Unit+4+-+Lesson+Plans

SYSTEMS OF BELIEF - Middle Ages/Renaissance/Reformation and Scientific Revolution.

Just as a virus can spread from person to person, so can a thought or belief. Several of the "changes" or "shifts" in thought, beliefs and sociopolitical structures that happened in the later middle ages in Europe behaved //intrinsically // like the biological pandemic of the Black Death. In this unit, we will explore how the Black Death both modeled and instigated a series of other invisible "viral" processes that were "transmitted" throughout Europe's population over the course of several hundred years that fundamentally altered the socioeconomic, political and religious structures of the western world. There were three major "idea viruses": the increase of authority and value of the individual human life (Humanism); an increased questioning of old structures and beliefs (aka Protestant Reformation); finally, a renewed curiosity and critical observation of the world and one's role in it (Scientific Revolution).

__Key Questions__: What impact does the external environment have on humans and their internal thoughts? How do outside forces impact actions/decisions? How do diseases and ideas "go viral" and "transmit" across a civilization? How did the later "Renaissance" of the medieval period in Europe set the stage for our modern ways of thinking/living?

__Key Understandings__: History is not necessarily the result of human agency, but rather a product of the environment and a series of contributing influences. One thing's end is simply the beginning of something else. In the wake of a pandemic, a society "reboots" and reforms itself as a consequence.

__Key Vocabulary__: (week 1) pandemic vs. epidemic, transmission, population, contamination, quarantine, trade, warfare (week 2) Humanism, utopia, secularism (separation of church vs. state), individualism, Protestantism, indulgences, (week 3) existentialism, heliocentric (vs. geocentric) theories,

//The [|Prince] - Machiavelli// //Utopia - Thomas More// //[|Magna Carta]// //Humanism: A beginner's guide - Peter Cave//

The Later Middle Ages: A Rebirth of New 'Viruses'? Finish infographic presentations if needed. Watch the Brainpop video - Feudalism. Do the quiz. Play the feudal simulation game if time. Question to ask students: What acted as the catalyst that ended feudalism (form of economy) and set up the foundations for modern economies? Students move on to Book Club Work.
 * Day 7 - Tuesday, May 29, 2018 40/40 lesson.**
 * What we still need to know about the Middle Ages and Why.**

__Homework:__ Book Club Reading and complete RRJ. Make sure hosts are prepared for their leadership role (List of questions/activities for team)

**Day 8 - Wednesday, May 30, 2018 -** Book Club Meetings. (40 mins) Discuss as you work your way through.
 * Teacher's PPT - take notes on the Renaissance. (40 mins)

__Homework:__ * Read from pp. 316-317 and pp.320-321 of the Renaissance. Take notes into Social Studies books..

Continue with note taking. If finished, continue with Book Club Readings.(20-30 minutes) //**Objective: Analyze and contrast the physical representations of culture and knowledge from two different times of the Middle Ages.**//
 * Day 1 - Thursday, May 31, 2018 -**
 * Middle Ages vs. Renaissance -- what's the difference? Analyze some [[file:MAvsRenRotate.pdf|images]] to make some [[file:MAvsRenwkst.pdf|conclusions]].

__Homework__: Email Students: Answers in Social Studies books - In what ways was the Renaissance a "rebirth" from the Ancient Times in Europe? Provide 3 examples. (Title: Renaissance as Rebirth.)

//**Objective: Understand the shifts in trade, knowledge and art happening during the later Middle Ages.**//
 * Day 2 - Friday, May 25, 2018**
 * Quick "check-in" Renaissance vs. MA quiz. (30 min).
 * Experiential Exercises based on this [[file:U4.L1effects.pdf|chapter]]: Read first two pages.
 * The Magna Carta - experience the "democracy" idea virus.. how does conflict create change? In what ways is one influenced by the outside environment?

__Homework__:

EXTRA CREDIT: FRIDAY //Humanism//: What was it and how was it connected to the political and social changes happening? (get a copy of the worksheet)

Questioning Authorities and Transmitting New Ideas
 * Day 1 - Thursday, May 26, 2016**
 * //Objective: Analyze the impact (effects) of a new idea/technology on the transmission of "idea viruses" and information within a population//.**
 * Warm-up: Consider, how do we currently communicate? In what ways (and why) does certain information travel faster than others? What do we rely on in order to spread our ideas or communicate with others?
 * Printing Press [|Video] (4min): How did it help spread "thought viruses"? (compared to previously)
 * Read this [[file:U4.L1PrintingPressArticle.pdf|article]] in partners and answer questions.

__Homework__: Short answer response, Give 2 examples of (governmental) censorship that you have studied, read about or seen in History. Explain why the authorities did this and what effects it had.

//**Objective: Consider the causes for and effects of Martin Luther's actions on faith and the role of the Church in the 1300-1500's.**//
 * Day 2 - Friday, May 27, 2016**
 * DEAR time. __Review__: Feudalism.
 * Intro: Protestant [|Reformation]
 * Who was Martin Luther? What "thought virus" did he spread? )
 * Read [[file:sishumanities7/Ch.31.pdf|Chapter]] 31 and complete the student [[file:sishumanities7/31 Student notes.pdf|Guide]] (p.214-215) for "debrief" homework.

__Homework__: Quiz on Europe! Look for the study key on Edmodo.


 * Day 3 - Monday, May 30, 2016**
 * Europe Map Quiz
 * Review Experiential Exercise on Indulgences: How does the Magna Carta, Printing Press and Martin Luther have in common with it? (How do ideas transmit/act like "idea viruses" and transmit? What was their impact? Review words from Unit 3: transmit, mutate, antigenic shift, contagion, symptoms)
 * (7A) Introduce Scientific Revolution ([[file:sishumanities7/8vo_HUM_Unit6.3.key|powerpoint]]) - take notes Cornell Style.

