Name: _____________________________
Origins of a Western
Worldview
KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING
• I critically examine and describe factors that
shaped the worldview evolving in Western
Europe during the Renaissance.
You will discover how the Western worldview developed
from events leading up to the Renaissance.
SKILLS and PROCESSES
• I analyze historical sequence, issues, context,
and connections to form and support opinions.
You will gain an understanding of the transition from the
Middle Ages to the beginning of the Renaissance.
Define the following words:
1. Feudalism
2. Hierarchy
3. Allegiance
4. Manors
5. Freemen
6. Serfs
7. Monastery
8. Journeymen
9. Sumptuary Laws
10.Tithe
Complete the assigned tasks for the following themes.
Describe the Feudal hierarchy in three parts:
1. Identify each level of the hierarchy.
2. Provide some background information on each level.
3. Provide an image of the feudal hierarchy.
Explain the social characteristics of the feudal system. Please
cover the following factors:
1. Compare town vs. country life
2. Religion
• Describe the church community (hierarchy)
• Describe the importance of cathedrals and their
construction
• Explain monasticism
Provide an overview of the feudal economic system keeping in
mind these elements:
• guilds (goods & trade)
• time & money
• wealth
• consumption
Complete the assigned tasks for the following theme.
Catalyst: a person or thing that precipitates an event or change
Describe the major pressures that might have caused feudalism
to break down. Please cover the following factors:
1. War & Revolt
• The Hundred Years’ War
• Peasant revolts
• Brutality
2. Changing attitude toward religion
3. The Black Death
• See assignment
“How was the Bubonic Plague a catalyst for
change in the Middle Ages?”
Assignment:
Write an essay OR short story addressing the question above.
Criteria: (pages 25-26, 29 & 34)
• You are explain how the Black Death changed Medieval Europe. Here are some
categories you MUST write about:
-Social changes – how did the class structure change?
- Economic changes – how was the economic system affected?
-- Worldview – did the worldview of Medieval Europe change? How about
religion?
-As part of your assignment you must provide a description of the Black Death and
some events, statistics, dates, etc.
Curricular
Outcomes
KLO
8.2.4 What was
the Renaissance?
KLO
8.S.2 Distinguish
cause, effect,
and sequence.
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PF
PG
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I critically examine and describe factors that shaped the worldview evolving in
Western Europe during the Renaissance.
Provides an extensive
description of the Black
Death as a catalyst for
change.
Provides a substantial
description of the
Black Death as a
catalyst for change.
Provides a
rudimentary
description of the
Black Death as a
catalyst for change.
Provides an
undeveloped
description of the
Black Death as a
catalyst for change.
I analyze historical sequence, issues, context, and connections to form and support
opinions.
Makes an astute
distinction of cause,
effect, and sequence.
Makes a credible
distinction of cause,
effect, and sequence.
Makes a plausible
distinction of cause,
effect, and sequence.
Makes an inaccurate
distinction of cause,
effect, and sequence.