Download Unit 4- Byzantine Emp

9th Grade Semester One
Unit 4: Byzantine Empire
Stage 1: Desired Outcomes
Topic / Unit Title: Byzantine Empire
NYS Content Standards
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Common Core Skills
Key Idea 1: The study of world history requires an
understanding of world cultures and civilizations, including an
analysis of important ideas, social and cultural values, beliefs,
and traditions. This study also examines the human condition
and the connections and interactions of people across time
and space and the ways different people view the same
event or issue from a variety of perspectives.
Key Idea 2: Establishing timeframes, exploring different
periodizations, examining themes across time and within
cultures, and focusing on important turning points in world
history help organize the study of world cultures and
civilizations.
Key Idea 3: Study of the major social, political, cultural, and
religious developments in world history involves learning
about the important roles and contributions of individuals and
groups.
Understandings:
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Reading-Social Studies (RH)
1. Use relevant information and ideas from documents to support analysis
3. Use information/ideas to determine cause and effect
4. Use source information/ideas to differentiate and understand political,
social and economic trends
7. Create and analyze visuals (graphs/charts)
Writing (W)
2. Write informative and explanatory texts to examine and express ideas
4. Produce writing appropriate to task, purpose and audience
9. Draw evidence from informational text
10. Write for a range of discipline specific tasks, purposes and audiences
Speaking and Listening (SL)
1. Initiate and participate in collaborative discussion
5. Use multimedia (visuals, sounds, digital) sources to present evidence
6. Demonstrate command of formal English
Language (L)
1. Demonstrate appropriate grammar usage in writing and speaking
(sentence complexity)
2. Demonstrate appropriate usage of the mechanics of language
(punctuation, capitalization)
4. Build vocabulary and expand word choice
Essential Questions:
The reasons for the creation of the Byzantine Empire
How the Eastern Roman empire evolved into the
Byzantine Empire and preserved the ideas of the
classical civilizations
The influence of Justinian’s Code on our modern legal
system
The reasons for the Great Schism and how the Eastern
Orthodox religion differs from Roman Catholicism
How and why the Eastern Orthodox church was able to
spread to other parts of Eastern
Europe
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How did the ideas of Ancient Rome continue through the Byzantine
Empire and eventually through Russia?
How did Justinian’s Code influence our modern system of law?
How did the differences between the Roman Catholic and the Eastern
Orthodox religions lead to the Great Schism?
How did the Great Schism impact the modern world?
Stage 2: Assessments and Tasks
Common Core Literacy Task
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Write a speech as Vladimir of Kiev showcasing the
positive aspects of the Byzantine culture and the
Eastern Orthodox Church.
Write a thematic essay examining the reasons for and
results of the Great Schism (5 paragraphs) {see essay
writing lesson below}
Analyze primary source evidence of Justinian’s Code
and evaluate whether his laws are just/fair and examine
how they compare to modern laws in the United States
today.
Write a letter comparing the Byzantine Empire to the
Roman Empire. (1/2 pg)
Performance Task(s) – Other Evidence
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Unit exam
Analyze and answer questions about primary and secondary source
documents
Participate in discussion about the Byzantine Empire and the Great
Schism
How will students reflect upon and self-assess their learning?
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Unit exam with feedback
Homework and Classwork assignments with feedback
Product
Process
Content
Accommodations: Scaffolds and Differentiation
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Modify primary source texts (variety, complexity, length)
Incorporate alternative materials (visual, video, audio, internet)
Provide supplementary resources for supports
Group with a purpose
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Model skills, task and/or product
Utilize graphic organizers / note taking template
Provide individual or group intervention and support
Re-enforce vocabulary / concept development
Provide choice / variety of activities or tasks
Group with a purpose
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Assign specific, purposeful assessments to individuals or groups
Allow students to choose from a variety of assessments
Provide scaffolds / supports (outlines, templates, models)
Provide extension activities to expand thinking or understanding
Group with a purpose
Stage 3: Learning Plan
Instructional Activities and Materials (W.H.E.R.E.T.O.)
Aim: Did the Byzantine Empire preserve the ideas of ancient Greece and Rome?
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Identify/define: Greek Orthodox Church, Justinian’s Code, Byzantium, Constantine, Constantinople, patriarch, Hippodrome, aqueducts.
Describe the origins of the Byzantine Empire.
Explain why Constantine built the city of Constantinople.
Assess the extent to which Constantinople reflected a combination of Greek, Roman and Christian culture.
Explain and analyze the accomplishments of the Byzantine civilization.
