Middle Ages Curriculum Medieval Times Timeline Maps Activities Europe Feudalism

Enhance your Middle Ages curriculum with our Medieval Times and Early Modern Times Complete Curriculum Bundle, available in digital Google Classroom and PDF print formats. With over 1500 pages/slide of material, this comprehensive resource covers Early Byzantine, Early Islam, West Africa, Medieval China, Medieval Japan, Early Middle Ages in Europe, Late Middle Ages in Europe, The Renaissance, The Reformation, Mesoamerica, and The Scientific Revolution.

Containing 64 individual units/products and 11 units in each of the 6 bundles, this complete curriculum bundle is the perfect addition to any middle school history program.

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**UPDATES:

***3/23/19 READING PASSAGES ARE NOW ADDED TO THE CURRICULUM!

***4/19 PACING GUIDE IS NOW INCLUDED! (EDITABLE)

***8/19 Editable Binder Covers, Spines, Tabs, Section Dividers Included

The Middle Ages - Medieval Times Curriculum Bundle contains the following 6 Bundles:

Reading Passages

Medieval Times Interactive Notebook Bundle

Interactive PowerPoint Bundle

STEM / STEAM Challenges Bundle

Google Classroom Projects Bundle

Assessments & Exams Bundle

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Here is a more in-depth look at each of the Interactive Notebook units:

✎Byzantine Empire – Fall of Rome Interactive Notebook

Topics covered in this unit include: The Fall of Rome, Constantinople (Daily Life), Justinian Code, Hagia Sophia, Hippodrome, Mese, Stoicism, The Great Schism, Western Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Icons, Justinian and Theodora, Roman Law, Roman Architecture, Aqueducts, Latin, Mosaic Art, and Much More!

✎Early Islam Interactive Notebook

Topics covered in this unit include: The Arabian Peninsula, Trade, Holy City of Mecca, Nomads and Townspeople, 5 Pillars of Islam, Muhammad, The Qur’an, Islamic Beliefs & Way of Life, Prayer, Sunnah, Arab & Islam Expansion, Cultural Achievements in Art, Medicine, Astronomy, Literature, and Architecture.

✎West Africa Interactive Notebook

Topics covered in this unit include: Gold and Salt Trade, West Africa Climate Zones, the Sahara, Tunka Manin, Sundiata, Mansa Musa, Sunni Ali, Askia the Great, West African Society and Trade, Religion, Ghana Empire, Nile River, Congo River, Niger River, Collapse of Ghana, Mali Empire, Hajj (Pilgrimage), Fall of Mali, Songhai Empire, Fall of Songhai Empire, Kente Cloth, Art and Tradition, Oral History, Proverbs, West African Masks, Sculptures, Music, Dance, and Much More!

✎Medieval China Interactive Notebook

Topics covered in this unit include: Period of Disunion, Sui Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Buddhism, Siddhartha Gautama, Song Dynasty, Chang’an City, The Grand Canal, Trade, Art, Poetry, Inventions, Confucius, Confucianism, Scholar-Officials, Mongol Empire, Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, Ming Dynasty, The Forbidden City, Isolationism, Government, Zheng He & the 7 Sea Voyages

✎Medieval Japan Interactive Notebook

Topics covered in this unit include: Shinto, Kami, Japanese Society, Clans, Hierarchy, Emperors, Regents, Shoguns, Daimyo, Feudalism, Vassals, Zen Buddhism, Noh, Kabuki, Haikus, Lady Murasaki, Tale of Genji, Military Society, Samurai, Bushido, Mongol Invasion, Sakoku, and Much More!

✎Early Middle Ages Interactive Notebook

Topics covered in this unit include: Feudalism, Monasteries, Estates, Manors, Fiefs Charlemagne, Saint Benedict of Nursia, The Benedictine Rule, Saint Patrick, William I, Education and Decline, Christianity, Monk Communities, Knights, Lords, Peasants, Serfs, Vassals, Chivalry, Feudal Europe V.S. Feudal Japan

✎Late Middle Ages Interactive Notebook

Topics covered in this unit include: Papacy, Power of the Pope, Great Schism, Excommunication, Friars, Religious Order, The Crusades, The Holy Land, The Hundred Years’ War, Magna Carta, Habeas Corpus, Black Death, Bubonic Plague, Clergy, Joan of Arc, Ottoman Empire, Suleiman, Janissaries, Millets, and Much More!

