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Qtr3 Unit 4
Unit 4: Feudalism and transitions ( Islamic cultural Influence) // Content Statement #14. Trade routes connecting Africa, Europe and Asia fostered the spread of technology and major world religions. //

__Silk Road lesson__ (printable PDF lesson)

__Trade Route lesson__ (printable PDF lesson)

__Silk Road Research Project__

__Triangular Trade__ (printable PDF lesson)

// Content Statement #15. Improvements in transportation, communication and technology have facilitated cultural diffusion among peoples around the world. //

// Content Statement #20. The variability in the distribution of productive resources in the various regions of the world contributed to specialization, trade and interdependence. //

__Frontier Specialists__

__Lemonade and Cookies__

__Why Nations Trade__

__Illicit: The Dark Trade__ (printable PDF lesson)

// Content Statement #21. The growth of cities and empires fostered the growth of markets. Market exchanges encouraged specialization and the transition from barter to monetary economies. //

__Let's Find a Deal__

__Why Do We Need Money?__ // Content Statement #4. Mongol influence led to unified states in China and Korea, but the Mongol failure to conquer Japan allowed a feudal system to persist. //

__Western Reserve resources on the Middle Ages__

__PDF Chapter on the Feudal System__ (printable)

__Mongolian Museum lesson__

__Mongol Lesson__

__Feudal Japan information__

Qtr3 Unit 4 cont
Unit 4: Feudalism and transition (Renaissance and Reformation) // Content Statement #5. Achievements in medicine, science, mathematics and geography by the Islamic civilization dominated most of the Mediterranean after the decline of the Roman Empire. These achievements were introduced into Western Europe as a result of the Muslim conquests, Crusades and trade, influencing the European Renaissance. //

__PBS - Islam: Empire of Faith lessons__

__Western Reserve resources on the Middle Ages__

// Content Statement #6. The Renaissance in Europe introduced revolutionary ideas, leading to cultural, scientific and social changes. //

__Mr. Donn's Renaissance resources__

__Mr. Dowling's Renaissance lessons__

__Western Reserve resources on the Middle Ages__

// Content Statement #7. The Reformation introduced changes in religion including the emergence of Protestant faiths and a decline in the political power and social influence of the Roman Catholic Church. //

__Mr. Donn's resources on Reformation__

__Western Reserve resources on the Middle Ages__ // Content Statement #18. With the decline of feudalism, consolidation of power resulted in the emergence of nation states. //

__Out of Chaos Came the Middle Ages__ (printable PDF lesson)

__End of Europes Middle Ages Tutorial__

Qtr3 Unit 5
Unit 5: First Global Age // th Content Statement #8. Empires in Africa (Ghana, Mali and Songhay) and Asia (Byzantine, Ottoman, Mughal and China) grew as commercial and cultural centers along trade routes. //

__Trekking to Timbuktu__

__Early African Kingdoms__ (printable PDF lesson)

// 7th Content Statement #9. The advent of the trans-Saharan slave trade had profound effects on both West and Central Africa and the receiving societies. //

__Slave Kingdoms lesson__

__Online assessment questions over slave trade__

__Powerpoint over Atlantic Slave Trade__

// Content Statement #13. Geographic factors promote or impede the movement of people, products and ideas. //

__The Geography of Africa__ __(Teacher Notes)__


 * The lesson Silk Road also addresses this content statement. **

// Content Statement #14. Trade routes connecting Africa, Europe and Asia fostered the spread of technology and major world religions. //

__Silk Road lesson__ (printable PDF lesson)

__Trade Route lesson__ (printable PDF lesson)

__Silk Road Research Project__

__Triangular Trade__ (printable PDF lesson)

Qtr3 Unit 5 cont
Unit 5: First Global Age (European Exploration)

// Content Statement #10. European economic and cultural influence dramatically increased through explorations, conquests and colonization. //

__Info on Influences of Exploration__

// Content Statement #11. The Columbian exchange (i.e., the exchange of fauna, flora and pathogens) among previously unconnected parts of the world reshaped societies in ways still evident today. //

__Columbian Exchange lesson__ (printable PDF lesson)

__Columbian Exchange lesson 2__ (printable PDF lesson)

__Columbian Exchange lesson 3__ (printable PDF lesson)


 * Government **

// Content Statement #16. The ability to understand individual and group perspectives is essential to analyzing historic and contemporary issues. //

__Origins of a Western Worldview__

__Our Canada: Meet New France__