World History AP
Unit 3 AN AGE OF ACCELERATING CONNECTIONS 500–1500
CHAPTER 11 The Worlds of Islam Afro-Eurasian Connections, 600–1500
Week at a Glance:MON - QUIZ CH 11 Islam - Intro to Islam
TUE -
W/TH- Competition Day - Cooperative teams answering questions CH 11 and CH 10
FRI - TEST CH 10 European Christendom & CH 11 Worlds of Islam
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Monday, November 5, 2012
Quote of the Day: “Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for fewer problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom.” - Earl Shoaf
Learning Targets CH 11:
- Examine the causes behind the spread of Islam and analyze how the dynamism of the Islamic world as the most influential of the third-wave civilizations
- Describe the impact of religious divisions within Islam and how they affected political development
- Determine how Islam, as a source of cultural encounters, creates connections with Christian, African, and Hindu cultures
- Understand the accomplishments of the Islamic world in the period 600–1500 C.E.
Essential Questions CH 11:
What distinguished the first centuries of Islamic history from the early history of Christianity and Buddhism? What similarities and differences characterized their religious outlooks?
Agenda for Monday:
1. Reading Check Quiz - Chapter 11 Worlds of Islam.
2. Comparison Essay Reflection - Students will get their Comparison Essays back from the first nine week period to read and reflect over how they did. They will use the scale Mr. Duez used to grade them and also write a brief paragraph or two explaining how they can improve this type of essay for the AP Test.
3. Do Now Question: What distinguished the first centuries of Islamic history from the early history of Christianity and Buddhism? What similarities and differences characterized their religious outlooks?
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Quote of the Day: “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” - Waldo Emerson
Learning Targets CH 11:
- Examine the causes behind the spread of Islam and analyze how the dynamism of the Islamic world as the most influential of the third-wave civilizations
- Describe the impact of religious divisions within Islam and how they affected political development
- Determine how Islam, as a source of cultural encounters, creates connections with Christian, African, and Hindu cultures
- Understand the accomplishments of the Islamic world in the period 600–1500 C.E.
Essential Questions CH 11:
How did the rise of Islam change the lives of women?
“Islam was simultaneously both a single world of shared meaning and interaction and a series of separate and distinct communities, often in conflict with one another.” What evidence could you provide to support both sides of this argument?
Agenda for Tuesday:
1. Do Now Question: How did the rise of Islam change the lives of women?
2. Students will write their responses down in their notes. Then students will work in groups to compile a better answer to the question. Then students will write their responses on the front board. These responses will accumulate throughout the day, resulting in a day long note-taking marathon of knowledge. :) Mr. Duez will post pictures of the final result for all students to see.
3. Discuss this question in class: “Islam was simultaneously both a single world of shared meaning and interaction and a series of separate and distinct communities, often in conflict with one another.” What evidence could you provide to support both sides of this argument?
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012 -or- Thursday, November 8, 2012Quote of the Day: “An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.” - Pope John Paul I
Learning Targets CH 11:
- Examine the causes behind the spread of Islam and analyze how the dynamism of the Islamic world as the most influential of the third-wave civilizations
- Describe the impact of religious divisions within Islam and how they affected political development
- Determine how Islam, as a source of cultural encounters, creates connections with Christian, African, and Hindu cultures
- Understand the accomplishments of the Islamic world in the period 600–1500 C.E.
Essential Questions CH 11:
1. In what ways did the early history of Islam reflect its Arabian origins?
2. How does the core message of Islam compare with that of Judaism and Christianity?
3. In what ways was the rise of Islam revolutionary, both in theory and in practice?
4. Why were Arabs able to construct such a huge empire so quickly?
5. What accounts for the widespread conversion to Islam?
6. What is the difference between Sunni and Shia Islam?
7. In what ways were Sufi Muslims critical of mainstream Islam?
8. How did the rise of Islam change the lives of women?
9. What similarities and differences can you identify in the spread of Islam to India, Anatolia, West Africa, and Spain?
10. Why was Anatolia so much more thoroughly Islamized than India?
11. What makes it possible to speak of the Islamic world as a distinct and coherent civilization?
12. In what ways was the world of Islam a “cosmopolitan civilization”?
Agenda for Wednesday & Thursday:
1. Do Now Question: What is the difference between Sunni and Shia Islam?
2. Competition Day: Students will team up in cooperative groups to compete and answer questions from Chapters 10 and 11.
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Quote of the Day: “The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others wish to join us.” - Hubert Humphrey
Learning Targets CH 11:
- Examine the causes behind the spread of Islam and analyze how the dynamism of the Islamic world as the most influential of the third-wave civilizations
- Describe the impact of religious divisions within Islam and how they affected political development
- Determine how Islam, as a source of cultural encounters, creates connections with Christian, African, and Hindu cultures
- Understand the accomplishments of the Islamic world in the period 600–1500 C.E.
Agenda for Friday:
TEST Chapters 10 and 11 - European Christendom & Worlds of Islam.
Quiz on Chapter 12 - The Mongol Moment on Monday