1. What are you most excited to learn about this school year?
Journal Entry 9/10/18
What are you most excited to learn about this school year?
Based on what you know about the class

2. Early Modern Europe (EME) Unit Introduction
Unit Goal:
Understand the emergence of modern European society and government post dark ages
Understand the importance of the Renaissance period
Understand the power struggle between the Catholic Church and European nobility
Understand the impact of Martin Luther and the Reformation
Understand how the Reformation impacted Absolute Monarchs in Europe
Why:
It is important to understand the context of early modern Europe to set up the growth of European nations, which will eventually impact the political turmoil and wars of the late 19th and 20th centuries.
What will we cover?
Context – Middle Ages
Return to the arts and classical studies: Renaissance
Rise and corruption of the Catholic Church
Reformation of the Catholic Church
Religious wars as a result of conflicts amongst European Christian Society
Impacts of all of the aforementioned things on society and the peoples of continental Europe

3. Critical Terms for Understanding History
Argument/perspective/bias/opinion – Taking a stance on a particular subject or topic.
These terms are synonymous
This can also be called opinion from a personal perspective
In a formal written way this is called a thesis
Context – The information needed in order to understand a history or an argument/perspective/bias/opinion
Think of this as the setup for what you are about to learn/read
Almost everything needs some form of context for understanding
Evidence – The critical information needed in order to fully understand an argument/perspective/bias/opinion
Analysis – The explanation (although it can be used in other ways) of why the evidence is supporting the argument/perspective/bias/ opinion
In history, you will need to articulate your opinions in several ways, while defending, and explaining those opinions. These aforementioned terms are the formal terms used to do that.

4. Renaissance and Reformation Timeline
Plagues
Papacy in
Avignon
Catholic
Reformation
Emergence
of Christianity
Petrine
Supremacy
Great
Schism
Counter
Reformation
Early Church
Reform
Rise of Catholicism
Vikings and the emergence of Fiefdoms
Germanic
Tribes
Renaissance
Italian & Northern
Charlemagne &
The Carolingians
300s
1600

5. Rest of this Week… Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Intro unit and mini writing assignment
Tuesday
Research day in library
Wednesday
Writing day in lab
Thursday
Jigsaw information from mini writing assignment
Friday
Myers will recap the basic info from the unit and give context on Catholicism in Europe