List and explain the reasons for the decline and fall of the Byzantine Empire.
Assess the extent to which knowledge of Greek and Roman technology benefited the Byzantine Empire.
Evaluate whether the Byzantine Empire preserved the heritage of ancient Greece and Rome
Activity: Write a letter from an explorer who is visiting the new Byzantine Empire for the first time. In your letter be sure to
include at least three specific ways that the Byzantine Empire is similar to Ancient Rome and any ways that they are different.
Aim: Has Justinian’s Code shaped the principles of justice in our society?
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Identify/define: Emperor Justinian, Justinian’s Code, Roman Law Codes
Explain Justinian’s Code and the principles embodied therein.
Compare and contrast examples from Justinian’s Code to examples from our system of justice in the United States.
Discuss why Justinian’s codification of Roman law is considered one of his greatest successes.
Evaluate whether Justinian’s Code is truly just and its effectiveness compared to other means of maintaining order.
Assess the extent to which Justinian’s Code is a preservation of Greek and Roman culture.
Evaluate whether Justinian’s Code has influenced our modern justice system.
Activity: Examine Justinian’s Code and using scenarios determine how situations would be handled during the reign of
Justinian compared to how each situation would be handled under today’s law system. Also evaluate whether each law of
Justinian’s Code is just/fair.
Aim: Do the religious ideas of a society reflect its secular values? (essay writing lesson)
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Identify/define: secular, icon, patriarch, mosaic, orthodox, schism, Great Schism of 1054, Emperor Justinian, Empress Theodora, Hagia
Sophia, Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic.
Explain the political and social reasons for the Great Schism of 1054.
Compare and contrast the major beliefs of Orthodox Christianity with Roman Catholicism.
Explain the role of the emperor in Byzantine society as compared to the role of the emperor in Roman society.
Evaluate whether Eastern Orthodox religious beliefs reflect the secular values of Byzantine society.
Explain the proper format for preparing and writing a thematic essay.
Activity: Thematic essay:
1. Carefully describe two beliefs of each branch of Christianity (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox)
2. Carefully explain how these two differences led to the shattering of the Christian religion’s unity.
Aim: Was Byzantium the catalyst and conduit for cultural diffusion between Europe and Russia?
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Explain the reasons for the schism between the eastern and western Christian churches.
Describe the spread of Eastern Christianity from Constantinople to Russia and Eastern Europe.
Explain how Russia and Eastern Europe were influenced by Byzantium.
Assess the significance of Byzantium as both a catalyst and a conduit for cultural diffusion between Europe and Russia.
Activity: Write a speech as Vladimir of Kiev convincing the people that they should begin to following the Eastern Orthodox
Church and the positive impacts that the Byzantine culture can have on Russian society.
Teacher Reflection for Future Planning
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Evaluate student work and response to questions during discussion
Will explore test results and essay writing skills on class exams to shape future writing lessons
January 2011
Theme: Geography
Geographic features have influenced the historical and cultural development of civilizations, empires, countries,
and regions of the world.
Task: Select three different geographic features and for each
● Discuss how this geographic feature influenced the historical and/or cultural development of a specific
civilization, empire, country, or region
You may use any geographic feature from your study of global history. Some suggestions you might wish to
consider include rivers, seas, oceans rain forests, plains, mountains, deserts, islands, and monsoons.
Multiple Choice
1 The early eastern European Slavic civilization at Kiev adopted the Eastern Orthodox religion, the Cyrillic alphabet, and
