Description
This interactive notebook bundle includes everything you need to teach about the Medieval World History!
The organizers in this resource can be used on their own, or as a supplement to student notes. Interactive notebooks are a great tool to keep students organized and engaged in the lesson!
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In this resource you will find…
• 312 graphic organizers with text on them, and others left blank for your own customization
• 54 1/2 pages of thorough suggested answers that you are free to use with these graphic organizers and flippables.
• Previews of each page in action for you or your students to reference.
• A cover page and table of contents for each notebook is also included.
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Material Covered
Early Middle Ages
1. Key vocabulary – Early Middle Ages, Franks, Clovis, Charlemagne, Vikings, feudalism, primogeniture, manorialism, Anglo-Saxons, Alfred the Great, Holy Roman Empire, fief
2. Fall of Rome – gradual decline, split in two, Rome sacked, Rome falls
3. Byzantine Empire – death of Theodosius I, Justinian I, Iconoclast controversy, Arab-Byzantine Wars, East-West Schism
4. Christianization of the West – early Medieval church, Germanic tribes, Hiberno-Scottish mission, Anglo-Saxon mission, Saint Boniface
5. The Franks – Merovingian Kingdom, Carolingian Dynasty, Charlemagne, Holy Roman Empire, divided empire, Treaty of Verdun
6. Rise of Islam – expansion, conquest of Hispania, Islam in southern Italy, peak & decline
7. Battle of Tours – Iberia to Gaul, Odo the Great, Battle of River Garonne, Battle of Tours
8. Anglo-Saxons – kingdoms, Viking invasion, Alfred the Great, society, government, legacy
9. Vikings – Vikings, language, beginning of the Viking age, Viking age, decline
10. Kievan Rus – history, establishment, golden age, Vladimir the Great, Yaroslav the Wise, decline
11. Feudalism – king, baron, lord, peasants & serfs, the manor
12. Guilds – importance, apprentice, journeyman, master, types of guilds
13. Education & Learning – science, Carolingian renaissance, Byzantine golden age, monasteries, Islamic learning
High Middle Ages
1. Key vocabulary – High Middle Ages, Crusades, Holy Land, Pope Urban II, Saladin, Richard the Lionhearted, knight, chivalry, Magna Carta, Norman Conquest, scholasticism, Great Schism
2. Religion – scholasticism, monasticism, mendicant orders, heretics
3. Medieval orders – Benedictine order, Cistercian order, the Franciscans, the Carmelites, Dominican order, Augustinian order
4. East-West Schism – history, points of conflict, mutual excommunication, efforts at reconciliation
5. The Crusades – why, beginning, first crusade, crusader states, second crusade, third crusade, fourth crusade, children’s crusade, 5th-9th crusades
6. Knights – history, order of knights, becoming a knight, weapons and armor, coat of arms, tournaments & jousting, chivalry
7. The Magna Carta – history, barons rebel, signing the Magna Carta, details, First Barons’ War, legacy
8. Norman Conquest of 1066 – Normans, claims to the throne, Norway invades, Norman invasion, control of England, legacy
9. Mongol Invasion of Europe – Mongol Empire, Kievan Rus, Poland, Kingdom of Hungary, Croatia, Austria & Bulgaria, resistance, end, later raids
10. Science & technology – Renaissance of the 12th century, universities, scholastics, important events
11. Culture – art, Bayeux tapestry, architecture, music
12. Society – manorialism, nobility, clergy, Jewish communities, women
Late Middle Ages
1. Key vocabulary – Late Middle Ages, papal schism, Avignon, Reconquista, Johannes Gutenberg, Thomas Aquinas, Ottoman Empire, Black Death, Hundred Years’ War, Joan of Arc, William Wallace, inquisition
2. Christianity – Papal Schism, John Wycliffe, Jan Hus, witchcraft, Reconquista
3. Science & technology – moveable type, maritime technology, Thomism, theories of motion
4. Rise of the Ottoman Empire – Anatolia before the Ottomans, origins, government, military
5. Black Death – origins, plague in Europe, poor hygiene, reaction, persecutions, recurrence
