11/23/09 The Revival of Trade after The Crusades

Last weeks students were introduced to the actors, events, and results of the Four major Crusades and the Children's Crusade. Today we will focus one of the major results of the The Crusade; The Revival of Trade and the subsequent growth of towns. Students will be given some of the major effects of this time period on today, for instance, why do countries enter trade agreements and what are there effects on prices and taxes that we pay today as Americans? After a brief review of last weeks lessons we will focus our exploration ont he text pp. 131-136 stopping at The Black Death which we learned about earlier in the year.