Universal+History


 * WEEKS 1 - 4 ||

By the end of this week, you should be able to: Basic characteristics of Kings, Castles, Palaces and Feuds ||  || Reading: "Overview: Castles in Context" ||  || By the end of this week, you should be able to:
 * **WEEK 1 M.A. **
 * CHARLEMAGNE, FEUDALISM AND THE EUROPEAN KINGDOMS ** ||  ||
 * ** OBJECTIVE(S) **
 * Identify **
 * 1) Who Charlemagne was and how he divided land into feuds.
 * 2) What characterised a Medieval Feud, a Medieval castle and a Medieval palace
 * 3) Which were the characteristics of a Medieval king
 * Define**
 * 1) Feud
 * 2) Franchise
 * 3) Drawer bridge
 * 4) Gatehouse
 * 5) Portcullis
 * 6) Knight
 * 7) King ||   ||
 * ** ACTIVITIES / STRATEGIES ** ||  ||
 * ** ASSESSMENT **
 * ** HOMEWORK **
 * ** RESOURCES ** ||  ||
 * ** CROSS-CURRICULAR LINKS ** ||  ||
 * **WEEK 2 M.A. **
 * DAILY LIFE IN THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES. THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH, SCHOLASTICISM AND THE BIRTH OF UNIVERSITIES. ** ||  ||
 * ** OBJECTIVE(S) **
 * Identify**
 * 1) What was life like for an average Medieval peasant
 * 2) What were the characteristics of a Medieval Abbey
 * 3) How the Medieval Church was organised
 * 4) What characterised Scholasticism and how it can be linked to the creation of Universities

Assessment on Reading ||  || "A Medieval Abbey" ||  || By the end of this week, you should be able to:
 * Define**
 * 1) Scholasticism
 * 2) University
 * 3) Abbey / Abbott / Abbess
 * 4) Benedictines
 * 5) Cistercians
 * 6) Chapter House
 * 7) Lavatorium
 * 8) Scriptorium
 * 9) Refectory
 * 10) Black Death ||   ||
 * ** ACTIVITIES / STRATEGIES ** ||  ||
 * ** ASSESSMENT **
 * ** HOMEWORK **
 * ** RESOURCES ** ||  ||
 * ** CROSS-CURRICULAR LINKS ** ||  ||
 * **WEEK 3 M.A. **
 * ART OF THE MIDDLE AGES (ROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC) ** ||  ||
 * ** OBJECTIVE(S) **


 * Identify and describe**

1. Which were the basic characteristics of Romanesque in architecture 2. Which were the basic characteristics of Gothic in architecture 3. Which were the basic characteristics of Romanesque painting 4. Which were the basic characteristics of Gothic painting

Assessment on the reading ||  || Watch some clips from the film "The Name of the Rose" ||  || By the end of this week, you should be able to
 * Define**
 * 1) Portal
 * 2) Archivolt
 * 3) Pantocrator or Christ in Majesty
 * 4) Barrel vault
 * 5) Cloister
 * 6) Historiated capitals
 * 7) Pointed arch
 * 8) Ribbed vault
 * 9) Flying buttress ||   ||
 * ** ACTIVITIES / STRATEGIES ** ||  ||
 * ** ASSESSMENT **
 * ** HOMEWORK **
 * ** RESOURCES ** ||  ||
 * ** CROSS-CURRICULAR LINKS ** ||  ||
 * **WEEK 4 M.A. **
 * CHANGES IN COMMERCE AND THE REBIRTH OF CITIES. **
 * THE BIRTH OF MODERN NATIONS. ** ||  ||
 * ** OBJECTIVE(S) **

> Assessment on the clips from the film ||  || "Coining the term //Middle Ages"// ||  || ** EXAM TOPICS: **
 * Identify and describe**
 * 1) What were the changes in trade and commerce that gave birth to new cities at the end of the Middle Ages
 * 2) How these changes gave way to a new sense of identity, sovereignty and national pride.
 * 3) How did Medieval values change as trade and commerce grew?
 * 4) What is a Monarchy?
 * 5) How does the location of a town influence its growth?
 * 6) How did the moneychargers earn money?
 * Define**
 * 1) Guilds
 * 2) Hanseatic League
 * 3) English Peasants' Revolt
 * 4) Jacquerie
 * 5) Sovereignty
 * 6) Nation ||   ||
 * ** ACTIVITIES / STRATEGIES ** ||  ||
 * ** ASSESSMENT **
 * ** HOMEWORK **
 * ** RESOURCES ** ||  ||
 * ** CROSS-CURRICULAR LINKS ** ||  ||
 * 1) The myth of the "Dark Ages"
 * 2) Charlemagne and the creation of the Feudal System
 * 3) Characteristics of a Feudal Manor, the role of the King and the life of a Medieval peasant
 * 4) Castles - Characteristics and parts of a castle
 * 5) Abbeys - Characteristics and parts of an Abbey
 * 6) The role of the Church in the Middle Ages and Pilgrimage
 * 7) Differences between the Romanesque and the Gothic period
 * 8) Romanesque Art
 * 9) Gothic Art
 * 10) Questions based on one of the videos on "Belief" or "Knowledge"
 * 11) SKILLS: - Revise your
 * 12) Definitions, descriptions, identifications
 * 13) Essay writing

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