World History: Middle Ages, Crusades, Silk Road, and the Black Death

Part three of a four-part world history series covering the Medieval era and related global developments. The course addresses the Dark Ages, Crusades, Mesoamerican civilizations, transregional trade (including the Silk Road and Mansa Musa), travel narratives like Ibn Battuta, and the Black Death, with emphasis on reading, activities, and document analysis.

Materials needed:

Students will be given pdfs each week that contain the in-class work and homework. These pdfs need to be printed or if the student prefers to type answers, pdfs can be uploaded to the Kami App website and students can type directly onto the pdfs.

Students are strongly encouraged to either watch Crash Course (or similar) videos or read a World History book of their choosing that covers that topics we are discussing in class.