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HSS-7.5 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Medieval Japan.

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Study the ninth and tenth centuries’ golden age of literature, art, and drama and its lasting effects on culture today, including Murasaki Shikibu’s Tale of Genji.

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HSS-7.5 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Medieval Japan.

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Analyze the rise of a military society in the late twelfth century and the role of the samurai in that society.

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Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Medieval Europe.

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HSS-7.6 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Medieval Europe.

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Study the geography of the Europe and the Eurasian land mass, including its location, topography, waterways, vegetation, and climate and their relationship to ways of life in Medieval Europe.

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HSS-7.6 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Medieval Europe.

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Describe the spread of Christianity north of the Alps and the roles played by the early church and by monasteries in its diffusion after the fall of the western half of the Roman Empire.

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HSS-7.6 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Medieval Europe.

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Understand the development of feudalism, its role in the medieval European economy, the way in which it was influenced by physical geography (the role of the manor and the growth of towns), and how feudal relationships provided the foundation of political order.

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HSS-7.6 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Medieval Europe.

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Demonstrate an understanding of the conflict and cooperation between the Papacy and European monarchs (e.g., Charlemagne, Gregory VII, Emperor Henry IV).

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HSS-7.6 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Medieval Europe.

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Know the significance of developments in medieval English legal and constitutional practices and their importance in the rise of modern democratic thought and representative institutions (e.g., Magna Carta, parliament, development of habeas corpus, an independent judiciary in England).

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HSS-7.6 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Medieval Europe.

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Discuss the causes and course of the religious Crusades and their effects on the Christian, Muslim, and Jewish populations in Europe, with emphasis on the increasing contact by Europeans with cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean world.

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HSS-7.6 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Medieval Europe.

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Map the spread of the bubonic plague from Central Asia to China, the Middle East, and Europe and describe its impact on global population.