Grade 7: Medieval and Early Modern Times
создатель Daniel Ponciano
1. 7.7 Students compare and contrast Meso-American and Andean civilizations.
1.1. 7.7.1. Study the locations, landforms, and climates of Mexico, Central America, and SouthAmerica.
1.2. 7.7.2. Study the roles of people in each society, including class structures, family life, warfare, religious beliefs and practices, and slavery.
1.3. 7.7.3. Explain how and where each empire arose and how the Aztec and Incan empires were defeated by the Spanish.
1.4. 7.7.4. Describe the artistic and oral traditions and architecture in the three civilizations.
1.5. 7.7.5. Describe the Meso-American achievements in astronomy and mathematics.
2. 7.8 Students analyze the origins, accomplishments, and geographic diffusion of the Renaissance.
2.1. 7.8.1. Describe the way in which the revival of classical learning and the arts fostered a new interest in humanism.
2.2. 7.8.2. Explain the importance of Florence in the early stages of the Renaissance and the growth of independent trading cities.
2.3. 7.8.3. Understand the effects of the reopening of the ancient “Silk Road” between Europeand China.
2.4. 7.8.4. Describe the growth and effects of new ways of disseminating information.
2.4.1. Have students evaluate multiple methods of printing and their use. Ask them to consider how the printing press could be used and how it could change society. Have students analyses texts, their purpose and effects. Students will evaluate the significance on the printing press.
2.5. 7.8.5. Detail advances made in literature, the arts, science, mathematics, cartography, engineering, and the understanding of human anatomy and astronomy.
3. 7.9 Students analyze the historical developments of the Reformation.
3.1. 7.9.1. List the causes for the internal turmoil in and weakening of the Catholic church.
3.2. 7.9.2. Describe the theological, political, and economic ideas of the major figures during the Reformation.
3.3. 7.9.3. Explain Protestants’ new practices of church self-government influence on the development of democratic practices.
3.4. 7.9.4. Explain how the division of Catholic and Protestant regions affected the distribution of religions in the New World.
3.5. 7.9.5. Analyze how the Counter-Reformation revitalized the Catholic church and the forces that fostered the movement.
3.6. 7.9.6. Understand impact of missionaries on Christianity and the diffusion of Christianity from Europe to other parts of the world.
3.7. 7.9.7. Describe the Golden Age of cooperation between Jews and Muslims in medieval Spain including how that cooperation was terminated by religious persecution.
4. 7.10 Students analyze the historical developments of the Scientific Revolution and its lasting effect on religious, political, and cultural institutions.
4.1. 7.10.1. Discuss the roots of the Scientific Revolution.
4.2. 7.10.2. Understand the significance of the new scientific theories and the significance of new inventions.
4.3. 7.10.3. Understand the scientific method, the influence of rationalism on the democratic ideas, and the coexistence of science with traditional religious beliefs.
5. 7.11 Students analyze political and economic change in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries (the Age of Exploration, the Enlightenment, and the Age of Reason).
5.1. 7.11.2. Discuss the exchanges in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and the major economic and social effects on each continent.
5.2. 7.11.3. 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.
5.3. 7.11.4. Explain how the main ideas of the Enlightenment can be traced back to the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution and to the Greeks, Romans, and Christianity.
5.4. 7.11.5. Describe how democratic thought and institutions were influenced by Enlightenment thinkers.
5.5. 7.11.6. Discuss how the principles in the Magna Carta were embodied in such documents as the English Bill of Rights and the American Declaration of Independence.
6. 7.1 Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
6.1. 7.1.1 Study the lasting contributions of Rome (ie. citizenship & Laws) and it’s weakness (ie. internal armed conflicts, corruption, slavery, lack of education).
6.2. 7.1.2 Discuss the geographic borders of the empire and territorial cohesion.
6.3. 7.1.3 Describe the establishment by Constantine of Constantinople and the development of the Byzantine Empire.
7. 7.2 Students analyze the civilizations of Islam in the Middle Ages.
7.1. 7.2.1 Identify the physical features, the climates and ways of life in the Arabian peninsula.
7.2. 7.2.2 Trace the origins of Islam and the life and teachings of Muhammad.
7.3. 7.2.3 Explain the significance of the Qur’an and the Sunnah as the primary sources of Islamic beliefs.
7.4. 7.2.4 Discuss the expansion of Muslim rule and the acceptance of Islam and the Arabic language.
7.4.1. Student's will reflect on perceptions of Islam. Have students analyze quotes of Muhammad and the treatments of Jews and Christians during the invasion of Palestine.
7.5. 7.2.5 Describe the trade routes among the cities Asia, Africa, and Europe and the role of merchants in Arab society.
7.6. 7.2.6 Understand the intellectual exchanges/ advances among Muslim scholars of Eurasia and Africa.
8. 7.3 Students analyze China in the Middle Ages
8.1. 7.3.1 Describe the reunification of China under the Tang Dynasty and the spread of Buddhism in Tang China, Korea, and Japan.
8.2. 7.3.2 Describe agricultural, technological, and commercial developments during the Tang and Sung periods.
8.3. 7.3.3 Analyze the influences of Confucianism and changes in Confucian thought during the Sung and Mongol periods.
8.4. 7.3.4 Understand the importance of overland trade and maritime expeditions between China and other civilizations in the Mongol Ascendancy and Ming Dynasty.
8.5. 7.3.5 Trace the historic influence of such discoveries as tea, the manufacture of paper, woodblock printing, the compass, and gunpowder.
8.6. 7.3.6 Describe the development of the imperial state and the scholar-official class.
9. 7.4 Students analyze the sub-Saharan civilizations of Ghana and Mali in Medieval Africa.
9.1. 7.4.1 Study the Niger River and the growth of the Ghana and Mali empires.
9.2. 7.4.2 Analyze the development of states and cities in West Africa.
9.2.1. Ask the students to consider why was Mali an important site of encounter? Students will analyze maps and text to assess the geography of West Africa and the goods produced/ traded. Ask students to assess the effects of the exchanges at Mali?