8th Grade Curriculum
Unit: Europe after the Fall of

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GSTEQ |
History Alive! |
Medieval Times Textbook |
Supplemental |
Assessments |
Standards* |
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1. Why do people live and move where they do? |
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Ch.1.1 Byzantium
Ch. 5.2 Rise of Cities
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RIGSE: 5-1 – Many ways Earth’s people are interconnected
RIGSE: 5-2 – Interconnected World
RIGSE: 5-3 – Choices Interconnected world
RIGSE HP 2
Era 1 WH 1,2
Era 2 WH 1,2,3
Era 4 WH 5,6,7
Era 5 WH 1 |
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2. Why do people live the way they do? |
3.4 Mini-Dramas of Life in Medieval Europe
3.5 Comparing the Plight of Medieval Serfs with the Homeless Today
4.1 The Role of the Church in Medieval Europe
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Tao’s Game on Salvation |
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RIGSE G&C 1-4
Era 1 WH 1,2
Era 2 WH 1,2,3,4
Era 3 WH 1,2,3,4,5
Era 4 WH 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Era 5 WH 1,2 |
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3. How and why do human societies organize the way they do? |
2.2 Comparing the Justinian Code to Contemporary Law
3.1 Experiencing European
Feudalism
3.2 The Development of Feudalism in Western Europe (Connection to Japan)
3.5 Comparing the Plight of Medieval Serfs with the Homeless Today
4.1 The Role of the Church in Medieval Europe |
Ch 5.1 Feudalism – System for Living |
Video: Engineering an Empire: Byzantine
Compare Justinian Code Law to RI Law (rather than CA or in addition
to…)?
Tao’s Article on Holy Roman Empire |
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RIGSE – G&C 1-2, 4
Era 1 WH 2
Era 2 WH 1,2,3,4
Era 3 WH 1,2,3,4,5
Era 4 WH 1,2,3,4,5,6
Era 5 WH 1,2 |
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4. How does technology affect people’s lives? |
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Video: Engineering an Empire: Byzantine
Video: David McCauley Cathedral |
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RIGSE – G&C 5
RIGSE – HP1
Era 1 WH 1,2
Era 2 WH 1,2,3,4
Era 3 WH 1,2,3,4,5
Era 4 WH 1,2,6
Era 5 WH 1,2 |
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5. How has conflict and cooperation shaped human history?
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Video: The Barbarians – Huns & Mongols
(readings from Tao) |
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RIGSE – G&C 1,3,5
RIGSE – HP1,2,3
Era 2 WH 1,3
Era 3 WH 1,2,3,5
Era 4 WH 1,2,3
Era 5 WH 1,2 |
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6. How has the quest for resources affected human history? |
1.2 Traders and Invaders of the Roman Empire
2.1 Inside the Byzantine Empire |
Ch. 5.2 Rise of Cities
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Tao’s Game on Salvation |
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RIGSE – G&C 1,5
Era 1 WH 1,2
Era 2 WH 1,2,3
Era 3 WH 1,2,3,5
Era 4 WH 1,2,3,4,5
Era 5 WH 1,2 |
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7. How do we know what we know about human history? |
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Video: Engineering an Empire: Byzantine |
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RIGSE – HP 1,2,3
Era 1 WH 1,2
Era 3 WH 1,4
Era 4 WH 1,5,6 |
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8. Why do civilizations rise & decline? |
1.1 Mapping the Expansion of the Roman Empire
1.2 Traders and Invaders of the Roman Empire
1.3 Exploring the Reasons for Rome’s Fall
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Ch.1.1 Byzantium |
Video: Engineering an Empire: Byzantine |
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RIGSE – G&C 1,5
Era 2 WH 1,2,3
Era 3 WH 1,2,3,4,5
Era 4 WH 1,2,3,5,6,7
Era 5 WH 1,2 |