Alabama Social Studies SS24.8.7d
The Standard
- SS24.8.7
- Outline the social, cultural, economic, and religious developments of early medieval Europe.
Analyze the effects of political events in Europe during the Middle Ages, including the coronation of Charlemagne, the Norman Conquest, and the Hundred Years’ War.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how political events changed who ruled and held land. They connect Charlemagne's crowning to the pope's support for an emperor. They trace Norman land grants in England and France's recovery of English-held land.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain how the pope's crowning of Charlemagne linked church and imperial power. On before-and-after maps, they can show Norman nobles gaining English land and France regaining land held by England.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think Charlemagne gained new territory when the pope crowned him, rather than a new title. Some think the Norman Conquest made England part of France, or that the Hundred Years' War lasted exactly 100 years without breaks.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Write one political effect of each event. Pick one effect and explain how the event caused it.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs event cards and effect cards labeled papal recognition, Norman land grants, and French territorial gains; have them match and explain each pair.
Ask pairs, 'Which changed political power most: a coronation, an invasion, or a long war?' Require two facts to support their choice.
Read an effect aloud; students raise the matching event card and explain their answer before earning a point.
Show a grocery ad for beef; use dictionary entries for beef and cow to trace Norman influence on modern English.
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Related Standards
- SS24.8.1
Analyze the economic, political, and social consequences of the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.
- SS24.8.7b
Analyze the relationship of the Catholic Church to economic, political, and social systems and rulers in medieval Europe.
- SS24.8.8
Analyze the social, political, and economic changes leading up to the Renaissance and Reformation in later medieval Europe and surrounding regions.
- SS24.8.7
Outline the social, cultural, economic, and religious developments of early medieval Europe.
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