World History: Grade 9 Unit 5.5 Calamities and Recoveries Lesson 1: A brilliant recovery

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1 World History: Grade 9 Unit 5.5 Calamities and Recoveries Lesson 1: A brilliant recovery

2 Unit 5.5, Lesson 1: A brilliant recovery M.T. Donkin Unit Objectives: 1. Identify calamities and recoveries based on point of view. 2. Describe the fall of the Yuan Dynasty and the rise of the Ming Dynasty in China. 3. Predict effects of increased contact between East Asia and Europe. 4. Assess the impact of climatic change on European agriculture and population in the early fourteenth century. 5. Identify major effects of the Black Death and draw evidence from primary source documents to infer how people across Afroeurasia responded to the Black Death. MTP: 1. Historical Context 2. What is calamity? 3. Calamities and Recoveries 4. Dateline 14th Century 5. What s due? June min.

3 Pair Work: Let s read over the historical context Historical Context

4 2. What is calamity? In groups formulate a definition for the term calamity. Now, look at SH_1.1 and complete the activity. share your responses....

5 3. Calamities & Recoveries In pairs or in a group: 1. Read over SH_1.2 and look for calamities and recoveries in the reading. Enter your examples in SH_ Are we able to summarize the historical events? 2. How sever were the challenges that people in East Asia faced? 3. Is there any relevance to Bierce s quote to the situation in China in this era?...

6 4. Dateline 14th Century In pairs: Read over SH_1.4. Events in China led to another great calamity. Can you predict what that calamity will be?...

7 5. What s Due? Reflection - due June 12. Primary Source Analysis - due every Friday. Class Video Documentary Project - due June 5th. World History Survey - due June 12. Historical Portfolio - due June 12. Final Exam - due June

8 World History: Grade 9 Unit 5.5 Calamities and Recoveries Lesson 2: Double Trouble

9 Unit 5.5, Lesson 2: Double Trouble M.T. Donkin Unit Objectives: 1. Identify calamities and recoveries based on point of view. 2. Describe the fall of the Yuan Dynasty and the rise of the Ming Dynasty in China. 3. Predict effects of increased contact between East Asia and Europe. 4. Assess the impact of climatic change on European agriculture and population in the early fourteenth century. 5. Identify major effects of the Black Death and draw evidence from primary source documents to infer how people across Afroeurasia responded to the Black Death. MTP: 1. Global Warming? 2. The Little Ice Age 3. Double Trouble 4. Graphing Calamities and Recoveries 5. What s due? June min.

10 1. Global Warming Most of the calamities studied in lesson 1 were mostly of human origin. But this period saw more than its share of natural disasters. What is one hot topic in the news these days? global warming: what do you know about global warming? Let s silently read SH_2.1, Global Warming. Answer the questions that follow....

11 2. The Little Ice Age The years 1300 to 1500 were part of an extended period of global cooling. Silently read SH_2.2, The Little Ice Age. Answer the questions that follow. Remember that the famines which resulted from the change in weather patterns may have left populations in a weakened condition and vulnerable to infectious disease....

12 3. Double Trouble Double trouble = combination of the Little Ice Age and the Black Death. You will compare different accounts of how people responded to the horrors of the plague. Record all your findings about the effects of the plague and ways in which people across Afroeurasia responded to it on SH_2.7 as you go to different stations: SH_

13 2. What s Due? Reflection - due June 12. Primary Source Analysis - due every Friday. Class Video Documentary Project - due June 5th. World History Survey - due June 12. Historical Portfolio - due June 12. Final Exam - due June

14 World History: Grade 9 Unit 5.5 Calamities and Recoveries Lesson 3: Whirlwind

15 Unit 5.5, Lesson 3: Whirlwind M.T. Donkin Unit Objectives: 1. Identify calamities and recoveries based on point of view. 2. Describe the fall of the Yuan Dynasty and the rise of the Ming Dynasty in China. 3. Predict effects of increased contact between East Asia and Europe. 4. Assess the impact of climatic change on European agriculture and population in the early fourteenth century. 5. Identify major effects of the Black Death and draw evidence from primary source documents to infer how people across Afroeurasia responded to the Black Death. MTP: 1. Whirlwind 2. Mapping the Whirlwind 3. What s due? June min.