6. Hundred Years’ War – start, raids, Black Prince, peace, Battle of Agincourt, Joan of Arc, end
7. Reconquista – the Moors, Moors invade Europe, start of the Reconquista, military orders, fall of Granada
8. War of the Roses – causes, rival families, roses, beginning, Edward IV, Richard III
9. Great Famine – background, geography, great famine, consequences
10. Peasants’ Revolt – causes, John Bampton, demands, advance on London, dispersion, end
11. Causes of the Scottish Wars of Independence – background, Edward as Lord Paramount, the Great Cause, King John, Franco-Scottish Alliance
12. Scottish Wars of Independence – first & second war
13. Spanish Inquisition – false conversions, jurisdiction, growth, investigations, numbers
14. Decline & Fall of the Byzantine Empire – collapse of the West, rise of Islam, Seljuk conquest of Anatolia, civil wars, rise of the Ottomans, fall of Constantinople
The Vikings
1. Key vocabulary – Vikings, saga, pagans, rune, plunder, Scandinavia, runestone, Old Norse, longships, thralls, karls, jarls
2. History & Origins – Vikings, language, beginning of the Viking Age, Viking Age, decline
3. England – Lindisfame, 840-869, Great Heathen Army, Great Summer Army, Alfred the Great, Danish raids, Normans
4. Ireland, Scotland, & Wales
5. Iceland & Greenland
6. Western & Southern Europe – France, Italy, Spain, Portugal
7. North America – L’Anse Aux Meadows, Vinland, sagas, settlement
8. Eastern & Central Europe – Varangians, Rus’ Khaganate, Volga trade route, Baltic coast
10. Culture – literature, language, religion, runestones, burial sites
11. Viking ships – faering, knarr, longships, karve, ship burial
12. Social structure – thralls, karls, jarls
13. Daily Life – appearance, diet, sports, entertainment
14. Trade – imports & exports
15. Weapons & Armor – weapons, shields, armor
Byzantine Empire
1. Key vocabulary – Justinian Code, Great Schism, Greek Orthodox Church, Constantinople, Justinian I, Theodora, silk road, Ecumenical Patriarch Hagia Sophia, mosaic, cyrillic alphabet, Kievan Rus
2. Constantine – early life, military career, early rule, civil war, foundation of Constantinople
3. Early period – Constantine-Valentinan Era, Theodosian Dynasty, Leonid Dynasty, Justinian Era, Heraclian Era, Twenty Years’ Anarchy
4. Justinian Era – Justin I, Justinian I, Justin II, Tiberius II, Maurice
5. Justinian Code – codex, digesta, institutiones, novellae
6. Fall of Rome – gradual decline, split in tow, Rome sacked, Rome falls
7. Middle Period – Isaurian era, Nikephorian dynasty, Amorian era, Macedonian era, Doukid era, Komenian era, Angelid era
8. Byzantine Iconoclasm – background, first period, second period, art, reaction
9. Arab-Byzantine Wars – Muslim conquests, stabilization, Byzantine resurgence, conclusion, results
10. East-West Schism – history, points of conflict, mutual excommunication, efforts at reconciliation
11. Byzantine culture – art, music, food, language
12. Hagia Sophia – building, architecture, history, collapse, 4th crusade, Turkish conquest, today
13. The Crusades – Alexios & the 1st crusade, John II, Manueal I, and the 2nd crusade, 4th crusade, crusader sack of Constantinople
14. Decline & Fall – collapse of the west, rise of Islam, Seljuk conquest of Anatolia, civil wars, rise of the Ottomans, fall of Constantinople
Golden Age of Islam
1. Key vocabulary – Islam, caliph, caliphate, mosque, monotheism, hajj, astrolabe, Hijra, jihad, Shiite, Sunni, sheikh
2. Causes – religion, economics, earlier influences, new technologies
3. Spread of Islam – map
4. Muhammad – born, life in Mecca, the Qur’an, opposition, life in Medina, back to Mecca, death
5. Rashidun Caliphate – history, conquest of Persia, war with the Byzantine Empire, treatment of conquered people, economy
6. Umayyad Caliphate – history, territory, government, contributions, fall
7. Abbasid Caliphate – periods, territory, golden age, fall, Egypt
8. Theology – five pillars of Islam
9. Education – importance, early education, madrasas, types of sciences
10. Sharia Law – history, areas of law, where it is enforced
