Significant Leaders, Events, Cultural Contributions, and Technological Developments of Eastern and Western Civilizations
Additional resources for further exploration
The Middle Ages, a multimedia package keyed to grade 7 social studies and language arts standards, focuses on major concepts of this historical period, such as feudalism, the Crusades, the Black Plague, and others. Click the link below and go to the left-hand side of the page to access the menu for each section.
https://www.pbswesternreserve.org/education/middle-ages/
The information at the following PBS NOVA link provides a resource for teaching about Chinese inventions during the Song Dynasty, with interesting discussion points such as whether Marco Polo actually reached China, and whether our basic modes of transportation would be the same if the Chinese had not invented fireworks.
