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Fall of Rome
FALL OF ROME
Objectives:
- Students should know that the capital of the Western Empire was the city of Rome.
- Students should know the story of St. Leo, bishop of Rome, and Attila the Hun.
- Students should know the name of the new capital of the Roman Empire, Constantinople.
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Justinian and the Byzantine Empire
THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE UNDER JUSTINIAN
Objectives:
- Students should know the name of the Byzantine Empire and its capital, Constantinople.
- Students should be able to name Justinian as a wise Emperor and list 2-3 of his accomplishments.
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Rise of Islam
RISE OF ISLAM
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Sunday of Orthodoxy and St. John of Damascus
SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY/ST. JOHN OF DAMASCUS
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Monasticism: St. Gerasimus
MONASTICISM/ST. GERASIMUS
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Sts. Cyril and Methodius and the Baptism of Russia
ST. CYRIL AND METHODIUS/BAPTISM OF RUS
Objectives:
- Students should know the names Cyril and Methodius and that they told the people of Rus about Jesus.
- Students should know the names of King Vladimir and Queen Olga, the first Christian rulers of Rus.
- Students should know that the people of Rus, in what is now Ukraine, spread the gospel far and wide to what is now Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus.
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St. Gregory Palamas
ST. GREGORY PALAMAS
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Crusades
THE CRUSADES
Objectives:
- Students should know the word, crusade, and that these were wars to take the Holy Land from the Moslems.
- Students should know that the crusaders did not win the Holy Land for Christians in the end.
- Students should know that the crusaders broke into the city of Constantinople and killed its Christian people and stole its treasures.
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Fall of Constantinople
FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE
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Protestant Reformation: Part 1
THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION
Objectives:
- Students should know who Martin Luther was and what he did.
- Students should be able to name some of the Protestant denominations.
Possible Lesson Plan:
- Open with prayer.
- Tell the story of the Protestant Reformation up through Martin Luther.
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