Chapter 5 / Unit 2: The Early Modern World, 1400–1800

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Academic Expectations: Historical Perspective (2.20)

Program of Studies:  SS-H-HP-2-1 (Part B)

 Students will

• Understand the interpretive nature of world history.
• Use a variety of tools (e.g., primary and secondary sources, data, artifacts) to explore world civilizations.

• Examine significant eras (i.e., Renaissance, Reformation, Age of Exploration, Age of Revolution, Nationalism and Imperialism, Technological Age of world civilization) to develop chronological understanding and recognize cause-and-effect relationships and multiple causation.

• Analyze social, political, and economic characteristics of various eras and civilizations in world civilization.

Learning Targets (I Can’s)

5.1

• Define and describe the Renaissance.  MAPPING
• Describe Machiavelli’s The Prince .

5.2

• Describe Humanism.  BOGGLE ACTIVITY
• Explain Vernacular Literature.
• Analyze the impact of Humanism on Education during the Renaissance.

5.3

• Define and describe Christian Humanism.  4-2-1 FREE WRITE
• Describe the Ninety-Five Theses.
• Explain the Edict of Worms.  ETCH A SKETCH
• Explain the Peace of Augsburg.  MAPPING

5.4

• Define predestination.
• Analyze the English Reformation.  ETCH A SKETCH
• Describe the Religious Reformations impact of Women/Gender.
• Analyze the Catholic Reformation.  BOGGLE ACTIVITY