Oklahoma Social Studies AWH.C.9.5

AWH.C.9.5 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• AWH.C.9.5.A

  Explain the structure of feudal society and its economic, political, and social effects, including the differing orders of medieval society.

• AWH.C.9.5.B

  Describe the rise of Frankish kings, including the roles of Charles Martel and Charlemagne, and the establishment of the Holy Roman Empire.

• AWH.C.9.5.C

  Trace the rise of Anglo-Saxon England, the Danish invasions, and the influence of Alfred the Great.

• AWH.C.9.5.D

  Describe Scandinavian raids and conquests (e.g.,Vikings), explorations (e.g., Iceland, Greenland, Vinland), and state-building (e.g., Normandy, England, Naples,...

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What Students Need to Do

Students explain why local lords and manors gained power after Rome's western empire fell. They show how nobles, clergy, and peasants lived and what they owed one another. They track Frankish kings, Anglo-Saxon England, Danish invasions, and Scandinavian expansion on maps and timelines.

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What Mastery Looks Like

Students connect Charles Martel, Charlemagne, and Otto I to the growth of Frankish power and the Holy Roman Empire. They explain how Alfred defended Wessex against Danish armies. They map Scandinavian exploration of Iceland, Greenland, and Vinland, and identify Viking or Norman rule in Normandy, England, Naples, and Rus'.

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Common Misconceptions

Students may assume all peasants were enslaved or that every lord answered to a strong king. They may mix up Charlemagne's coronation in 800 with Otto I's in 962. They may picture Vikings only as raiders, not explorers, settlers, and rulers.

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How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Why did a peasant owe labor to a lord, and what did the lord owe in return? Name one way this arrangement affected who held power.

1. 01

   Give groups land, labor, tithes, and protection cards to build a manor diagram showing what lords, knights, clergy, and peasants exchanged.

2. 02

   Ask: Did Alfred or Charlemagne do more to strengthen a kingdom? Use one action by each ruler in a six-sentence response.

3. 03

   Play a timeline sort with cards for Tours, Charlemagne's coronation, Alfred's Danish wars, and Otto I's coronation; check dates against an answer key.

4. 04

   On a modern map, mark Scandinavian routes to Iceland, Greenland, Newfoundland, Normandy, England, Naples, and Kyiv; label exploration, settlement, or rule.

• AWH.C.10.3.B

  partial disintegration of the Holy Roman Empire and the rise of independent city-states in Italy and Germany

• MWH.C.2

  Analyze patterns of social, economic, political, and cultural changes during the Late Middle Ages to the Age of Exploration.

• AWH.C.7.4

  Analyze the influence of Greek civilization on Roman art, literature, society, and government.

• AWH.C.7.9

  Describe the Sack of Rome, fall of the Western Roman Empire, and the establishment of Germanic kingdoms (e.g., Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Vandals, Franks, Anglo-Sax...