Alabama Social Studies SS24.8.14d
The Standard
- SS24.8.14
- Summarize the rise of absolutism and explain how absolute monarchy differed from governing practices in Europe before the seventeenth century.
Summarize the influence of the Ottoman Empire on the political landscape of European monarchies.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how Ottoman expansion pushed Habsburg rulers to defend their lands and pay for armies. They also explain why France allied with the Ottomans to limit Habsburg power.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can point to Hungary on a map and explain why it mattered to Habsburg rulers. They can give a military response, such as building border forts, and a political response, such as the French-Ottoman alliance.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think all European monarchs united against the Ottomans, missing France's alliance with them. They may also think the Ottomans conquered all of Europe, rather than threatening particular regions.
How to Assess It
- Ask on an exit ticket: How did Ottoman expansion change the plans of Habsburg rulers and French rulers? Give one action for each.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a sixteenth-century map and colored pencils to mark Ottoman expansion into Hungary, Habsburg lands, and France's alliance with the Ottomans.
Ask: Why would a French king ally with an Ottoman ruler while Habsburg rulers fought Ottoman armies? Use the map as evidence.
Have pairs sort cards into threat, military response, and political response, using Ottoman expansion, Habsburg border forts, and the French-Ottoman alliance.
On a present-day map, trace a route from Istanbul through Budapest to Vienna and name the countries it crosses.
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