✎The Renaissance Interactive Notebook

Topics covered in this unit include: Humanism Movement, Spread of the Renaissance (Map), Marco Polo, Increase in Trade, Cosimo’ de Medici, Life in Florence, Change in Ideas, Petrarch, Niccolo Machiavelli, Dante Alighieri, Art, Famous Writers, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Advances in Architecture, Astronomy, Mathematics, Johannes Gutenberg, Printing Press, Christian Humanism, Desiderius Erasmus, Albrecht Dürer, Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, William Shakespeare, and Much More!

✎The Reformation (Protestant and Counter Reformation) Interactive Notebook

Topics covered in this unit include: Theses, Catholic Reformation (Counter-Reformation), Spanish Inquisition, Jesuits, Ursuline Order, Council of Trent, John Calvin, William Tyndale, King Henry VIII, St. Ignatius of Loyola, Francis Xavier, St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, Thirty Years’ War, Edict of Nantes, Missionaries, Religious Wars, Social Changes and Effects of the Reformation and Much More!

✎Mesoamerica: Olmec, Aztec, Maya, and Inca Interactive Notebook

Topics covered in this unit include: Mesoamerica, Olmec Society, Slash & Burn Agriculture, Cacao, Maize, The Ball Game, Mapping Skills, Maya Classic Period, Hieroglyphs, Maya Social Classes, Palenque City, Codex, Mayan Calendar, Aztec Empire, Causeways, Chinampas, Inca Empire, The Incan Army, Francisco Pizarro, Spanish Conquistador, Tribute, Stela, Quipu, Hernan Cortes, Andes Region, Chasquis, Inca Religion, and More!

✎Scientific Revolution Interactive Notebook

Topics covered in this unit include: Scientific Revolution, The Scientific Method, Nicolaus Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Galileo Galilei, Sir Isaac Newton, Sir Francis Bacon, René Descartes, Rationalism, Greek Ideas and Classical Science, Scientific Theories, Geocentric Theory, Heliocentric Model, Inventions and Discoveries, Invention of the Microscope, Invention of the Barometer, Thermometer, Invention of the Telescope, and more!

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Middle Ages - Medieval Times STEM Challenges

There are 20 STEM Challenges in this pack. Each STEM Challenge has detailed directions, photo examples, a list of materials needed, prediction section, brainstorming section, trials 1, 2, & 3, final results section with drawings, and a reflection section.

The STEM Challenges include:

Early Byzantine STEM Challenges

Hagia Sophia Marble Run

Using a list of supplies, students must design a Hagia Sophia structure that contains a marble run track.

The Counterweight Trebuchet Challenge

Using a list of supplies, STEM teams must build a counterweight-style trebuchet. Using planning pages (included in the resource), students must include all the proper parts in their trebuchet model that can successfully swing its arm using a heavy counter-weight to propel an object forward.

Early Islam STEM Challenges

Caravan Contraption

Using a list of supplies, students must design a model of a caravan vehicle using simple machines. The STEM team must decide on 2 simple machines using the following pages and incorporate them into their design.

Caravan Coding

Students will work together to plan and design a game with characters, obstacles, and commands. The game must have an objective with a starting point and a finishing point.

West Africa STEM Challenges

Gold Mining Machine - Sluice Box Challenge

Using a list of supplies, students must design and build a sluice box to search for gold. The goal of this challenge is to create a device that effectively separates gold and heavier material from river sediments (or gravel).

Djembe Drum Challenge

Using a list of supplies, STEM teams must create a Djembe drum. The Djembe drum must contain all of the elements found on the diagram of page 5. The drum must also produce a variety of pitches when played on different parts of the drum head.

Medieval China STEM Challenge

Zheng He's Treasure Ship Challenge!

Using a list of supplies, STEM teams must design and build a model of Zheng He’s treasure ship! The goal of the STEM challenge is to create a ship that can carry the highest amount of coins possible without sinking for 3 full minutes.

Medieval Japan STEM Challenges

Zen Garden (Zen Buddhism) Challenge

Using a list of supplies, STEM teams must design and build a model of a Zen garden. The garden must contain a constructed sand box, sand, rake, and pebbles or rocks of various sizes and shapes. If students want to add their own features such as branches, moss, or figurines, they may do so.

Norimono Zipline Challenge

Using a list of supplies, STEM teams must create a Norimono vehicle. There must be a zipline apparatus where the vehicle can travel from one designated point of the classroom to the next by using a pulley that attaches to a string.

Medieval Europe - Early Middle Ages (Feudalism) STEM Challenges

Battering Ram Challenge

Using a list of supplies, STEM teams must design and build a battering ram. The ram must be suspended in the air by string and must effectively swing back and forth to exert force on an opposing structure.

Watermill Challenge

Using a list of supplies, STEM teams must create a watermill. The watermill must properly spin when water is poured at the top of the wheel without falling apart.

