This article assesses the impact of this agrarian revolution. From the 16th century onwards, an essentially organic agriculture was gradually replaced by a farming system that depended on energy-intensive inputs.

In this unit, students will gain knowledge of the Ottoman Empire and will work together to demonstrate that knowledge in a presentation and simulation of the culture and time period.

The British empire was one of the most important developments in world history. The empire was huge, it lasted a long time, and it brought tremendous changes to many parts of the world. This resource examines how and why the British empire made Britain so important.

The seventeenth century was an extraordinary time for England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Click through to find sources and activities on varying topics related to their wars and rulers.

Using the Eurasian frontier as a case study, this lesson will introduce students to the importance of disease transmission and containment in history - and their connection to world trade, military movements, population movements, and government social policies.

The past is often neatly partitioned in time periods and eras with generalized names meant to characterize what life was like during that time. In this multi-day lesson, students question the validity of using ?Dark Ages? to describe Europe from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance. In the process, students examine a variety of primary and secondary sources highlighting different social, political, economic, cultural, and environmental facets of life in Europe during this period.

In this simulation activity, the classroom will be turned into a feudal system with the teacher as King. Students will participate in various aspects of feudal life as either lords, knights, peasants, and serfs.

This article explains the development of feudalism in Europe. It explains how lords were able to support a military force of knights.

The Indian Ocean Trade network has been a conduit for goods and culture for thousands of years. This lesson will teach students key concepts of cultural diffusion, and diasporic communities.

With this interactive resource, students explore what life was really like during the Middle Ages.

This resource, from Georgetown University, contains texts, images, and commentary for the study of the languages, history, and culture of the Middle Ages, including course materials, instructional materials for kids and young adults, and language learning aids.

With this digital collection, students will learn how European merchants sought out spices from Asia, traveling dangerous routes through the Middle East and Africa. Students will consider the following essential questions as they review the documents: 1. Why were spices so valuable in medieval Europe? Who determined the value? 2. How is the value of spices different from the price of spices? How did the value impact prices? 3. How were spices used by medieval Europeans? How does this differ from the use of spices today?

This resource, from Georgetown University, contains texts, images, and commentary for the study of the languages, history, and culture of the Middle Ages, including course materials, instructional materials for kids and young adults, and language learning aids.

This lesson presents two sides of a debate about Magna Carta's significance. Students read an Op-Ed essay in The Times and an essay in the Wall Street Journal, and decide what they think: Is the document worthy of celebrating 800 years later? Or is its importance just a myth?

This unit brings together multimedia resources describing the Middle Ages. Multiple documents are available for examining feudalism, the Crusades, The Plague and many features of European society.

This lesson examines the lives and experiences of women during the English Civil Wars through primary sources and documents.

In this project, students select a modern trend and follow it through various media outlets. By choosing articles, analyzing them, and writing about them, students begin to see how their respective trend influences the modern world. In the second half, students go back through history and research the same trend in the past. After compiling historical data on the trend, students combine the modern and the historical into a research paper that expresses their new understanding of the world.