SS10.8.17

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 8

Students know:

How the new prosperity of the late Middle Ages enabled the expansion of religious wealth and influence.
The effects of the Crusades on Europe.
The social and economic impact of the Black Death.
The cause and effect of the Hundred Years' War.
Identify changes in the arts, architecture, literature, and science in the late Middle Ages.
Changes in intellectual thought and economic prosperity that lead to an increase in education among most social groups.
Economic changes that resulted in a larger middle class and greater commercial prosperity.

Students are able to:

Students understand that:

Events and changes in the late Middle ages led to the origins of the Renaissance.

Examples: the Crusades, Hundred Years’ War, Black Death, rise of the middle class, commercial prosperity