Analyze the Byzantine Empire as Eastern Roman continuation (NOT 'Greek successor') — Justinian I (r. 527-565 CE), Theodora (c. 500-548 CE), Justinian's Code (Corpus Juris Civilis 529-534 CE), and Hagia Sophia (completed 537 CE) — per Judith Herrin and Anthony Kaldellis scholarship
Exercise Difficulty 4 ~6 min hist.g6.s.ex_14

Rubric Response

MG-10 Illustration
16x24 inch classroom poster, deep-evergreen background with silver-gold serif text: 'WE PROMISE: When we study difficult

16x24 inch classroom poster, deep-evergreen background with silver-gold serif text: 'WE PROMISE: When we study difficult content — persecution, plague, slavery, conquest, displacement — we name it honestly AND we open and close with resilience. Before naming the difficulty, we name the people's strength, art, family, religion, music, language, mathematics, science, and continuation. After naming the difficulty, we return to resilience. We never end a lesson on devastation alone.' Includes border motifs: olive branch (Late Roman), lotus (Gupta), bamboo (Han), pomegranate (Sasanian), Ge'ez cross (Aksum), ceiba tree (Maya). Frame: simple wood, classroom-display-ready.

Prompt

Apply MG-10 Resilience-FIRST to the Justinianic Plague. Name 3 Mediterranean descendant communities that survived and ARE today.

How it's presented
mode text
Answer criteria
type rubric scored
rubric
3 of: modern Italian + Italian diaspora; modern Greek + Greek Orthodox; modern Turkish; modern Levantine-Christian / Coptic / Armenian / Syrian Orthodox; modern Jewish diaspora; modern Egyptian; modern Maghrebi
Hints
  1. MG-8 Living-Descendant Promise.
  2. Every Mediterranean community continued.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Forgetting Christian + Jewish + Muslim continuity across the period
Used in lessons