Trace the Byzantine Empire 527-1453 CE from Justinian's Code and Hagia Sophia through the East-West Schism 1054 and the Fourth Crusade 1204 to the fall of Constantinople 1453 — refusing the 'Eastern remnant' framing in favor of Byzantium as ONE-THOUSAND-PLUS-YEAR Roman continuation
Exercise Difficulty 3 ~8 min hist.g7.f.ex_05

Claim Evidence Warrant

MG-7 Diagram
MG-7 SEVEN-QUESTION SOURCE CARD — primary instructional scaffold for ALL source analysis in the unit. 8.5x11 inch double

MG-7 SEVEN-QUESTION SOURCE CARD — primary instructional scaffold for ALL source analysis in the unit. 8.5x11 inch double-sided laminated card. Front: Seven questions with sentence-frame scaffolds. (1) WHO created this source? (Wineburg sourcing) (2) WHEN was it created and where? (Wineburg contextualization) (3) WHY was it created and for whom? (Wineburg sourcing — purpose + audience) (4) WHAT does it say + show + leave out? (Wineburg close reading) (5) WHAT do OTHER sources say? (Wineburg corroboration) (6) WHOSE living descendants connect to this source today? (NMAI 5th — present-tense protocol) (7) WHOSE GOLDEN AGE does this source name — and whose golden age does it occlude? (NEW G7-Fall 7th — Banks Level-3 transformative move; refuses single-narrative golden-age framing). Back: scaffolded sentence frames for each question.

Prompt

Apply MG-7 Q5 corroboration to the 1453 Fall of Constantinople: name TWO things that ENDED and TWO things that CONTINUED. Cite primary sources where possible.

How it's presented
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Answer criteria
type claim evidence warrant rubric
rubric
ENDED — 2 of (Byzantine state; coronation of Roman emperors; Latin Patriarchate in Constantinople; specific institutional structures). CONTINUED — 2 of (Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople reinstated 1454 by Mehmed II; Eastern Orthodox Christianity 220+ million today; Greek language; Hagia Sophia structure; Byzantine artistic tradition; Greek-Orthodox descendants). Citations: Doukas Historia Turco-Byzantina (c. 1462) AND Tursun Beg Tarih-i Ebu'l-Feth (c. 1488). 4 components correctly identified = mastery.
Hints
  1. ENDED is about political institution; CONTINUED is about civilizational continuity.
  2. Use Doukas (Byzantine perspective) + Tursun Beg (Ottoman perspective) for corroboration.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Listing only ENDED items without CONTINUED — missing the Resilience-FIRST framing
  • Confusing Patriarchate with Empire
Used in lessons