14 Activities: End of Rome through the Black Death

History Activities

    1. Dark Ages

http://sheg.stanford.edu/dark-ages

 2. Byzantium

http://www.mitchellteachers.org/WorldHistory/EuropeafterRome/ComparingJustinianCodetoContemporaryLaw.html

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/byzantium/

3. Islamic Expansion, Art, and Architecture

http://sheg.stanford.edu/expansion-islamic-empire

http://www.coreknowledge.org/mimik/mimik_uploads/lesson_plans/296/Exploring%20Islamic%20Art%20and%20Architecture.pdf 

4. Vikings and Beowulf (rotate through centers)

http://topicbox.net/history/vikings/5676/

http://www.ncte.ie/viking/

http://www.weberpl.lib.ut.us/sites/default/files/imce/images/lesson1.pdf

  5. Feudalism

http://users.manchester.edu/Student/SRKauffman/professionalwebsite/MiddleAgesLessons.pdf   (week 1)

http://gibsonworldhistory.weebly.com/lesson-2-feudalism-and-manorialism.html

  6. Calligraphy, Book of Hours, Book of Kells

http://www.coreknowledge.org/mimik/mimik_uploads/lesson_plans/383/Art%20and%20Artists%20%20An%20Appreciation.pdf   (Lesson 3)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_hours

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_kells

http://www.wisegeek.com/why-do-they-say-that-the-irish-saved-civilization.htm

 7. Castle

http://users.manchester.edu/Student/SRKauffman/professionalwebsite/MiddleAgesLessons.pdf   (week 3)

http://www.edugains.ca/resourcesDI/ProductsProjectSchools/DIProductsSecondaryProjects2009/7_CareerStudies_F.pdf

8. Cathedral

http://medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/cathedrals.html

http://westernreservepublicmedia.org/middleages/images/middleages.pdf   (Middle Ages Clergy)

Build a Gothic Cathedral- large with refrigerator boxes. Build a Gothic arch and buttresses

9. Eastern Orthodox

http://lukensocialstudies.weebly.com/the-great-schism.html

Visit with someone from the Eastern Orthodox Church

10.   Norman Conquest

http://bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/BayeuxActivities.htm

http://www.activehistory.co.uk/Miscellaneous/menus/Year_7/Norman_Conquest.htm

11.   First Crusade

http://sheg.stanford.edu/first-crusade

http://users.manchester.edu/Student/SRKauffman/professionalwebsite/MiddleAgesLessons.pdf   week 2

12.   Magna Carta and Robin Hood

http://hua.umf.maine.edu/Reading_Revolutions/magnacarta.html

http://users.manchester.edu/Student/SRKauffman/professionalwebsite/MiddleAgesLessons.pdf   (weeks 4 and 5)

13.   Invasions!- Huns, and Magyars, and Mongols, Oh My!

http://sheg.stanford.edu/attila-pope-leo

http://westernreservepublicmedia.org/middleages/images/middleages.pdf

14.   Black Death

http://sheg.stanford.edu/understanding-black-death

http://sheg.stanford.edu/black-death-florence

http://users.manchester.edu/Student/SRKauffman/professionalwebsite/MiddleAgesLessons.pdf   (week 6)