European History Presentations
Introduction to the Middle Ages
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This brief presentation heralds the beginning of my Middle Ages unit! Let the music and animations play out on the cover slide for full effect.
It defines the eras of the Middle Ages - Early, High, Late. • SLIDES: 8 • HANDOUTS: CLOZE NOTES |
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The Franks: Clovis to Charlemagne
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This presentation brings the era of the Franks to life. With images, maps, information, and video links, everything is here to help your students understand this culture that defined the Middle Ages and became the nation of France
This presentations examines the following topics: ♦ Frankish tribes during Roman Times ♦ Frankish Mercenaries ♦ The Merovingian Dynasty ♦ Clovis I and His Conversion ♦ Charles Martel ♦ Battle of Tours ♦ The Carolingian Dynasty ♦ Establishment of the Papal States ♦ Charlemagne ♦ Establishment of the Holy Roman Empire ♦ Decline of the Carolingian DynastyComing soon • SLIDES: 53 • HANDOUTS: CLOZE NOTES & REFLECTION QUESTIONS • VIDEOCLIPS: 9 CLIPS TOTALLING 34 MINUTES |
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Anglo-Saxon England
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The Anglo-Saxon culture dominated England for over 500 years. The legacy left behind can be found in the art, architecture, and literature that they left behind. Their rich culture is examined in this lesson.
Topics covered in this presentation include: ♦ The Romans leaving Britannia ♦ Germanic Invasions ♦ Legend of King Arthur ♦ Anglo-Saxon Settlements ♦ Anglo-Saxon Warriors ♦ Conversion to Christianity ♦ Sutton Hoo ♦ The Viking Age ♦ Alfred the Great ♦ Beowulf • SLIDES: 36 • HANDOUTS: CLOZE NOTES & REFLECTION QUESTIONS |
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The Vikings
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The Vikings were a people who had a profound impact on Europe in the Middle Ages. From their longships they were able to spread through the rivers, seas, and oceans of the known world Topics covered in this presentation include: ♦ Viking Spiritual Beliefs ♦ Viking Society ♦ Government ♦ Viking Women ♦ The Sagas ♦ Longships ♦ Warriors ♦ Raiding ♦ Explorers ♦ Impact on Europe • SLIDES: 63 • HANDOUTS: CLOZE NOTES & REFLECTION QUESTIONS • VIDEOCLIPS: 9 CLIPS TOTALLING 33 MINUTES |
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The Feudal System
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For over a millennium in Europe society was based on a complex - and at times contradictory - set of relationships between lords and vassals that was know as feudalism. Stretching from the fall of the Western Roman Empire to the modern age, life was dictated by your social status.
Topics covered in this presentation include: ♦ Barbarian invasions and fall of the Roman Empire ♦ The legacy of the Franks on feudalism ♦ Warlords and Mercenaries ♦ Kings and Lords ♦ The Role of the Knight Class ♦ Code of Chivalry ♦ Serfs and Peasants ♦ The Role of the Church • SLIDES: 44 • HANDOUTS: CLOZE NOTES & REFLECTION QUESTIONS • VIDEOCLIPS: 4 CLIPS TOTALLING 13 MINUTES |
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The Church in the Middle Ages
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During the Early and High Middle Ages the Church was the most powerful institution in Europe.
Topics covered in this presentation include: ♦ The Church as a unifying force in Europe ♦ Clovis and Charlemagne ♦ Excommunication ♦ The Sacraments ♦ Hierarchy of the Church ♦ Donation of Constantine ♦ East West Schism ♦ Investiture Controversy ♦ Monasticism and Rule of St. Benedict • SLIDES: 45 • HANDOUTS: CLOZE NOTES & REFLECTION QUESTIONS • VIDEOCLIPS: 5 CLIPS TOTALLING 20 MINUTES |
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The Normans
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The Normans were the most significant culture of Western Europe in the High Middle Ages. From England to Sicily and on Crusade these knights, decedents of Vikings, would leave their mark on Europe.
