Byzantium



__**Day 1.**__
 * Create a new page in Post Classical Unit titled: Byzantines
 * Search for and then insert image that connects to the Byzantines
 * Embed a google map showing location of Constantinople - below - How do you think the location of Constantinople may have affected its development
 * Homework**: Read 194-198 - Outline the foundation of Byzantium, Outline The achievements of Justinian -Find and upload any images relevant to your notes

__**Day 2:**__
 * Work in collaboration to create notes and identify Main Ideas in ESPIRIT chart - Jigsaw Categories and review - Summarize Byzantium
 * Homework** Using Crocodocs Read and Mark-up 1 of the following documents. When you have finished your mark ups embed the marked up documents onto your wikispace and summarize

__**Homework**__ : Read 203 - 209 and answer the following questions. Read and summarize the main points of "Eastern and Western Europe: The Problem of Boundaries" p.208
 * __Day 3__**
 * Review documents in EXPERT groups and then JIGSAW
 * 1) Who were Cyril and Methodius? What did they accomplish?
 * 2) How did events in the Middle East affect the demographics of the East Central borderlands?
 * 3) Outline the development of the Kievan Rus
 * 4) What important decision was made by Vladimir I?
 * 5) What were some of the major similarities and differences between Byzantium and the Kievan Rus?
 * 6) What factors led to the decline of the Kievan Rus?