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Black Death Newscast

Persistent Issue:
What actions are justified in the interest of the welfare or security of the community?
Central Question:
To what extent should the government or local authorities be involved in a pandemic?
Topic:
Black Death
Course:
World History
Strategy:
Newscast
Grade Level:
8
Lessons in this unit:
  1. Black Death Newscast

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Alabama Course of Study: 8th grade – #17

Explain how events and conditions fostered political and economic changes in the late Middle Ages and led to the origins of the Renaissance.

Examples: the Crusades, Hundred Years’ War, Black Death, rise of the middle class, commercial prosperity

Identifying changes in the arts, architecture, literature, and science in the late Middle Ages (1300-1400 A.D.)

This lesson was created by the 8th grade world history teachers at Auburn Junior High School in Auburn, Alabama. They developed the lesson in a summer Lesson Study session. In the fall one teacher taught the lesson and filmed the implementation so the team could watch the film and reflect on student learning. The team met to revise aspects of the lesson. Another teacher taught the lesson in the spring and the team again viewed the film, reflected, and revise the lesson. The teachers who created the lesson were: Daniel Byrd, Mitchell Lane, Laura Mikos, Wilson Pate, and Shelby Wall.