Topics covered in this presentation include: ♦ Viking settlers ♦ Founding of Normandy ♦ William the Conqueror ♦ Battle of Hastings ♦ Normans in Sicily ♦ Richard the Lionheart ♦ The End of the Normans • SLIDES: 47 • HANDOUTS: CLOZE NOTES & REFLECTION QUESTIONS • VIDEOCLIPS: 4 CLIPS TOTALLING 10 MINUTES |
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The Crusades
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The Crusades were a defining event for Europe, less so for the Islamic World, but their significance would increase in time as a symbol of the struggle between two different religious worlds.
Topics covered in this presentation include: ♦ The mythologizing and romanticizing of the Crusades ♦ Reasons for the Crusades ♦ The launching of the First Crusade ♦ The Second and Third Crusade ♦ Struggles between Richard and Saladin ♦ The debacle of the Fourth Crusade ♦ The economic, political, and social impact of the Crusades • SLIDES: 70 • HANDOUTS: CLOZE NOTES & REFLECTION QUESTIONS • VIDEOCLIPS: 7 CLIPS TOTALLING 25 MINUTES |
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Gothic Cathedrals and Architecture
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One of the greatest legacies of the Middle Ages and a testament to the achievements of what humans are capable of despite great adversity.
Topics covered in this presentation include: ♦ Evolving art forms of the Middle Ages ♦ Art in the Late Middle Ages ♦ Examples of various mediums of Gothic Art ♦ Brief background on Romanesque architecture ♦ Development of Gothic architecture ♦ Characteristics of Gothic architecture ♦ Importance of stained glass windows to religious instruction ♦ Gargoyles ♦ Examples of Gothic cathedrals • SLIDES: 124 • HANDOUTS: CLOZE NOTES & REFLECTION QUESTIONS • VIDEOCLIPS: 6 CLIPS TOTALLING 17 MINUTES |
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Scottish Wars of Independence
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The Scottish Wars of Independence was a seminal event for Scotland in which the country truly gained a sense of itself not as a kingdom but as a nation. Explore the first embers of nationalism with this fascinating story about Scotland in the Middle Ages.
Topics covered in this presentation include: ♦ The effect of mythology on nationalism ♦ The ethnic breakdown of Scotland in the Dark Ages ♦ Kenneth MacAlpin and his descendants ♦ History of Overlordship of England ♦ Alexander II and the expansion of Scotland ♦ Edward I and his conquering of Scotland ♦ William Wallace ♦ Battles of the Scottish Wars of Independence ♦ Robert the Bruce ♦ Declaration of Arbroath • SLIDES: 49 • HANDOUTS: CLOZE NOTES & REFLECTION QUESTIONS • VIDEOCLIPS: 11 CLIPS TOTALLING 60 MINUTES |
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The Hundred Years War
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France and England's epic struggle which lasted over a century profoundly influenced those two kingdoms. By the end, a strong sense of nationalism had emerged in those countries along with symbols and heroes of national pride.
Topics covered in this presentation include: ♦ The reasons for the outbreak of war ♦ Succession Crisis ♦ Strengths and weaknesses of both sides ♦ The importance of feudal knights to France ♦ The significant battles and their ramifications ♦ Creation of national symbols ♦ Henry V ♦ The Burgundians ♦ Joan of Arc ♦ Evolution of gunpowder on the battlefield ♦ Emergence of national armies and decline of feudalism • SLIDES: 51 • HANDOUTS: CLOZE NOTES & REFLECTION QUESTIONS • VIDEOCLIPS: 7 CLIPS TOTALLING 35 MINUTES |
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Weakening of the Church in the Late Middle Ages
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During the Late Middle Ages the Catholic Church was diminished in influence and power across Europe. This was a result of a series of factors including internal corruption and scandals as well as conflicts with powerful monarchs of Europe.
