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Unit 8 The Late Middle Ages 
Chapter 26 Rise of Trade and Towns
500 A.D. - 1400 A.D.


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Day 1
Topic Map: Medieval Towns and Trade Routes                              
Objective
Explain the growth of trade and rise of towns.
State Goals
17.A.1a Identify physical characteristics of places, both local and global.
Classwork/Homework
atlas.gif (1202 bytes) Atlas of World History

readme.gif (1442 bytes) Atlas of World History p.64

Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) Trade Routes Activities 36a

 
Resources 

 

Day 2
Topic   26-1 Trading Centers
Objective
Link the growth of trade to the rise of medieval towns.
State Goals
Classwork/ Homework
Chalkboard.gif (3590 bytes) People to Know
Marco Polo
traveler from Venice who went overland to China
became trusted adviser to the Khan


IconMap.bmp (3402 bytes) Places to Locate
Venice:
an island port in the Adriatic Sea close to Italy;
leading port and merchant center

Flanders:
Area of small towns on the northwest coast of Europe.
Atlantic trading center;
Weaving industry; 1300 relied on English wool

Mediterranean Sea
Russia
Scandinavia
Constaniople
North Sea
England

readme.gif (1442 bytes) Section 26-1 Trading Centers pp. 399-401
Venice
Flanders
Resources

 

Day 3
Topic  26-2 Merchants
Objective
Tell how merchants became a key part of European life.
State Goals
16.C.4a (W) describe major economic trends from 1000 - 1500 CE including long distance trade, banking, specialization of labor, commercialization, urbanization and technological and scientific progress.
Classwork/ Homework
Chalkboard.gif (3590 bytes) Terms to Learn
Fairs: special gatherings of merchants
Wares: things for sale
Burgs: town of the Middle Ages near castles

IconMap.bmp (3402 bytes) Places to Locate
Alps
France

readme.gif (1442 bytes) Section 26-2 Merchants pp. 401-403
Fairs
The Growth of Towns
Resources

 

Day 4
Topic    Black Death
Objective
List the symptoms of the plague.
State Goals
Classwork/ Homework
Chalkboard.gif (3590 bytes) Terms to Learn
Black Death: disease killed millions during the 1300s

Computer.gif (1114 bytes) Black Death PowerPoint

readme.gif (1442 bytes) The Great Plague 1665  Information Page Pencil.gif (1165 bytes)Crossword Puzzle

readme.gif (1442 bytes) The Plague Doctor  Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) The Plague Doctor Crossword Puzzle

Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) Symptoms of the Plague  Questions and symptoms on a body to record.

Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) Lord Mayor Rules OK?
Resources
Note02.gif (247 bytes)  Plague in the Fourteenth Century 14 pages  

 

Day 5
Topic Bubonic Plague
Objective
State Goals
Classwork/Homework
Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) Black Death Flow Chart  Blank to Draw pictures 
Note02.gif (247 bytes) Images to Use

Note02.gif (247 bytes) Newspaper directions
Resources 

 

Day 6
Topic Trade Routes and the Plague   1200-1360
Objective
State Goals
17.A.1a Identify physical characteristics of places, both local and global.
Classwork-Homework
atlas.gif (1202 bytes) Atlas of World History

readme.gif (1442 bytes) Atlas of World History p.65

Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) Trade Routes Activities 36b 

 
Resources 


Day 7
Topic 26-3 Living Conditions
Objective
State Goals
Classwork/Homework
Chalkboard.gif (3590 bytes) Terms to Learn
Burghers: rich merchants
Communes: political groups for self-government
Charters: document that allowed a town to run its own affairs
Stocks: a punishment device  to hold the hands and feet

readme.gif (1442 bytes) Section 26-3 Living Conditions pp. 403-405
Burgher's Life
Changing Ways
Communes and Charters

Lecture.gif (2227 bytes) Town Watch: Chichester 1397  3-Page Play

Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) How Clean Were Medieval Towns?
Resources 

 

