Medieval and Early Modern World History
Era Five: Intensified Hemispheric Interactions
(1000–1500 CE)
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Mansa Musa: African King of Gold
This unit combines lessons in the history and geography of medieval West Africa, including fascinating descriptions of life in the court of Mansa Musa as recorded by 14th century Arab scholars. 54 p. Grades 7–9
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[NH108-LA6] $14.95 Reproducible
The Role of Women in Medieval Europe
Students examine the roles of women in the Early Middle Ages with emphasis on the culture of the Germanic tribes that penetrated the Roman Empire; the property rights of women under feudalism; the participation of women in cultural life during the 11th through 13th centuries; and the occupational roles of women during the Late Middle Ages.
59 p. Grades 10–12 >>>Preview the unit [pdf]
[NH109-LA6] $16.95 Reproducible
Coping with Catastrophe:
The Black Death of the 14th Century
In this unit, students explore the deadly plague pandemic in world-historical perspective, examining primary sources from both Europe and the Middle East, including textual, pictorial, and statistical materials. They will relate the spread and impact of the disease, as well as varying human responses to it, to the social and cultural conditions prevailing in the mid-fourteenth-century. The sources will imaginatively lead students into world different from their own while suggesting contemporary parallels. 62 p. Grades 7–12
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[NH155-LA6] $16.95 Reproducible
Ibn Battuta: A View of the Fourteenth-Century World
In this unit, students meet Abu Abdallah Ibn Battuta, a 14th century Muslim scholar who set off in 1325 to make the holy pilgrimage to Mecca, then kept traveling around Eurasia and Africa for the next 29 years. Using maps, students will trace his journeys from his home in Morocco to such cities as Cairo, Isfahan, Mogadishu, Constantinople, Samarkand, Delhi, Canton, Granada, and Timbuktu. The unit’s primary sources, notably Ibn Battuta’s own travel account, will introduce students to the practices of the hajj, to the exciting events of the 14th century, and to Islam as a way of life unifying peoples from North Africa to Indonesia, encouraging them to think about the authenticity and credibility of historical sources and to recognize point of view as they consider Ibn Battuta’s own responses to the “Other.” 90 p. Grades 7–12 >>>Preview the unit [pdf]
[NH156-LA6] $16.95 Reproducible
The Crusades from Medieval European and Muslim Perspectives
Co-Published with the Council for Islamic Education
This unit focuses on diverse experiences during the Crusades, incorporating Muslim, Christian, and Jewish perspectives. Various impressions Muslims and Christians had of each other are presented through the analysis of primary documents relating different forms of cultural and social interaction. In one lesson, Richard the Lion Heart and Salah al-Din are taken as examples of the ideal leader and warrior in an effort to demonstrate the types of ideals to which average soldiers aspired. Other topics covered include military tactics, technology, the warrior ethos, and overall goals of both sides in the conflict. A variety of women’s accounts, which shed light on their experiences during the Crusades, are also included. 70 p. Grades 7–10 >>>NO PREVIEW AVAILABLE
[NH166-LA6] $16.95 Reproducible
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Crowning the Cathedral of Florence: Brunelleschi Builds His Dome
This unit recalls how the Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi, with the backing of the government and guilds of Florence, designed the great dome of the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore starting a new era in the history of architecture. 84 p. Grades 7–
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Medieval Universities
This three-lesson unit on Medieval Universities begins with a provocative description of the medieval student himself and then uses primary sources to trace the development of the university system in late 12th-century Europe and its importance for curriculum advancement. The lessons include role-playing a medieval university classroom; an examination of the curriculum, degrees, and professional preparation available to students; and an application of the medieval teaching methods of Peter Abelard. 66 p. Grades 9 –12 >>>NO PREVIEW AVAILABLE
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