Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Military events that influenced the early Middle Ages in Europe, including invasions and military leaders. Governmental events that influenced the early Middle Ages in Europe.
- Social events that influenced the early Middle Ages in Europe, including the role of the early medieval church.
- Economic events that influenced the early Middle Ages in Europe, including the impact of new agricultural methods, changes in feudalism, and changes in manorialism.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Understand textual evidence of primary and secondary sources.
- Locate places on a map.
- Describe the ways military, governmental, social, and economic events can influence a country.
- Identify the effects of religious beliefs and practices on societies.
- Identify how religious beliefs affect government.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- There were important influences from the military, governmental, social, and economic events in the early Middle Ages in Europe (600-1000 A.D.).
Vocabulary
- manorialism
- feudalism
- concordat
- Eurasia
- topography
- three field succession
- Franks
- Germanic tribes
- Vikings
- chivalry
- vassal
- Patrick
- Benedict
- Charlemagne
- William the Conquer
- Eleanor of Aquitaine