Late Middle Ages STEM Challenges

Marshmallow Ballista Challenge

Using a list of supplies, STEM teams must design and build a ballista. The ballista must be able to effectively shoot a marshmallow arrow into the air. The goal of the STEM challenge is to propel a marshmallow arrow as far and straight as possible.

The Siege Tower

Using the supplies below, STEM teams must create a medieval siege tower. The tower must have at least 4 platforms and ladders for each one. The tower must be on wheels and can effectively move forward and backward.

The Renaissance STEM Challenges

Leonardo da Vinci's Flying Machine!

Using a list of supplies, STEM teams must design and build a flying machine. Using their knowledge of the Laws of Motion and 4 Forces of Flight, (information sheets included) students must create an innovative machine that applies those laws and forces.

Anemometer

Using a list of supplies, students must design an anemometer that accurately measures wind speed. They must be able to measure how many spins the device makes per minute by marking one of the revolving cups. Students do not have to use all the materials listed below but they cannot add items to the list.

The Reformation STEM Challenge

Gutenberg's Printing Press Challenge!

Using a list of supplies, STEM teams must design and build a model of Gutenberg’s Printing Press. The goal of this challenge is to create a device or model that uses simple machines (such as a lever or screw) to press down on a flat surface.

Mesoamerica STEM Challenges

Floating Gardens / Chinampas

The Aztec built floating gardens by weaving sticks together to create a giant raft. Using a list of supplies, STEM teams must design and build floating gardens (Chinampas). The STEM teams must test materials that can support the weight of a garden while floating in water.

Aztec Calendar Coding

Using a list of supplies, STEM teams will first create a Mesoamerican calendar. On the calendar, students must decide on made-up symbols that represent letters of the alphabet.

The Scientific Revolution STEM Challenges

Heliocentric Model

Using a list of supplies, students must design and build a 3-D heliocentric model. The planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) in the model must effectively move and orbit the sun, without bumping into each other.

Barometer Challenge

Using a list of supplies, students must design a type of barometer that measures changes in the atmospheric pressure. Their design must have a needle that measures an increase or decrease in air pressure.

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Medieval Times - Middle Ages Social Studies / History Interactive PowerPoint Bundle!

Students love these interactive notebooks for our Social Studies / Middle Ages / Medieval Times and Early Modern Times curriculum. This resource contains over 270 slides of interactive learning material!

Slides include: ✔ Power Words (Vocabulary) ✔ Timelines, ✔ Important Figures, ✔ Key Topics, ✔ Graphic Organizers, ✔ and much more!

Here is a more in-depth look at each of the Interactive PowerPoint units:

✎Byzantine Empire – Fall of Rome Interactive PowerPoint

Topics covered in this unit include: The Fall of Rome, Constantinople (Daily Life), Justinian Code, Hagia Sophia, Hippodrome, Mese, Stoicism, The Great Schism, Western Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Icons, Justinian and Theodora, Roman Law, Roman Architecture, Aqueducts, Latin, Mosaic Art, and Much More!

✎Early Islam Interactive PowerPoint

Topics covered in this unit include: The Arabian Peninsula, Trade, Holy City of Mecca, Nomads and Townspeople, 5 Pillars of Islam, Muhammad, The Qur’an, Islamic Beliefs & Way of Life, Prayer, Sunnah, Arab & Islam Expansion, Cultural Achievements in Art, Medicine, Astronomy, Literature, and Architecture.

✎West Africa Interactive PowerPoint

Topics covered in this unit include: Gold and Salt Trade, West Africa Climate Zones, the Sahara, Tunka Manin, Sundiata, Mansa Musa, Sunni Ali, Askia the Great, West African Society and Trade, Religion, Ghana Empire, Nile River, Congo River, Niger River, Collapse of Ghana, Mali Empire, Hajj (Pilgrimage), Fall of Mali, Songhai Empire, Fall of Songhai Empire, Kente Cloth, Art and Tradition, Oral History, Proverbs, West African Masks, Sculptures, Music, Dance, and Much More!

✎Medieval China Interactive PowerPoint

Topics covered in this unit include: Period of Disunion, Sui Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Buddhism, Siddhartha Gautama, Song Dynasty, Chang’an City, The Grand Canal, Trade, Art, Poetry, Inventions, Confucius, Confucianism, Scholar-Officials, Mongol Empire, Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, Ming Dynasty, The Forbidden City, Isolationism, Government, Zheng He & the 7 Sea Voyages

✎Medieval Japan Interactive PowerPoint

Topics covered in this unit include: Shinto, Kami, Japanese Society, Clans, Hierarchy, Emperors, Regents, Shoguns, Daimyo, Feudalism, Vassals, Zen Buddhism, Noh, Kabuki, Haikus, Lady Murasaki, Tale of Genji, Military Society, Samurai, Bushido, Mongol Invasion, Sakoku, and Much More!

