Late Middle Ages

AddendumEeuwww,This couldget ugly!

AMrs. McArthur’s history student

Term 4

Just don’t let it happen to you!

Term 4: Book Club Selections

April:Konigsburg, E.L. The Second Mrs. Gioconda

(ISBN: 9 781416 903420)

May:Borton de Trevino, Elizabeth. I, Juan de Pareja

(ISBN: 9 780374 435257)

Assignment 11. Read text, pp 291-293 (top paragraph only)

2. Read text pp 376-379 3. For each reading, identify 4 terms and

answer 2 Checkpoint questions 4. Go to Slide 3 and follow links/activity

Assignment 1, cont.

…to this day there has been no man, Christian or Pagan, Tartar or Indian, or of any race whatsoever, who has known or explored so many of the various parts of the world and of its great wonders as …

Marco Polo.—From the Prologue to The Travels of

Marco Polo

Click on image for map

Watch trailer for Mongol

The Medieval Crusades• Impact and Legacy of Crusades-mixed• Christian against Muslim, but also

Christian against Christian. There were crusades against:– Muslims - in “Holy Land” and Spain (Reconquista)

– Christians in Byzantium (Fourth Crusade)

– Christians in S. France (Albigensians)

– Christians in Kievan Rus (Teutonic Knights)

Image from Sergei Eisenstein’s film, Alexander Nevsky

What is History?Alexander Nevsky: 1938

Using film to present:• A historical account• A piece of Soviet propaganda• A work of art

Assignment 21. Map Skills, pp 2922. Complete personal map, per instructions

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