TIPS ON NOTE TAKING:

1. Please enter the room quietly and make note of the daily objective, class work and homework in your agendas. Will the person responsible for retrieving 
the journals for your rows please do so.

2. TIPS ON NOTE TAKING: GREEN - Don't write it down if you don't want. It is there 
for to read and make a mental note. BLUE - You should write this information down, but put it in 
your own words. Don't worry about coping it exactly. Put 
it in a way that you'll remember. BLACK - You need to write this down. It is important. If 
you can find a way to write it using less words that okay, but 
make sure you are getting this information in your notes. RED - This is very important and needs to be written in your 
notes EXACTLY as it is on the board.

3. The Survival of the Eastern Empire How did Constantine and his successors establish the Byzantine 
Empire? Why do you think that the Roman Empire didn't fall all at once?

4. Vocab Word Search (pages 34 -38): Constantine - pagan - moat - Justinian - Theodora - absolute power - collapse - foundation -

5. Vocab Word Search (pages 34 -38): Constantine - A Roman leader who fought several rivals for 
control of the empire. pagan - moat - Justinian - Theodora - absolute power - collapse - foundation -

6. Vocab Word Search (pages 34 -38): Constantine - A Roman leader who fought several rivals for 
control of the empire. pagan - someone who believes in more than one god. moat - Justinian - Theodora - absolute power - collapse - foundation -

7. Vocab Word Search (pages 34 -38): Constantine - A Roman leader who fought several rivals for 
control of the empire. pagan - someone who believes in more than one god. moat - trench filled with water. Justinian - Theodora - absolute power - collapse - foundation -

8. Vocab Word Search (pages 34 -38): Constantine - A Roman leader who fought several rivals for 
control of the empire. pagan - someone who believes in more than one god. moat - trench filled with water. Justinian - The first great Byzantine emperor. Theodora - absolute power - collapse - foundation -

9. Vocab Word Search (pages 34 -38): Constantine - A Roman leader who fought several rivals for 
control of the empire. pagan - someone who believes in more than one god. moat - trench filled with water. Justinian - The first great Byzantine emperor. Theodora - Justinian's wife. absolute power - collapse - foundation -

10. Vocab Word Search (pages 34 -38): Constantine - A Roman leader who fought several rivals for 
control of the empire. pagan - someone who believes in more than one god. moat - trench filled with water. Justinian - The first great Byzantine emperor. Theodora - Justinian's wife. absolute power - unlimited authority collapse - foundation -

11. Vocab Word Search (pages 34 -38): Constantine - A Roman leader who fought several rivals for 
control of the empire. pagan - someone who believes in more than one god. moat - trench filled with water. Justinian - The first great Byzantine emperor. Theodora - Justinian's wife. absolute power - unlimited authority collapse - sudden failure in the way something works, so that it cannot continue. foundation -

12. Vocab Word Search (pages 34 -38): Constantine - A Roman leader who fought several rivals for 
control of the empire. pagan - someone who believes in more than one god. moat - trench filled with water. Justinian - The first great Byzantine emperor. Theodora - Justinian's wife. absolute power - unlimited authority collapse - sudden failure in the way something works, so that it cannot continue. conditions that will make it possible for 
something to be successful. foundation -

13. Create a KWL chart in your journal

14. Use textbook pages 34 - 38 to complete your in class worksheet:

15. Constantinople Byzantium Christian location Easy to defend. Good for trade.

16. 476 A.D. Byzantine Empire Had absolute power. Justinian law

17. Create a KWL chart in your journal

18. Flip over your worksheet and divide it into two. Quick write activity (choose one of the following three 
questions to answer): 1) What major change did Constantine make to the Roman 
Empire? 2) Why did Constantine move the capital from Rome to 
Byzantium? 3) What effect did Constantine’s decision have on the future 
of the Byzantine Empire?

19. Flip over your worksheet. Quick write activity (choose one of the following questions to 
answer): 1) In what way did Justinian’s conquests weaken the empire? 2) Which beliefs could prevent people from questioning the 
emperor’s authority? 3) How did Justinian strengthen his control over the Byzantine Empire?

20. CONSTANTINE What do we already know about Constantine?

21. CONSTANTINE * The emperor Diocletian dies in 200 AD 
and the Eastern Roman Empire falls into 
chaos. * Battles his rivals for the throne. Emperor Constantine * Constantine wins the Roman throne and converts from being a pagan into a Christian. 27 February 272 – 22 May 337 * Legend has it on the eve of a 
major battle Constantine saw the 
image of a cross in the sky and 
believed it was God stating he 
was on Constantine's side.

22. CONSTANTINE * In 324 AD Constantine becomes sole 
ruler of Rome/moves capital east to and old 
Greek city Byzantium. * Renames the city Constantinople, which 
means "City of Constantine." * Constantine supports Christianity in his 
new city of Constantinople.  * The people living in Constantinople 
thought of themselves as Romans.

23. Simple Cause and Effect What do you 
think 
happed to 
Christianity 
as a 
religion? Because 
Constantine 
converted to 
Christianity... Effect Cause Emperor Constantine 27 February 272 – 22 May 337

24. Simple Cause and Effect Christianity 
grew 
throughout 
the empire. Because 
Constantine 
converted to 
Christianity... Effect Cause Emperor Constantine 27 February 272 – 22 May 337

25. CONSTANTINOPLE From what you see on this map, what things do you notice 
about the city of Constantinople?

26. CONSTANTINOPLE * The new capital of Constantinople 
was a crossroads for trade between 
Europe and Asia. * Merchants could stop to trade goods by land or sea. * Trade made the city and Constantine very wealthy. * It was easy to defend 
because the thick walls and moat 
to the west and the rest of the 
city was surrounded by the sea.

27. CONSTANTINOPLE * After the Western Empire fell in 476, the Eastern (Byzantine) Empire survived. * Constantinople became the 
foundation for the new Byzantine 
Empire. * Constantine used the wealth 
from the city to build temples, 
marketplaces, government buildings. * Spices from India, furs from 
Russia, silk from China, and grain from Egypt came into 
the city.

28. Justinian From our vocab who was Justinian?

29. Justinian * Justinian ruled for nearly 40 
years, from 527 to 565. * Like Constantine he was a 
Christian ruler. * His main goal was to 
reconquer the lands lost by the 
fall of the Western Roman 
Empire. * He succeeded in conquering 
most of the lands (not all) but his 
wars were expensive and left his 
empire with money troubles. From textbook page 37

30. Justinian * In 532 AD he put down (defeated) a revolt and gained absolute power 
over the empire. * After the revolt Justinian started a 
rebuilding program to repair the 
damage. * Greatest building that was 
reconstructed was the Hagia Sophia.

31. Hagia Sophia The Hagia Sophia (The Holy Wisdom) is considered to be 
one of the most beautiful buildings in the entire world.

32. Important thing to remember: 1) Christianity was allowed to spread throughout the 
Roman Empire when it was ruled by Constantine. 2) Constantinople was a stopping place for merchants and 
was easy to defend. 3) Justinian reconquered lands once controlled by Rome, 
established a new law code and rebuilt the Hagia Sophia 
church.

33. Homework:

34. Constantine (Video): 1) What did Diocletian do that no Roman emperor had done before? 2) What sign did Constantine see in the sky before his last major battle? 3) What ban did Constantine lift and what religion did he convert to? 4) What was reborn under Constantine? 5) What was the name of Constantine's new capital?