https://padlet.com/abwhite1/blmooaswpxl7 Connecting en-us 2017-07-03 03:35:27 UTC 2025-10-03 18:00:28 UTC hello@padlet.com abwhite1 https://padlet.com/abwhite1/blmooaswpxl7/wish/177944817 Pick six historical figures and/or events and make an argument about how they connect to each other.  The connections should have a detailed explanation about why they are connected. Try to find images or primary sources to make your connections visual. Notice how I connected the Middle Ages to the Renaissance around this Padlet. There is also an example using images from the Smithsonian to the right.]]> 2017-07-03 12:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/abwhite1/blmooaswpxl7/wish/177944817 abwhite1 https://padlet.com/abwhite1/blmooaswpxl7/wish/177945684 From Lincoln's Ax to William Jennings Bryan]]> 2017-07-03 12:34:59 UTC https://padlet.com/abwhite1/blmooaswpxl7/wish/177945684 abwhite1 https://padlet.com/abwhite1/blmooaswpxl7/wish/177946071 To help you create your Six Degrees Padlet, you might want to fill out this worksheet as a rough draft]]> 2017-07-03 12:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/abwhite1/blmooaswpxl7/wish/177946071 abwhite1 https://padlet.com/abwhite1/blmooaswpxl7/wish/177947491 Only those at the top were happy with Feudalism...]]> 2017-07-03 12:57:12 UTC https://padlet.com/abwhite1/blmooaswpxl7/wish/177947491 abwhite1 https://padlet.com/abwhite1/blmooaswpxl7/wish/177947903 The Black Plague wiped out the population in Europe and helped to give rise to a new middle class, changing the Feudal class system. The new middle class had money to spend, lived in the cities, and sought education. Serfs were no longer bound to the land and many started to be paid by landowners because of the need for farmhands. But the biggest change was at the top...]]> 2017-07-03 13:02:53 UTC https://padlet.com/abwhite1/blmooaswpxl7/wish/177947903 abwhite1 https://padlet.com/abwhite1/blmooaswpxl7/wish/177948240 Since the Church was unable to save the masses from the Black Plague and because of the rise of corruption in the Church, its influence and power over society began to decline.]]> 2017-07-03 13:06:53 UTC https://padlet.com/abwhite1/blmooaswpxl7/wish/177948240 abwhite1 https://padlet.com/abwhite1/blmooaswpxl7/wish/177948411 As people turned away from the church, the rise of HUMANISM began. The new philosophy stressed the need for a well-rounded education, a renewed interest in the "classics," and proposed that humans had limitless potential.

]]> 2017-07-03 13:08:52 UTC https://padlet.com/abwhite1/blmooaswpxl7/wish/177948411 abwhite1 https://padlet.com/abwhite1/blmooaswpxl7/wish/177948882 Trade with the east helped Europe become very wealthy. The new middle class had money to spend, and port cities, especially in Italy, flourished.  Europe was introduced to many new inventions, cultures, spices, materials, and ideas. ]]> 2017-07-03 13:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/abwhite1/blmooaswpxl7/wish/177948882 abwhite1 https://padlet.com/abwhite1/blmooaswpxl7/wish/177949178 Thus with the Black Plague, the change in Feudal Society (the rise of the Middle Class and increase in wealth), the decline of the Church, the rise of Humanism, trade, and the invention of the printing press, the AGE OF THE RENAISSANCE began...]]> 2017-07-03 13:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/abwhite1/blmooaswpxl7/wish/177949178 abwhite1 https://padlet.com/abwhite1/blmooaswpxl7/wish/177951272 2017-07-03 13:37:38 UTC https://padlet.com/abwhite1/blmooaswpxl7/wish/177951272 abwhite1 https://padlet.com/abwhite1/blmooaswpxl7/wish/178728077 One invention from China was block printing, which Johannes Gutenberg improved upon with his creation of the Printing Press. The printing press allowed books to be printed at a much faster rate, and  Humanists began to spread their ideas throughout Europe.

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