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World History: Grade 9

Unit 5.5 Calamities and Recoveries 1300-1500Lesson 1: A brilliant recovery

Wednesday, June 10, 15

Unit 5.5, Lesson 1: A brilliant recovery M.T. Donkin

Unit Objectives: 1. Identify calamities and recoveries based on “point of view.” 2. Describe the fall of the Yuan Dynasty and the rise of the Ming Dynasty in China. 3. Predict effects of increased contact between East Asia and Europe. 4. Assess the impact of climatic change on European agriculture and population in the early fourteenth century. 5. Identify major effects of the Black Death and draw evidence from primary source documents to infer how people across Afroeurasia responded to the Black Death.

MTP: 1. Historical Context 2. What is “calamity”? 3. Calamities and Recoveries 4. Dateline 14th Century 5. What’s due?

June 2015 75 min.


• Pair Work:• Let’s read over the historical context.

• ...

1. Historical Context


• In groups formulate a definition for the term “calamity.”• Now, look at SH_1.1 and complete the activity.

• share your responses.• ...

2. What is “calamity”?


• In pairs or in a group:1. Read over SH_1.2 and look for calamities and recoveries in the

reading. Enter your examples in SH_1.31. Are we able to summarize the historical events?2. How sever were the challenges that people in East Asia

faced?3. Is there any relevance to Bierce’s quote to the situation in

China in this era?• ...

3. Calamities & Recoveries


• In pairs:• Read over SH_1.4. Events in China led to

another great calamity.• Can you predict what that calamity will

be?• ...

4. Dateline 14th Century


• Reflection - due June 12.

• Primary Source Analysis - due every Friday.

• Class Video Documentary Project - due June 5th.

• World History Survey - due June 12.

• Historical Portfolio - due June 12.

• Final Exam - due June 15-19.

5. What’s Due?


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Unit 5.5 Calamities and Recoveries 1300-1500Lesson 2: Double Trouble


Unit 5.5, Lesson 2: Double Trouble M.T. Donkin


MTP: 1. Global Warming? 2. The Little Ice Age 3. Double Trouble 4. Graphing Calamities and Recoveries 5. What’s due?

June 2015 75 min.


• Most of the calamities studied in lesson 1 were mostly of human origin.• But this period saw more than its share of natural disasters.• What is one hot topic in the news these days?

• global warming: what do you know about global warming?• Let’s silently read SH_2.1, “Global Warming.” Answer the questions that

follow.• ...

1. Global Warming


• The years 1300 to 1500 were part of an extended period of global cooling.• Silently read SH_2.2, “The Little Ice Age.” Answer the questions that follow.

• Remember that the famines which resulted from the change in weather patterns may have left populations in a weakened condition and vulnerable to infectious disease.

• ...

2. The Little Ice Age


• Double trouble = combination of the Little Ice Age and the Black Death.• You will compare different accounts of how people responded to the horrors of the

plague.• Record all your findings about the effects of the plague and ways in which people

across Afroeurasia responded to it on SH_2.7 as you go to different stations: SH_2.3-2.6.

• ...

3. Double Trouble








2. What’s Due?





Unit 5.5 Calamities and Recoveries 1300-1500Lesson 3: Whirlwind


Unit 5.5, Lesson 3: Whirlwind M.T. Donkin


MTP: 1. Whirlwind 2. Mapping the Whirlwind 3. What’s due?

June 2015 75 min.


• In groups discuss the following questions • 1. What is a whirlwind?• 2. What are the effects of a whirlwind?• 3. What do you think a human whirlwind might be like?• 4. What might lead historians to refer to someone as a whirlwind?

• Now, read over SH_3.1 and answer the following question:• What impact did Timur’s conquests have on Asia?

• changed the trade - made trade easier for the places he united• main focus of trade routes were transferred to Indian Ocean - other areas were scared of

going overland because of Timur.• He overthrew the Mongol empire - Ming dynasty was able to develop• The empire ethnicity caused culture diffusion• He protected the scholars and artisans• Got old silk routes back stimulated the spread of ideas (communication) and wealth.

• ...

1. Whirlwind


• In groups:• Look over the map SH_3.3. For SH_3.2 - read and follow the directions to complete the map.

• ...

2. Mapping the Whirlwind








2. What’s Due?





Unit 5.5 Calamities and Recoveries 1300-1500Lesson 4: Historical Bias:

The Fall of Constantinople


Unit 5.5, Lesson 4: Historical Bias M.T. Donkin


MTP: 1. Introduction 2. Constantinople 3. What is bias? 4. The Fall of Constantinople 5. What’s due?

June 2015 75 min.


• One of Timur’s victims was the growing Ottoman Turkish empire in Anatolia. • In fact, Timur’s defeat of the Ottoman army and capture of its sultan very nearly crushed the

fledgling empire. • But following Timur’s death, his empire quickly crumbled and the Ottomans made a remarkably

swift recovery. • They soon reclaimed their lost territories and resumed their conquest of what remained of

Byzantium, which by then was a poor fragment of a once mighty empire. • The last important stronghold of the Byzantines was Constantinople, their fortress capital.• ...

1. Introduction


• Was a wealthy center of trade and was very difficult to conquer.• Constantinople as both rich and defensible largely because of its geography.• It was able to control major overland and sea routes; had water on three sides as a sort of natural

moat, and had immense fortifications on the fourth side.• ...

2. Constantinople


• In pairs: discuss what does bias mean. Try to link the concept of bias to earlier discussions of point of view.

• Is bias a result of point of view?• When reading primary and even secondary sources you must take into consideration the

“bias” and separate fact from opinion to create an objective account of an event.• ...

3. What is Bias?


• In pairs: read SH_4.1 and determine if the account is biased. If it is, which side of the conflict does the author favor?...

• It favors the Byzantines.• Can you identify examples of language that reveals this bias?• Which parts of the story (primary source) need a new retelling of the story?• Now, underline the account of the battle of Constantinople that you consider free of bias. • Which parts are important elements of the story needed to understand the event?

4. The Fall of Constantinople, 29 May 1453








2. What’s Due?





Unit 5.5 Calamities and Recoveries 1300-1500Lesson 5: Europe Recovers


Unit 5.5, Lesson 5: Europe Recovers M.T. Donkin


MTP: 1. Introduction 2. Europe Recovers 3. What’s due?

June 2015 75 min.


• In spite of the multiple calamities suffered by Europeans during this period, a timely conjunction of circumstances and events fueled a dramatic recovery toward the end of the era.

• What were these recoveries? Let’s find out.

1. Introduction


• Get into three groups.• Read and do SH_5.1.• You have 15 mins to work on each graphic organizer.• Once you have finished all three graphic organizers, do “Putting It All Together.” Answer all the

questions.• ...

2. Europe Recovers


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