Materials

• Teacher-selected video on the Byzantine Empire
• Teacher-provided video viewing guide for each student (Attachment C, “Creating a Video Viewing Guide”)
• Teacher-selected reading, worksheet, or activity

Instructional Activities

1. Provide feedback on “Differences and Similarities between the Christianity of the Byzantine Empire and of Western European” chart (Attachment C) assigning during the previous session.
   
   
2. Provide a video viewing guide for students to complete while viewing.
   
   
3. Show the selected video.
   
   
4. As a class, discuss key information students have obtained from watching the selected video.
   
   
5. Define icon, and instruct students to create icons for the topics they are currently discussing.
   
   
6. Assign a teacher-selected reading, worksheet, or other reinforcement activity, using available teacher resources.