Apply Your Knowledge

This unit covers the fall of Rome through the end of the Crusades/Black Death. Students will use document analysis, synthesis of multiple sources, cause-effect relationships, and current events in order to gain depth of knowledge concerning the relationship between the Middle East and Western Nations. Their goal: propose a solution to a real and modern problem in the region.

This chart is a useful tool for students to compare the standard characteristics of early river-valley civilizations. Students will analyze the similarities of civilizations which developed along similar paths while being independent of each other.