This course from the OER Project provides complete lessons, videos, and other resources on the rise of agriculture and early societies, expansion and interconnection among civilizations, economic changes, and so much more!

Examine relationships between significant events and ideas and their influence on systems of government (e.g. the rise of the merchant class, the Magna Carta, the impact of the Black Death, Germanic tribes, feudalism, manors, city-states).

The novel Crispin, by Avi, is one of the best to demonstrate daily life of different social classes and the influence of the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages.

In this one minute video, students learn about feudalism. A host explains the rise and fall of feudalism during the Middle Ages, and students consider how feudalism influenced political, economic, and social society in medieval Europe.

The lesson summarizes the role of religion in the Enlightenment and the establishment of the United States government.

Students will compare and contrast the rights of individuals and groups based on social class today and during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

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This course from the OER Project provides complete lessons, videos, and other resources on much of world history, including the rise of cities, societies, and empires, regional webs, the first global age, industrialization and imperialism in the nineteenth century, World Wars I and II, the Cold War, and globalization.