WORLD SOCIALS

RESOURCE: McDougal World History

TOPIC: The Formation of Western Europe

STANDARDS: Identifies the main characteristics of European society and the most important causes and consequences of the Crusades.
7th
Grade
ACHIEVEMENTS:
● Explains the main characteristics of Medieval society.
● Is able to identify relations connecting specific events to the larger social, economic and political contexts.
● Describes the process aspects of the Crusades.
● Spots the major locations associated with the events described throughout the lesson.
ACHIEVEMENTS’ INDICATORS:
● Understands the Crusades and its political, religious and cultural importance on Western history.
● Identifies the importance of the transformations and changes of the Catholic Church and its effects on the contemporary world.
ACTIVITIES
C1 Week 13
● Read McDougal Little World History unit 4 (The Hundred Year´s War and the Plague) page 398. Use different colors to highlights: Dates, people and
events. When you finish, copy all that in your notebook.
● Watch “The Hundred Years' War”, available in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckHJOeR0BBQ
C2 week 13
● Make an essay where you talk about the different consequences of the Black Death and The Hundred Year´s War. Two pages minimum.
● Solve the assessment section at the end of unit 4 (Page 403). Questions 1, 3, 5 and 7.
 WORLD SOCIALS
RESOURCE: McDougal World History
TOPIC: Societies and Empires of Africa
WEEKS: 14 to 16
STANDARDS: Identifies the many, diverse societies that developed in all parts of the continent of the Africa.
7th
Grade
ACHIEVEMENTS:
● Explains the main characteristics of North and central Africa, 800-1500
● Identifies the principal religious and ethical systems raised in North and Central Africa during 800-1500.
● Understand that West Africa contained several rich and powerful states, including Ghana, Mali and Songhai.
● Recognize that the African city-states and empires gained wealth through developing and trading resources.
ACHIEVEMENTS’ INDICATORS:
● Understands the importance of the earliest African societies to develop new political, religious and cultural practices.
● Identifies the principal characteristics of African culture before European colonization.
ACTIVITIES
Class 1 Week 14
● Read McDougal Little World History unit 1 (North and Central African Societies) page 409. Use different colors to highlights: Dates, people and events.
When you finish, copy all that in your notebook.
● Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa: Crash Course World History #16 Available in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvnU0v6hcUo
Class 2 week 14
● Take a look at the following video; What is the Sharia law?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjJVO8GASmw
● Solve the assessment section at the end of unit 1 (Page 412). Questions 1, 3, 4 and 5.
Class 1 Week 15
● Read McDougal Little World History unit 2 (West African Civilizations) page 413.
● Watch West African Kingdoms, available in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=716wpDGPTCI
● Read the article The History and Traditions of the Yoruba People, available in: http://www.tigweb.org/youth-media/panorama/article.html?
ContentID=1088
Class 2 week 15
● Take a look at the following video about Ghana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o26Eks801oc
● Solve the assessment section at the end of unit 2 (Page 419). Questions 1, 3, 4 and 7.
Class 1 Week 16
● Read the article Mustapha Empire, available in: http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Mutapa_Empire Now create a presentation about the
Mutapa Empire where you explain everything you read about it. It must be in English and presented to your tutor.
Class 2 week 16
● Read McDougal Little World History unit 3 (Eastern city-states and Southern Empires) page 422. Use different colors to highlights: Dates, people and
events. When you finish, copy all that in your notebook.
● Solve the assessment section at the end of unit 3 (Page 427). Questions 1, 3, 4 and 7