__Homework__: Send Ms. O'Brien an e-mail of reflection on the above questions. Read the ... what was changing in Science? (add to your class notes). Short review "quiz" on chapter content tomorrow.


 * Day 4 - Tuesday May 31, 2016**
 * Grade Map Quizzes.
 * (7a) Sci Revolution Quiz (20 minutes).
 * (7B) Intro to Sci Revolution - Introduce ( [[file:sishumanities7/8vo_HUM_Unit6.3.key|powerpoint]] ) - take notes Cornell Style in writing notebook.
 * (7A) Look at several [[file:U4.L2DoubleTimeline.pdf|timelines]], answer questions. Upload to edmodo your answers.

__Homework__: Finish questions (7B). reflect for tomorrow.

If Galileo, Watch this background [|video] on Galileo and [|video] on court systems.
 * Day 5 - Wednesday, June 1, 2016**
 * Objective**: Understand the role of key persons' new questions and explain how they challenged socio-economic-political structures in Europe at that time (acting like a virus). How were they "infecting"? How could they "spread"'? Why were they so easily "transmitted"?
 * Share answers to previous reflection questions due for homework.
 * Vote for which trial you want to participate in. If Martin Luther, watch this [|video]. (3 min).

BrainPop Username: shekousw Password: shekou

__Homework__: Begin watching parts of the series of Galileo [|videos] (watch videos 7 - 12.. a documentary should take around one hour, with annotating, two...) by Monday of next week... with notes...)

From 2014-2015 School Year (including disease in 4th unit)


 * Day 3 - Monday, May 11, 2015** **("What impact does an epidemic have on society?")**
 * //__Connect:__ How is disease connected to trade, war and growth of population?//**
 * DEAR time (25 min)
 * John Greene's take on [|diseases]: (watch as a class, discuss and take notes - 20 minutes)
 * How do pandemics happen? Watch this [|video], take the short self-[[file:U4.L1TEDpandemic.pages|quiz]]! (30 minutes)
 * Read introductory worksheet on Black Death, answer summarizing questions on Edmodo.

__Homework__: Questions on Edmodo due. (due Wed) European Map Quiz (due Thurs) finished Black Death Map and Questions (we will work in class Wed on this!) //(due Friday):// Select a pandemic (E.coli outbreaks, H1N1, H7N9, cholera, measles, seasonal flu, Ebola, tuberculosis, malaria, yellow fever, Mers-CoV, ) and find out as much as you can -- symptoms, transmission, origin, etc.. Create a poster, or interactive poster of the most interesting facts!

a) studying for Europe Map Quiz b) reviewing a game from the App Store c) preparing research/visual for Friday on your particular virus/disease d) choosing and reading a book about diseases from the list, to compare with Contagion on Monday
 * Day 4 - Tuesday, May 12, 2015**
 * [[file:U4.L1ChoiceBoard.pages|Choice Board]] - This week you choose!!
 * First, you choose your documentary: [|BBC], [|History Channel], or [|Discovery]. Take notes!!
 * __(Visual Graded Response)__** Word Map: how are all these words connected? Summarize the main ideas from the documentary.
 * After documentary, then begin working on:

__**Homework**__: MAP QUIZ TOMORROW! //(Optional) Download some pandemic apps: Solve Outbreak (real-world cases, detective-like, FREE) or Pandemic: The Board Game ($6.99) or Biotix (free) or Plague 2 (create your own virus then fight other ones)//


 * Day 5 - Wednesday, May 13, 2015 ("How do diseases spread and why?")**
 * Map Quiz - European countries.**
 * Black Death Map Analysis -- [[file:Map.Plague.doc|Instructions]] and Reference [[file:blackdeath.gif|Map]] or this [[file:The_Spread_1352.jpg|ONE]].. to help!

__Homework__: Play and review an app! Begin reading a book about a pandemic.


 * Day 6 - Thursday, May 14, 2015**
 * See options from Tuesday.
 * Map/Analysis questions due today.

__Homework__: Poster/Visual regarding pandemic due!


 * Day 7 - Friday, May 15, 2015**
 * DEAR time: Beat the Teach regroup and count pages read so far. If no review by Monday - serious consequences.
 * Share out of diseases.
 * Black Death Simulation game?

__Homework__: Review for game (screenshot) due on Edmodo on Monday 8:15am. See edmodo for instructions. "Halfway" quiz for chosen book on Monday.


 * Day 8 - Monday, May 18, 2015**
 * DEAR time: book reviews!
 * DRA's - oral recordings
 * Begin watching Contagion. Take notes in order to answer [[file:U4.L1ContagionQues.pdf|questions]].

__Homework__:


 * Day 1 - Tuesday, May 19, 2015**
 * (DRA's continued..)**
 * Finish Contagion.

__Homework__: Reflect on the Contagion questions at home. Due FRIDAY 8:15am on Edmodo!

//-- Describe the main character and the choose the top 3 most important events from the book so far.// //-- Who has died in the book and how were they connected to the main character? How did their death impact the main character?// //-- Find one quote (phrase) and explain why it is important to the main message of the book.// //-- How does this plot compare to the one in Contagion? Give at least 3 points of comparison.//
 * Day 2 - Wednesday, May 20, 2015**
 * 1/2 way book quiz.. :) Choose two of the following questions and answer completely on Edmodo.
 * Read about the [[file:BDeffects.pdf|Black Death]] -- make connections on its' effects (vs. modern effects)

__Homework:__ Finish questions about Contagion for tomorrow, if possible. Read an article from this [|website].. be ready to discuss one of these outbreaks tomorrow!