11. Sunni Islam – beliefs, rightly-guided caliphs, schools of law, holy sites
12. Shia Islam – beliefs, holy days, branches, Ahl Al-Kisa
13. Science & technology – mathematics, astronomy, medicine, engineering
14. Art – design, carpets, painting, carvings, calligraphy
15. Architecture – types of buildings, decorations, major features
16. The Crusades – Jerusalem, armies, start
17. Important people – Ibn Battuta, Saladin, Al-Haytham, Al-Khwarizmi, Al-Kindi, Al-Nafis, Al-Razi, Al-Zahrawi, Ibn Rushd, Ibn Sina
Medieval Japan
1. Key vocabulary – feudalism, shogunate, shogun, daimyo, samurai, clan, sect, martial arts, meditation, Tale of Genji, bushido, torii
2. Kamakura Period – Genpei War, Kamakura Shogunate, fights for supremacy, expansion of Buddhism, Joei Shikimoku, Mongol invasion, decline and end
3. Feudalism – emperor, shogunate, daimyo, samurai
4. The Samurai – history, rise of the samurai, bushido, seppuku, castles, weapons
5. Mongol invasions – background, Mongol threats, first invasion, second invasion
6. Muromachi Period – Kemmu restoration collapse, Ashikaga Takauji, two courts, Onin War, collapse
7. Azuchi-Momoyama Period – enemies of Oda, death of Oda, Hideyoshi, Christian persecution, invasion of China, Tokugawa Shogunate
8. Religion – Shinto, Christianity, Confucianism, Buddhism
9. Buddhist Temples – pagoda, gate, main hall, bell
10. Shinto shrines – torii, komainu, purification trough, main hall, Ema, Omikuji
11. Culture – Waka poetry, Gunki Monogatari, ink wash paintings, tea ceremony, Japanese gardening, bonsai
12. Tale of Genji – Murasaki Shikibu, Genji Monogatari, story
13. Ninja – history, ninjutsu, duties
Medieval India
1. Key vocabulary – sanskrit, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, reincarnation, caste system, sultan, Delhi Sultanate, vedas, Himalayas, Deccan Plateau, karma
2. History – decline of the Gupta Empire, Harsha Vardhana, rival kingdoms
3. Gurjara Pratiharas – history, early expansion, Kannauj, decline, legacy
4. Kingdom of the Palas – origins, expansion, first decline, revival, second decline, second revival, final decline
5. Chalukya Dynasty – origins, Chalukyas of Badami, Chalukyas of Kalyani, Chalukyas of Vengi, culture
6. Rashtrakuta Dynasty – history, empire, contributions, decline
7. Southern Indian Kingdoms – Cheras, Pallavas, Pandyas, Cholas
8. Islamic Expansion – strong kingdoms, Muslim aggression, Muhammad of Gur, Delhi Sultanate, split in two, decline & legacy
9. Society & Economy – caste system, women, education, international trade, pilgrim centers
10. Caste System – Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Shudras, Untouchables
11. Religion – Sufi movement, Bhakti movement, Vaishnavism, Buddhism, Jainism, Islam
12. Culture – language, literature, art, architecture
Medieval China
1. Key vocabulary – Confucianism, Buddhism, scholar official, woodblock printing, movable type, Mongol Empire, Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, Marco Polo, dynasty, imperial, Forbidden City
2. Sui Dynasty – founding, reconquest of Vietnam, Goguryeo-Sui wars, achievements, society and culture, fall
3. Tang Dynasty – founding, administration, military & foreign policy, imperial guards, trade, society & culture, science & technology, end
4. Five Dynasties & Ten Kingdoms – background, five dynasties, ten kingdoms, developments, end
5. Song Dynasty – founding, society & culture, economy, science & technology, end
6. Mongol Empire – rise of Genghis Khan, expansion, power struggle, Mongolian Civil War, military, society, legacy
7. Yuan Dynasty – background, Kublai Khan, government, impact, decline
8. Ming Dynasty – founding, Yongle Emperor, great wall, society & culture, isolationism, decline & fall
9. Zheng He – early life, treasure ships, expeditions
10. Religion – Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism
11. Marco Polo – family travels, Marco goes to China, life in China, exploration, journey home
12. Forbidden City – name, history, religion
13. Inventions – movable type, gunpowder, paper currency, canon
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