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    This document provides an overview for a 9th grade World Studies unit comparing cultures of the Middle Ages. The unit will take place over 9 classes and explore the development of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and other cultures during this time period. Students will learn about topics like the origins and spread of Islam, the Crusades, influences in Africa and advances in East Asia. For their final assessment, students will film a debate video answering questions about the role of ideology in civilization growth or how leaders use ideology to justify goals. The unit aims to help students understand cultural interactions and differences across the globe during the Middle Ages.

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    This document provides an overview for a 9th grade World Studies unit comparing cultures of the Middle Ages. The unit will take place over 9 classes and explore the development of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and other cultures during this time period. Students will learn about topics like the origins and spread of Islam, the Crusades, influences in Africa and advances in East Asia. For their final assessment, students will film a debate video answering questions about the role of ideology in civilization growth or how leaders use ideology to justify goals. The unit aims to help students understand cultural interactions and differences across the globe during the Middle Ages.

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    This document provides an overview for a 9th grade World Studies unit comparing cultures of the Middle Ages. The unit will take place over 9 classes and explore the development of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and other cultures during this time period. Students will learn about topics like the origins and spread of Islam, the Crusades, influences in Africa and advances in East Asia. For their final assessment, students will film a debate video answering questions about the role of ideology in civilization growth or how leaders use ideology to justify goals. The unit aims to help students understand cultural interactions and differences across the globe during the Middle Ages.

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    Unit: Comparing Cultures of the Middle Ages - Google Docs

    Unit 6: Comparing Cultures of the Middle Ages          Mandy Birkholz 
    9th Grade World Studies   
    Unit Questions  How and why did cultures differ across the globe during the Middle 
    Ages? To what extent did ideology support growth of civilization in the 
    Middle Ages? To what extent do leaders use ideology as a way to justify 
    their goals? 

    Summative Assessment   Group Video of Debate (Criterion A: Knowing & Understanding­ 
    graded individually for what each person presents in the video & 
    Criterion D: Thinking Critically ­graded as a group for the entire video) 

    General Timing  9 ninety minute classes (Feb­Mar) 
               3rd block: 10:55­ 1:00 
    ­ Lunch: 11:55­ 12:25 
               4th block: 1:05­ 2:35 

    Overview  Day 1: Intro to the Middle Ages and Christianity/ Judaism 
    Day 2: Islam and the Prophet Muhammad 
    Day 3: Controversy over Jerusalem 
    Day 4: Crusades Background & Motivation 
    Day 5: Influences in Africa 
    Day 6: Advancements in the East and Intro to Mongols 
    Day 7: Mongol Role Play 
    Day 8: Advertising & Persuasion Techniques/ Project Expectations 
    Day 9: Debate Recording/ Due at end of class. 
    The ultimate goal is for students to film a debate in their groups 
    answering one of the debatable questions for this unit: 1) To what extent 
    did ideology support growth of civilization in the Middle Ages? Or 2) 
    To what extent do leaders use ideology as a way to justify their goals? 

    History­ Social Science Content  7.2 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social 


    Standards for California Public  structures of the civilizations of Islam in the Middle Ages.  
    Schools  2. Trace the origins of Islam and the life and teachings of Muhammad, 
    including Islamic teachings on the connection with Judaism and Christianity 
    3. Explain the significance of the Qur’an and the Sunnah as the primary 
    sources of Islamic beliefs, practice, and law, and their influence in Muslims’ daily life. 
    4. Discuss the expansion of Muslim rule through military conquests and 
    treaties, emphasizing the cultural blending within Muslim civilization and the spread 
    and acceptance of Islam and the Arabic language. 
     
    7.3 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social 
    structures of the civilizations of China in the Middle Ages. 
    4. Understand the importance of both overland trade and maritime expeditions 
    between China and other civilizations in the Mongol Ascendancy and Ming Dynasty. 
     
    7.4 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social 
    structures of the sub­Saharan civilizations of Ghana and Mali in Medieval Africa. 
     
    7.6 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social 
    structures of the civilizations of Medieval Europe. 
    6. Discuss the causes and course of the religious Crusades and their effects on 
    the Christian, Muslim, and Jewish populations in Europe, with emphasis on the 
    increasing contact by Europeans with cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean world. 

    IB World History Standard  2. Causes and effects of medieval wars (750­1500) 

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GGqfZ1HsCaUV8s3dagxOo8hAu4K65yuI8vVNo4u0BwM/edit 1/6

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