1. Setting the Stage for the Renaissance Objective: Students will demonstrate an understanding of Europe before 1400 Thinking Skill: Gather and organize information and data

8. Roman Empire-Important Dates z313 CE Constantine legalizes Christianity z330 CE Division of Catholic Faith (West and East) z395 CE Christianity becomes the official religion of the empire z410 CE Rome sacked z476 CE End of the empire

10. Life of the People zFeudalism/Serfs zManor system zLife Span: 35 Years zwarfare zfamine zlawlessness zDeath zIlliteracy (1455 Press) zNo sense of self zFamine zAgriculturally backward

11. The Seven Sacraments/Infallibility zBaptism zConfirmation zCommunion zPenance zMarriage zHoly Orders zExtreme Unction zMonasticism: embracing chastity, poverty and obedience made for superior Christian life. Led to infallibility of the church

12. What did the church regulate? zHospitals zindustry zasylums zpoor houses zlibraries zschools/universities zLargest Landholder in Europe

14. "The symptoms were not the same as in the East, where a gush of blood from the nose was the plain sign of inevitable death; but it began both in men and women with certain swellings in the groin or under the armpit. They grew to the size of a small apple or an egg, more or less, and were vulgarly called tumors. In a short space of time these tumors spread from the two parts named all over the body. Soon after this the symptoms changed and black or purple spots appeared on the arms or thighs or any other part of the body, sometimes a few large ones, sometimes many little ones. These spots were a certain sign of death, just as the original tumor had been and still remained.

15. The Plague 1347-1350 originated in Asia 25 million people died 1/3 of Europe’s population lost Over 100 years to recover from loss of life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grbSQ6O6kbs

16. Closure 3-2-1 Three things you learned Two things you like to know more about One question you have Name on card please!