Alabama Social Studies SS24.8.1

SS24.8.1 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• SS24.8.1a

  Trace the spread of Christianity in Europe and the wider Mediterranean region and outline the organizational structure of the early Catholic Church, including t...

• SS24.8.1b

  Explain the rise of Germanic kingdoms, the migration of their peoples, and the effect on political boundaries in Europe.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students explain how trade, towns, and government changed after western Roman rule ended. They map Germanic migrations and the kingdoms that formed. They trace Christianity's spread and explain the roles of the bishop of Rome and the councils at Carthage.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can link disrupted trade to changes in western towns and identify Frankish and Visigothic kingdoms on a map. They can trace Christianity across the Mediterranean and into Europe. They can explain that the bishop of Rome was a church leader, while the councils at Carthage were meetings where bishops made church decisions.

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Common Misconceptions

Students may think trade stopped everywhere and Roman life vanished overnight. They may treat Germanic peoples as one group that moved all at once. They may think Christianity began after Rome fell or mistake the Carthage councils for one church leader.

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How to Assess It

Give students a map labeled Rome, Carthage, and western Europe. Ask them to mark one Germanic migration and its resulting kingdom, trace one route of Christianity's spread, and write one sentence each about a trade change and the Carthage councils.

1. 01

   Give pairs an outline map and colored pencils to trace Germanic migrations, new kingdoms, and Christianity's spread around the Mediterranean.

2. 02

   Ask students to write: Why might a town lose traders but keep its bishop after western Roman officials leave?

3. 03

   Run a card sort matching migration routes to kingdoms and church roles to the bishop of Rome or the Carthage councils.

4. 04

   Compare maps of modern France and Spain with maps of Frankish and Visigothic kingdoms; have students mark two boundary differences.

• SS24.7.15c

  Analyze the social, political, and economic effects of the Punic Wars.

• SS24.7.16c

  Summarize the economic, political, and social factors that led to the split and eventual fall of the Western Roman Empire.

• SS24.7.16a

  Explain Rome’s shift from Republic to Empire, including economic, political, and geographic causes.

• SS24.8.8

  Analyze the social, political, and economic changes leading up to the Renaissance and Reformation in later medieval Europe and surrounding regions.