BC Grade 8 Social Studies - 7th Century to 1750 Full Unit

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Grade 8 – British Columbia (BC) Social Studies Curriculum – 7th Century to 1750. This product was created to cover the elaborations and big ideas in the British Columbia (BC) Social Studies Grade 8 Curriculum – 7th Century to 1750.

There are 251 activity sheets that cover the learning standards in the social studies curriculum. This unit contains readings, assignments, hands-on activities, fill in the blanks, multiple choice, true/false, and more!

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Some of the concepts that are covered:

• The Middle Ages
• Fall of Rome – Rise of Feudalism
• Activity – Feudalism Role Play
• The Manorial System
• Activity – Building a Manorial System Model
• Story – Day in the Life of a Serf
• Feudalism in Japan versus Europe
• Religion in Feudalist societies – hierarchy in the church
• Inventions in the middle ages
• The English Peasants’ Revolt of 1381
• The Black Death – Decline of Feudalism
• Timeline of the Byzantine Empire
• Jobs and gender roles in the Byzantine Empire
• The rise of the Ottoman Empire and The fall of Constantinople
• The Islamic Golden Age – Ottoman Empire
• The Renaissance Period – personalities: da Vinci, Michelangelo, Galileo
• The Enlightenment – a time of great ideas
• The Printing Press
• Religion around the world – spread of Islam
• The Crusades
• Reformation – Martin Luther and the 95 Thesis
• Counter-Reformation: Roman Inquisition, Index of Forbidden Books, Jesuits
• Expulsion of Jewish People from Spain
• China – Advanced Civilization
• Timeline of navigational tools
• Zheng He and cartography
• Activity – using online mapping programs
• Trade – the Silk Road
• Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
• Story – Life as a slave on a slave ship crossing the middle passage
• Imperialism – effects on other countries and Spanish imperialism
• Spanish explorer – Christopher Columbus and the Columbian Exchange
• Activity – Making a Columbian Exchange timeline
• European colonialism – Examples: Spanish colonies, English colonies, and French colonies
• European explorers – Cabot, Champlain, Cartier
• Fur trade – moving to North America
• French alliances with Indigenous groups
• The Beaver Wars
• Seigneurs and Habitants
• Catholic Church in New France and Citizens of New France
• Smallpox and other diseases affecting Indigenous groups
• Expulsion of the Acadians
• Population changes from the 7th century to 1750
• Urbanization in the Middle Ages and the effects on the environment
• Unit Test
• Answer pages for all activities

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