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MYP Course Outline - World History, Culture, and Geography: The Medieval World

Level: Grade 7: MYP Year 2
Course Title: World History, Culture, and Geography: The Medieval World
Course Description: The study of world history and geography begins with an examination of social, cultural, and technological change during the period A.D. 500–1789. Beginning with the fall of Rome to the dawn of the modern age, this study begins in the Middle East and the study of Islam as a rising force in the medieval world. The course then follows the spread of Islam through Northern Africa and into the sub-Saharan civilizations near the Niger River; crosses the Atlantic to observe the rise of the Mayan, Incan, and Aztec civilizations; moves westward to compare the civilizations of China and Japan during the Middle Ages; returns to a comparative study of Europe during the High Middle Ages; and concludes with the turbulent age of the Renaissance, Reformation, and Scientific Revolution that ushered in the Enlightenment. The sequence of these units is both historical, advancing across the years A.D. 500–1789, and geographic, advancing across the major continents of the globe. The units are focused on the great civilizations that were developing concurrently over these years. Students will examine the transmission of ideas, beliefs, scientific developments, and economic trade throughout this important period of history.
MYP Aims Addressed by this Course:
The aims of teaching and study of humanities are to encourage and enable the student to develop:

An inquiring mind
The skills necessary for the effective study of humanities
A sense of time and place
A respect for and understanding of others’ perspectives, values and attitudes.
Awareness and understanding of people, cultures and events in a variety of places at different times.
An understanding of the interactions and interdependence of individual, societies and their environments.
An understanding of the causes and consequences of change through physical and human actions and processes
An understanding of contemporary humanities issues
A sense of internationalism and a desire to be a proactive as a responsible global citizen.
An awareness of the connections with other subjects
A lifelong interest in and enjoyment of humanities

Time
(weeks

Instructional Units
for the Year

Essential and/or Guiding Questions

Area of Interaction

Assessment

4-6 Weeks

4-5 Weeks

6-7 Weeks

5-6 Weeks

8 Weeks
4-5 Weeks

•Growth of Islam and the geography of the Middle East

• West African States near the Niger River and sub-Sahara sahel

•Pre-Columbian Civilizations of the Americas

•China

•Japan
•Medieval Europe
•The Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution

How did Islam spread? What are some achievements of Islamic scholars and leaders?

How did the peoples of West Africa conduct trade? Describe the exchange of goods and ideas in sub-Saharan Africa.

How did the peoples of America adapt to their environment? What were some accomplishments of the Aztec and Inca before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors?

Describe the achievements of the Chinese under the Tang and Song dynasties.
What major religions shaped Chinese society in medieval times?

Describe the bushido spirit of the Japanese warrior. What are the parallels between medieval Japan and medieval European society?

What is feudalism and why did people feel as though they needed protection?
Identify the major architectural and engineering achievements of the era.

What is humanism? How are the ideas of this era vastly different from the Church-centered ideas of the medieval past?

Homo Faber

Health and Social Ed.

Environment

Homo Faber

Health and Social Ed.

Community and Service

Homo Faber

Tests, quizzes, oral presentations, Five Pillars project
Criterion A: Knowledge Criterion B Concepts, Criterion C: Skills Criterion D: Organization and Presentation

Tests, quizzes, oral presentations, Ibn Battuta map and writing exercise
Criterion A: Knowledge ,C: Skills, Criterion B Concepts
A: Knowledge Criterion D: Organization and Presentation

Tests, quizzes, oral presentations, comic strip project
A Criterion: Knowledge Criterion D: Organization and Presentation

Tests, quizzes, oral presentations, Chinese calligraphy, mock civil service exam, poetry reading
A Criterion: Knowledge Criterion B Concepts

Tests, quizzes, oral presentations, Japanese poetry, examination of gender roles
A: Knowledge ,C: Skills, Criterion B Concepts

Tests, quizzes, castle project, research paper, oral presentations

A: Knowledge , C: Skills ,D: Organization and Presentation

Tests, quizzes, oral presentations, art projects
A: Knowledge D: Organization and Presentation

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