Middle Ages: 7th Grade Research Project

The Middle Ages

Main Mediterranean and Black Sea Routes in Medieval Times
Medieval Commodities

European Trade

Travel and Trade in the Middle Ages

Medieval Trade and Industry

The Hanseatic League

Hanseatic League - links

Urban Supply Routes

A Genoese Trade Route - Galata

Medieval Source Book: Routes of the Jewish Merchants to the East. 847

Cotton and Cotton Trade in the Middle Ages

The Silk Road: links

The Silk Road

Influence of the Spice Trade

Medieval Trade Routes: map

Medieval Cloth Trade

Medieval Commerce: map

Trade Routes: Ukraine: map

The Commerce of Christendom: map

Medieval Trade Routes Across Asia: map

Charlemagne, King of the Franks
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96apr/charlemagne.html

The Historical Charlemagne
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/santiago/histchrl.html

Charlemagne
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Blair/Courses/MUSL242/f98/charles.htm

Guilds
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/middleages/guilds.html

Guild Hall
http://www-ed.fnal.gov/lincon/f97/projects/guildhall/guilds/guilds.html

Map of Europe in the Age of Charlemagne
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/maps/800eur.jpg

Medieval Trade Routes (image file)
http://www.ucalgary.ca/HIST/tutor/imagemid/hanseaticSmall.gif

Map of Europe c. 476 A.D.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/maps/476eur.jpg

How the Crusades Led to the Finding of the New World
http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM258&page=teacher

Middle Ages Related Resources - a gateway site
http://www.learner.org/interactives/middleages/resources.html

Internet Medieval Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html

Research Paper Assignment: Medieval Period Due: Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Topic: How did Medieval trading routes (i.e. Genoese, Venetian, Hanseatic) influence the development of Venice, Genoa, London, Constantinople, Bruge, Valencia, Baghdad, Hamburg, or Damascus (choose three or four) into influential, metropolitan cities by 1300 A.D.

Be sure to incorporate/define the following terms/ideas in your paper:

City
Influential
Guild
Money
Trade

Be sure to include references to at least four significant resources (tangible or intangible) traded over the routes relevant to your paper.


Resources: History Alive! (pp. 19 – 59)
Class Packet
Library books in history room
Websites using Middle Ages Webliography


OUTLINE FOR A RESEARCH PAPER:

Purpose Statement:

The purpose of this paper is to:


1. Introduction
A. Thesis Statement (also known as TS)
i. Supporting Sentences

2. Supporting Paragraphs (Must be done in the order discussed in Introduction)
A. You may have as many paragraphs as necessary to support your TS
B. Opening Statement (one per paragraph, must refer back to TS)
a. Supporting Sentences (these can be bullet points)

3. Conclusion
A. Must answer the “So What?” question.
B. Must synthesize the supporting paragraphs and weave them neatly together with your “so what” commentary.

REMEMBER that an expository paper “exposes” the complexity of an issue. It is not appropriate to editorialize in this type of paper. Let the facts tell the story and prove the thesis (argument).

Use language cleverly. Use descriptive adjectives where appropriate. Be specific with your details. Words like “good,” “bad,” and “things” are unacceptable.