Day 8
Topic   26-4 The Rise of the Guilds
Objective
Explain why guilds were formed and later opposed.
State Goals
Classwork/ Homework
Chalkboard.gif (3590 bytes) Terms to Learn
Guild: business groups to insure equal treatment
Apprentice: trainee in a trade
Journeyman: a person who worked under a Master for a daily wage
Masters: could make their own goods

readme.gif (1442 bytes) Section 26-4 The Rise of Guilds pp. 406-407
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Day 9
Topic    26-5 Cultural Change
Objective
Summarize the cultural changes that took place in Europe during the 1400s. 
State Goals
Classwork/ Homework
Chalkboard.gif (3590 bytes) Terms to Learn
Brocade: cloth woven with raised designs

Chalkboard.gif (3590 bytes) People to Know
Dante: wrote Divine Comedy
Chaucer: wrote Canterbury Tales

readme.gif (1442 bytes) Section 26-5 Cultural Changes pp. 407-408
Resources

 

Day 10
Topic  Trade and Towns Foldable
Objective
State Goals
Classwork/Homework
Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) Trade and Towns Foldable
Section 1 p. 401 Trading Towns of Italy and Flanders
Section 2 p. 403 Activities at Medieval Fairs and Fairs of Today
Section 3 p. 405 Middle Age Town Characteristics
Section 4 p. 407 Steps in Joining a Guild
Section 5 p. 408 Decline of Feudalism
Assessment p. 409 Life on a Medieval Manor and a Trading Town
Resources 

 

Day
Topic Virtual Field Trips
Objective
State Goals
Classwork/Homework
Dice.bmp (3974 bytes) Build a Medieval Town
Dice.bmp (3974 bytes) Plague: Fling Your Teacher
Resources 

 

Day
Topic
Objective
State Goals
Classwork/Homework
Resources 

 

Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) Assignments    crayon0a.gif (328 bytes) Art Activity    BookOpen.bmp (16686 bytes) Lesson Plan      braininjar.gif (1615 bytes)_Tests
IconMap.bmp (3402 bytes) Maps     Note02.gif (247 bytes) Resources     Earth.gif (6650 bytes) Web Sites     SchoolBus5.bmp (6174 bytes)_Field_Trips
Computer.gif (1114 bytes) Computer      bookpages.gif (1592 bytes) Book      Dice.bmp (3974 bytes) Games    star.gif (2279 bytes)Extra Credit
BLACK DEATH
Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) Black Death Flow Chart  Blank to Draw pictures  Note02.gif (247 bytes) Images to Use
Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) Great Plague Article, Fill-in-the-blank, and tasks.
 Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) Plague Newspaper: Blank     Note02.gif (247 bytes) Newspaper directions
Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) Plague Summary Assignment
Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) Symptoms of the Plague  Questions and symptoms on a body to record.
Note02.gif (247 bytes) Diary of Samuel Pepys Complete
Note02.gif (247 bytes) Diary of Samuel Pepys 
Note02.gif (247 bytes) Plague Flow Chart
Note02.gif (247 bytes) The Great Plague 1665  Information Page Color!!!  Pencil.gif (1165 bytes)Crossword Puzzle
Note02.gif (247 bytes) Samuel Pepys's Diary
Earth.gif (6650 bytes) Black Death
Earth.gif (6650 bytes) London Plague of 1665
Earth.gif (6650 bytes) Plague in England 1539-1640
Earth.gif (6650 bytes) Plague in the Fourteenth Century
Earth.gif (6650 bytes) Time Line Black Death
FAIRS
Computer.gif (1114 bytes) Medevial Fair Picture
GUILDS
Earth.gif (6650 bytes) Renaissance Guilds
MARCO POLO
Earth.gif (6650 bytes) Marco Polo's Asia
PROJECTS
Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) Layered Curriculum for the Middle Ages  Kids choose different activities from A, B, and C.  Goes along with Glencoe Human Heritage textbook.
TOWNS
Dice.bmp (3974 bytes) Build a Medieval Town
TRADE ROUTES
IconMap.bmp (3402 bytes) Maps of Medevial Trade Routes
VILLAGES
 SchoolBus5.bmp (6174 bytes)Camelot Village
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes) Wharram: The Lost Medieval Village  Neat site, Great artists pictures

 

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