16 1. Whirlwind In groups discuss the following questions 1. What is a whirlwind? 2. What are the effects of a whirlwind? 3. What do you think a human whirlwind might be like? 4. What might lead historians to refer to someone as a whirlwind? Now, read over SH_3.1 and answer the following question: What impact did Timur s conquests have on Asia? changed the trade - made trade easier for the places he united main focus of trade routes were transferred to Indian Ocean - other areas were scared of going overland because of Timur. He overthrew the Mongol empire - Ming dynasty was able to develop The empire ethnicity caused culture diffusion He protected the scholars and artisans Got old silk routes back stimulated the spread of ideas (communication) and wealth....

17 2. Mapping the Whirlwind In groups: Look over the map SH_3.3. For SH_3.2 - read and follow the directions to complete the map....

18 2. What s Due? Reflection - due June 12. Primary Source Analysis - due every Friday. Class Video Documentary Project - due June 5th. World History Survey - due June 12. Historical Portfolio - due June 12. Final Exam - due June

19 World History: Grade 9 Unit 5.5 Calamities and Recoveries Lesson 4: Historical Bias: The Fall of Constantinople

20 Unit 5.5, Lesson 4: Historical Bias M.T. Donkin Unit Objectives: 1. Identify calamities and recoveries based on point of view. 2. Describe the fall of the Yuan Dynasty and the rise of the Ming Dynasty in China. 3. Predict effects of increased contact between East Asia and Europe. 4. Assess the impact of climatic change on European agriculture and population in the early fourteenth century. 5. Identify major effects of the Black Death and draw evidence from primary source documents to infer how people across Afroeurasia responded to the Black Death. MTP: 1. Introduction 2. Constantinople 3. What is bias? 4. The Fall of Constantinople 5. What s due? June min.

21 1. Introduction One of Timur s victims was the growing Ottoman Turkish empire in Anatolia. In fact, Timur s defeat of the Ottoman army and capture of its sultan very nearly crushed the fledgling empire. But following Timur s death, his empire quickly crumbled and the Ottomans made a remarkably swift recovery. They soon reclaimed their lost territories and resumed their conquest of what remained of Byzantium, which by then was a poor fragment of a once mighty empire. The last important stronghold of the Byzantines was Constantinople, their fortress capital....

22 2. Constantinople Was a wealthy center of trade and was very difficult to conquer. Constantinople as both rich and defensible largely because of its geography. It was able to control major overland and sea routes; had water on three sides as a sort of natural moat, and had immense fortifications on the fourth side....

23 3. What is Bias? In pairs: discuss what does bias mean. Try to link the concept of bias to earlier discussions of point of view. Is bias a result of point of view? When reading primary and even secondary sources you must take into consideration the bias and separate fact from opinion to create an objective account of an event....

24 4. The Fall of Constantinople, 29 May 1453 In pairs: read SH_4.1 and determine if the account is biased. If it is, which side of the conflict does the author favor?... It favors the Byzantines. Can you identify examples of language that reveals this bias? Which parts of the story (primary source) need a new retelling of the story? Now, underline the account of the battle of Constantinople that you consider free of bias. Which parts are important elements of the story needed to understand the event?

25 2. What s Due? Reflection - due June 12. Primary Source Analysis - due every Friday. Class Video Documentary Project - due June 5th. World History Survey - due June 12. Historical Portfolio - due June 12. Final Exam - due June

26 World History: Grade 9 Unit 5.5 Calamities and Recoveries Lesson 5: Europe Recovers

27 Unit 5.5, Lesson 5: Europe Recovers M.T. Donkin Unit Objectives: 1. Identify calamities and recoveries based on point of view. 2. Describe the fall of the Yuan Dynasty and the rise of the Ming Dynasty in China. 3. Predict effects of increased contact between East Asia and Europe. 4. Assess the impact of climatic change on European agriculture and population in the early fourteenth century. 5. Identify major effects of the Black Death and draw evidence from primary source documents to infer how people across Afroeurasia responded to the Black Death. MTP: 1. Introduction 2. Europe Recovers 3. What s due? June min.

28 1. Introduction In spite of the multiple calamities suffered by Europeans during this period, a timely conjunction of circumstances and events fueled a dramatic recovery toward the end of the era. What were these recoveries? Let s find out.

29 2. Europe Recovers Get into three groups. Read and do SH_5.1. You have 15 mins to work on each graphic organizer. Once you have finished all three graphic organizers, do Putting It All Together. Answer all the questions....