LEARNING SITUATION CHALLENGES THAT LEAVE AN IMPRINT LEARNING SEQUENCE

LET’S ACTIVATE WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW

1.1 1.1 As a warm up to introduce the topic, we will play an “alphabet game” or “word roulette” (the Educaplay platform has many possibilities on offer).

THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES

2 With a partner, talk about the information you gathered. Ask each other questions about the Barbarians' homeland and the location of their kingdoms once the Empire fell. Try to use the modern name of those areas.

Where do the Saxons come from?

They come from modern-day Denmark.

Where are they living in the 5th century?

They are living in Britain.

2.1 Estudiamos sus diferentes etapas, el Imperio Bizantino, los pueblos germanos, el Reino Visigodo, y el nacimiento del Imperio Carolingio.

THE BIRTH OF ISLAM

3.1 3.1 We will learn about key characteristics, territorial expansion, economy, society, daily life and cultural and artistic heritage.

KEY WOMEN

4.1 4.1 Working in pairs, we will research key women from the study period, select one and do a class presentation and a small mural.

4.2 4.2 We will present the biographies we have created.

Writing

3 Some areas were particularly complicated to defend as they suffered from constant attacks, so the Romans built defensive walls to protect them and prevent the Barbarians from entering the territory of the empire. Do some research and write an entry in the journal of the general in charge of one of those bases, explaining your daily routine and how things are changing now the empire is being divided by Theodosius.

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