Topics covered in this presentation include: ♦ Boniface VIII and his conflicts with Philip IV of France ♦ The Avignon Papacy ♦ Suppression of the Knights Templar ♦ The Western Schism ♦ Dualing Papacies ♦ Councils of Pisa and Constance ♦ Heresy ♦ The Inquisition ♦ The Spanish Inquisition • SLIDES: 40 • HANDOUTS: CLOZE NOTES & REFLECTION QUESTIONS • VIDEOCLIPS: 6 CLIPS TOTALLING 25 MINUTES |
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The Renaissance
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The Renaissance began in Northern Italy and spread across the continent. It would spark both the Reformation and the Age of Exploration charting a new course for Europe.
Topics covered in this presentation include: ♦ Factors that led to the Renaissance ♦ Cities of Northern Italy ♦ The influence of new ideas ♦ The Humanists ♦ The Printing Press • SLIDES: 66 • HANDOUTS: CLOZE NOTES & REFLECTION QUESTIONS • VIDEOCLIPS: 8 CLIPS TOTALLING 42 MINUTES |
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The Reformation
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The Reformation is one of the most significant events in Western History. It change the political, social, economic, and religious fabric of Europe forever and would chart a new course for Western Civilization.
Topics covered in this presentation include: ♦ The Corruption in the Church ♦ Pope Leo X ♦ Martin Luther ♦ The 95 Theses ♦ The Diet of Worms ♦ The Political Landscape of Germany ♦ Calvinism ♦ The Wars of Religion ♦ The Impact on Europe • SLIDES: 66 • HANDOUTS: CLOZE NOTES & REFLECTION QUESTIONS • VIDEOCLIPS: 7 CLIPS TOTALLING 41 MINUTES |
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Age of Exploration
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The Age of Exploration set Europe on a course towards the Modern World. New sea routes were discovered providing Western European nations with wealth that had been unheard of previously. The societies of four continents, Europe, Africa, North and South America were drastically altered.
This lesson covers the following topics: ♦ Early Trading Networks ♦ Impact of the Conquest of Constantinople ♦ Advances in Navigation ♦ Early Portuguese Explorers ♦ Christopher Columbus ♦ Spanish Empire ♦ Northern European Explorers ♦ Motivation to Explore - Gold, God, Glory ♦ Introduction of New Crops to Europe ♦ The Impact on Native Americans ♦ The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade • SLIDES: 84 • HANDOUTS: CLOZE NOTES & REFLECTION QUESTIONS • VIDEOCLIPS: 9 CLIPS TOTALLING 56 MINUTES |
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Tudor England
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Tudor England was an era spanning the 16th century where England emerged from the Middle Ages and into the Modern Age. During this era, Henry VII stabilized England's economy, Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church, and Elizabeth I defended England against the Spanish Armada.
This lesson covers the following topics: ♦ Wars of the Roses ♦ Henry VII ♦ Henry VIII ♦ Cardinal Thomas Wolsey ♦ The English Renaissance ♦ The English Reformation ♦ Wives of Henry VIII ♦ Elizabeth I ♦ Mary Queen of Scots ♦ The Spanish Armada ♦ The Royal Navy & Privateers ♦ Tudor Society • SLIDES: 83 • HANDOUTS: CLOZE NOTES & REFLECTION QUESTIONS • VIDEOCLIPS: 14 CLIPS TOTALLING 55 MINUTES |
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The Scientific Revolution
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The Scientific Revolution was one of the greatest developments in European and World history. It revealed the nature of the universe and laid the foundation for the Modern World.
Topics covered in this presentation include: ♦ Ancient Ideas about the World ♦ Greek Natural Philosophers ♦ The Middle Ages ♦ Arab Scholars ♦ The Renaissance ♦ Heliocentrism & The Copernican Revolution ♦ Galileo Galilei ♦ Scientific Methodology ♦ Sir Isaac Newton • SLIDES: 74 • HANDOUTS: CLOZE NOTES & REFLECTION QUESTIONS • VIDEOCLIPS: 7 CLIPS TOTALLING 38 MINUTES |
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Absolutism: Louis XIV
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Absolutism in Europe was a political ideology that emerged out of the Wars of Religion in Europe where the monarch rules all aspects of his society without checks or balances. Louis XIV of France best exemplified this concept and did much to shape the country of France during the early modern age.