certain styles of art and architecture as a result of
(1) wars with Japan
(2) conquests by Mongol invaders
(3) visits to western European countries
(4) trade with the Byzantine Empire
2 The introduction of the Cyrillic alphabet and Orthodox Christianity to Russia is most closely associated with
(1) Viking conquests
(2) Byzantine missionaries
(3) Alexander the Great’s armies
(4) Ottoman expansion
3 One way in which Hammurabi and Justinian are similar is that they successfully
(1) established public education systems
(2) codified the laws of their empire
(3) instituted democratic governments
(4) separated church and state
4 The Code of Hammurabi, the Twelve Tables, and the Justinian Code are examples of
(1) religious edicts
(2) written laws
(3) epic poems
(4) democratic constitutions
5 The Code of Hammurabi of Babylon and the Justinian Code of the Byzantine Empire served functions similar to the
(1) Ziggurats of the Sumerians
(2) Buddhist stupas
(3) Maya hieroglyphics
(4) Twelve Tables of the Romans
6 One reason the Justinian Code was significant was that it
(1) became the foundation of the modern legal systems of many Western countries
(2) established the basis for the development of the Code of Hammurabi
(3) incorporated laws from all over Asia and Europe
(4) led to the protection of inalienable rights in Roman territories
7 Which sequence places these laws in the correct chronological order?
(1) Code of Hammurabi→ Justinian Code→ Napoleonic Code → Twelve Tables
(2) Justinian Code→ Twelve Tables→ Napoleonic Code → Code of Hammurabi
(3) Code of Hammurabi→ Twelve Tables→ Justinian Code→ Napoleonic Code
(4) Twelve Tables→ Napoleonic Code→ Code of Hammurabi→ Justinian Code
8 One way in which the Justinian Code and the Napoleonic Code are similar is that both
(1) made slavery unacceptable
(2) gave people a set of rules to follow
(3) treated all equally under the law
(4) provided for religious freedom
9 The Byzantine Empire influenced the development of Russia by
(1) preventing Mongol invasions
(2) destroying the power of the legislature
(3) establishing the potato as a staple food
(4) introducing Eastern Orthodox beliefs
10 The strategic location of the Byzantine Empire allowed control of the key trade routes between the
(1) South China Sea and the Strait of Malacca
(2) Caspian Sea and the Indian Ocean
(3) North Sea and the English Channel
(4) Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
11 Which region had the greatest influence on the historical and cultural development of the Byzantine Empire?
(1) Mesoamerica
(2) India
(3) Rome
(4) Egypt
12 Which event marked the rise in power of the Ottoman Empire in 1453?
(1) birth of Muhammad
(2) conquest of Constantinople
(3) siege of Vienna
(4) death of Saladin
Base your answer to question 11 on the photograph below and on your knowledge of social studies.
13 Which civilization most influenced the style of Russian architecture shown in this photograph?
(1) Umayyad
(3) French
(2) Byzantine
(4) Persian
Base your answers to questions 14 and 15 on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.
... Aside from female saints, the women described in the greatest detail by Byzantine authors are empresses and
aristocrats. Although they had a certain amount of freedom, these women were held to very much the same standards as
average women in Byzantine society: modesty, piety, and self-control were traits of an ideal woman. To preserve their
modesty, young unmarried women rarely went out in public alone, and married women who did not have jobs outside the
home left the house only for specific reasons, such as to go to the market, to church, or to the baths. By the middle
Byzantine period, it was thought appropriate for women, when they did go out, to cover their heads....
— Molly Fulghum Heintz, “Work,” in Ioli Kalavrezou, Byzantine Women and Their World, Harvard University Art Museums,
2003
14 What is the primary theme of this passage?
(1) social mobility
(2) economic interests
(3) cultural values
(4) natural rights
15 Which statement about Byzantine society is best supported by this passage?
(1) Empresses and aristocrats were more important than female saints.
(2) All women were expected to adhere to similar standards.
(3) Most women had jobs outside the home.
(4) Young unmarried women were encouraged to be independent.
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• Mauryan Emperor Asoka incorporates Buddhist ideas into his laws.
• Constantine legalizes Christianity throughout his empire.
• Prince Vladimir forces Russians to become Eastern Orthodox Christians.
Which generalization can be made based on these statements?
(1) Religions have had little impact on the development of empires.
(2) Many political leaders discouraged religious toleration.
(3) Leaders are often influenced by cultural belief systems.
(4) Christianity has been a dominant force in Europe and India.
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• Asoka incorporated Buddhist ideas into the laws he had carved on rocks and pillars placed throughout the
Mauryan Empire.
• Constantine made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire.
• Prince Vladimir required all Russians to become Eastern Orthodox Christians.
Which generalization can be made based on these statements?
(1) Leaders often use religion to unify an empire.
(2) Many political leaders encourage religious toleration.
(3) Leaders sometimes use religion as a reason to wage war.
(4) Political leaders usually become the head of the church in their country.
18 The 1453 conquest of Constantinople is an important turning point in global history because it
(1) ushered in Pax Romana
(2) began the Middle Ages
(3) contributed to the rise of the Ottoman Empire
(4) signified the end of the Napoleonic Wars
19 What was a major cause for the shift in European trade from the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean during the late
1400s?
(1) Ottoman Turks seized control of Constantinople.
(2) The Ming dynasty authorized Zheng He to make long-distance voyages.
(3) The Tokugawa shogunate adopted an isolationist policy.
(4) Christian crusaders captured Jerusalem.