✎Early Middle Ages Interactive PowerPoint

Topics covered in this unit include: Feudalism, Monasteries, Estates, Manors, Fiefs Charlemagne, Saint Benedict of Nursia, The Benedictine Rule, Saint Patrick, William I, Education and Decline, Christianity, Monk Communities, Knights, Lords, Peasants, Serfs, Vassals, Chivalry, Feudal Europe V.S. Feudal Japan

✎Late Middle Ages Interactive PowerPoint

Topics covered in this unit include: Papacy, Power of the Pope, Great Schism, Excommunication, Friars, Religious Order, The Crusades, The Holy Land, The Hundred Years’ War, Magna Carta, Habeas Corpus, Black Death, Bubonic Plague, Clergy, Joan of Arc, Ottoman Empire, Suleiman, Janissaries, Millets, and Much More!

✎The Renaissance Interactive PowerPoint

Topics covered in this unit include: Humanism Movement, Spread of the Renaissance (Map), Marco Polo, Increase in Trade, Cosimo’ de Medici, Life in Florence, Change in Ideas, Petrarch, Niccolo Machiavelli, Dante Alighieri, Art, Famous Writers, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Advances in Architecture, Astronomy, Mathematics, Johannes Gutenberg, Printing Press, Christian Humanism, Desiderius Erasmus, Albrecht Dürer, Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, William Shakespeare, and Much More!

✎The Reformation (Protestant and Counter Reformation) Interactive PowerPoint

Topics covered in this unit include: Theses, Catholic Reformation (Counter-Reformation), Spanish Inquisition, Jesuits, Ursuline Order, Council of Trent, John Calvin, William Tyndale, King Henry VIII, St. Ignatius of Loyola, Francis Xavier, St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, Thirty Years’ War, Edict of Nantes, Missionaries, Religious Wars, Social Changes and Effects of the Reformation and Much More!

✎Mesoamerica: Olmec, Aztec, Maya, and Inca Interactive PowerPoint

Topics covered in this unit include: Mesoamerica, Olmec Society, Slash & Burn Agriculture, Cacao, Maize, The Ball Game, Mapping Skills, Maya Classic Period, Hieroglyphs, Maya Social Classes, Palenque City, Codex, Mayan Calendar, Aztec Empire, Causeways, Chinampas, Inca Empire, The Incan Army, Francisco Pizarro, Spanish Conquistador, Tribute, Stela, Quipu, Hernan Cortes, Andes Region, Chasquis, Inca Religion, and More!

✎The Scientific Revolution Interactive PowerPoint

Topics covered in this unit include: Scientific Revolution, The Scientific Method, Nicolaus Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Galileo Galilei, Sir Isaac Newton, Sir Francis Bacon, René Descartes, Rationalism, Greek Ideas and Classical Science, Scientific Theories, Geocentric Theory, Heliocentric Model, Inventions and Discoveries, Invention of the Microscope, Invention of the Barometer, Thermometer, Invention of the Telescope, and more!

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Google Classroom Resources

Medieval Times - Middle Ages - Early Modern Times Series

This product contains 33 digital projects for 11 units that students can complete using Google Slides! The 11 units include: Early Byzantine Empire, Early Islam, West Africa, Medieval China, Medieval Japan, Early Middle Ages in Europe, Late Middle Ages in Europe, The Renaissance, The Reformation, Mesoamerica, and the Scientific Revolution. Each of the 11 units has a brochure project, a timeline project, and a info-graphic / poster project.

Each student-centered project has a sample project, answer key, and detailed project instructions for the students.

Info-graphic / Poster Projects

Students pick a topic that they would like to research on with the specific unit. All of the elements in the info-graphic must be organized, clearly visible, and well placed. Creativity with color and photos is a must! **More instructions found in the resource

Timeline Projects

Using a template, students design a timeline of the important events in each unit. Students can add images, text, and other media to their timelines.

It is up to the teacher to add or change time periods that align with school resources.

Brochure Projects

Using templates, students design brochures that highlight important facts and topics

from the unit.

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Middle Ages / Medieval Times Assessments Bundle - Tests

Editable with Answer Key!

These product contain 11 editable unit assessments that has vocabulary matching, fill in the blank, short answer, essay, and mapping and/or infographic.

It also contains ANSWER KEYS and EDITABLE PowerPoint files.

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