it was influenced by physical geography and how feudal relationships provided the foundation of political order. • Discuss the causes and course of the religious Crusades and their effects on the Christian, Muslim, and Jewish populations in Europe, with emphasis on the increasing contact by Europeans with cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean world 7th Grade Medieval World History 7. Students will analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of Medieval Europe. • Map the spread of the bubonic plague from Central Asia to China, the Middle East, and Europe and describe its impact on global population • Study the influence of the Magna Carta as a foundation of modern democracy. 7th Grade Medieval World History 8. Students analyze the origins, accomplishments and geographic spread of the Renaissance and the historical development of the Reformation. The Renaissance • Describe the way in which the revival of classical learning and the arts fostered a new interest in humanism (i.e., a balance between intellect and religious faith) • Detail advances made in literature, the arts, science, mathematics, cartography, engineering, and the understanding of human anatomy and astronomy 7th Grade Medieval World History 8. Students analyze the origins, accomplishments and geographic spread of the Renaissance and the historical development of the Reformation. The Renaissance • Research the lives of famous individuals from the Renaissance including Dante, Michelangelo, da Vinci, Gutenberg and Shakespeare. 7th Grade Medieval World History 8. Students analyze the origins, accomplishments and geographic spread of the Renaissance and the historical development of the Reformation. The Reformation: • List the causes for the internal turmoil in and weakening of the Catholic Church including tax policies and the selling of indulgences. • Describe the theological, political and economic ideas of the major figures during the Reformation (including Erasmus, Martin Luther, John Calvin, and William Tyndale). 7th Grade Medieval World History 8. Students analyze the origins, accomplishments and geographic spread of the Renaissance and the historical development of the Reformation. The Reformation: • Investigate the Counter-Reformation as an attempt by the Catholic Church to reform itself. 7th Grade Medieval World History 9. Students will analyze political and economic change during Age of Exploration, the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, and the Age of Reason. Scientific Revolution • Discuss the roots of the Scientific Revolution (including Greek rationalism, Jewish, Christian and Muslim science, Renaissance humanism, and new knowledge from global exploration). • Understand the significance of the new scientific theories (e.g. Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler and Newton) and the significance of new inventions (e.g. telescope, microscope, thermometer and barometer). 7th Grade Medieval World History 9. Students will analyze political and economic change during Age of Exploration, the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, and the Age of Reason. Scientific Revolution • Understand the scientific method advanced by Bacon and Descartes, the influence of new scientific rationalism on the growth of democratic ideas, and the coexistence of science with traditional religious beliefs 7th Grade Medieval World History 9. Students will analyze political and economic change during Age of Exploration, the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, and the Age of Reason. Age of Exploration, the Enlightenment and the Age of Reason • Know the great voyages of discovery, the locations of the routes, and the influence of cartography in the development of a new European worldview 7th Grade Medieval World History 9. Students will analyze political and economic change during Age of Exploration, the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, and the Age of Reason. Age of Exploration, the Enlightenment and the Age of Reason • Examine the origins of modern capitalism; the influence of mercantilism and cottage industry; the elements and importance of a market economy in seventeenth-century Europe; the changing international trading and marketing patterns, including their locations on a world map; and the influence of explorers and map makers 7th Grade Medieval World History 9. Students will analyze political and economic change during Age of Exploration, the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, and the Age of Reason. Age of Exploration, the Enlightenment and the Age of Reason • Describe how democratic thought and institutions were influenced by Enlightenment thinkers (e.g. Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau and Thomas Jefferson) influenced institutions. 7th Grade Medieval World History 9. Students will analyze political and economic change during Age of Exploration, the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, and the Age of Reason. Age of Exploration, the Enlightenment and the Age of Reason • Explore how the principles in the Magna Carta were embodied in such documents as the English Bill of Rights and the American Declaration of Independence. 7th Grade Medieval World History