This lesson covers the following topics: ♦ French Wars of Religion ♦ King Henry II ♦ Edict of Nantes ♦ Louis XIII ♦ Cardinal Richelieu ♦ Shift towards Absolutism ♦ Louis XIV ♦ Palace of Versailles ♦ War of Spanish Succession ♦ Legacy of Louis XIV • SLIDES: 44 • HANDOUTS: CLOZE NOTES & REFLECTION QUESTIONS • VIDEOCLIPS: 4 CLIPS TOTALLING 28 MINUTES |
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Stuart England
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Stuart England was an era that saw tremendous political and religious upheaval across the British isles. The Stuart kings attempted to rule as Absolute Monarchs in a land where limited monarchy had been the law for centuries. This resulted in civil war, an execution of a king, a puritan dictatorships, restoration of the Stuarts, and eventually the selection of new monarchs by the people of England.
This lesson covers the following topics: ♦ James I ♦ Gunpowder Plot ♦ Charles I ♦ Bishop's War ♦ Short & Long Parliaments ♦ English Civil War ♦ New Model Army ♦ Oliver Cromwell ♦ The Republic ♦ Restoration of the Monarchy ♦ Charles II ♦ Test Act ♦ James II ♦ Glorious Revolution ♦ English Bill of Rights ♦ Jacobitism • SLIDES: 72 • HANDOUTS: CLOZE NOTES & REFLECTION QUESTIONS • VIDEOCLIPS: 13 CLIPS TOTALLING 65 MINUTES |
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The Enlightenment
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The American Revolution
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The American Revolution was a watershed moment in the history of democracy. Against the odds, a group of American Patriots was able to defeat the most powerful empire in the world.
This lesson covers the following topics: ♦ First English Colonies ♦ Overview of the French and Indian War ♦ Intolerable Acts ♦ Outbreak of War ♦ Significance of European Allies ♦ Valley Forge ♦ Siege of Yorktown ♦ American Victory • SLIDES: 65 • HANDOUTS: CLOZE NOTES & REFLECTION QUESTIONS • VIDEOCLIPS: 12 CLIPS TOTALLING 63 MINUTES |
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The French Revolution
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Napoleon
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Napoléon is widely considered to be one of the greatest generals in history. He rose to prominence in the aftermath of the French Revolution as a military officer with a string of impressive victories defending the young Republic. At the height of his power, he ruled over most of Europe as Emperor of the First French Empire.
This lesson covers the following topics: ♦ Napoleon's rise to power ♦ The Italian Campaign ♦ The Egyptian Campaign ♦ The Power of Propaganda ♦ The Napoleonic Reforms ♦ The Napoleonic Wars ♦ Important Battles ♦ Invasion of Russia ♦ The Hundred Days ♦ The Battle of Waterloo ♦ Exile • SLIDES: 101 • HANDOUTS: CLOZE NOTES & REFLECTION QUESTIONS • VIDEOCLIPS: 20 CLIPS TOTALLING 102 MINUTES |
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The Congress of Vienna
Age of Ideologies: 19th century Conservatism, Liberalism, Nationalism
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The Age of Ideologies was a period that spaned from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the First World War. During this era, new ideas about goverment created new nations, broke apart old empires, and created the political framework of the Western World.
Topics covered in this presentation include: ♦ Congress of Vienna ♦ Conservatism ♦ Liberalism ♦ 1848: Year of Revolutions ♦ France ♦ Austria ♦ Nationalist Revolts ♦ Ottoman Empire ♦ Austrian Empire ♦ Russian Empire ♦ Nationalist Unification ♦ Italy ♦ Germany • SLIDES: 72 • HANDOUTS: CLOZE NOTES & REFLECTION QUESTIONS |
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The Industrial Revolution
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Imperialism and Colonization
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