Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 3 AN AGE OF ACCELERATING CONNECTIONS 500–1500
Chapter 8 Commerce and Culture 500–1500
Chapter 9 China & The World 500 - 1500
WEEK AT A GLANCE:MON - Quiz 8, Intro to Unit 3 "Age of Accelerated Connections" Silk/Sea/Sand Roads
TUE - Silk/Sea Roads, Document Study - Marco Polo
WED/THU - Silk/Sea Roads, Document Study - Ibn Battuta; Also FRQ Review
FRI - Review of Ch 8 Commerce & Intro to Ch 9 China & The World (East Asian Connections)
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| Trading routes like this one traversed very long distances in this Third Wave of Civilization. |
Monday, Oct. 21, 2013
Quote: "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." - Albert Einstein
Learning Targets for Chapter 8:
- Analyze the significance and impact of trade in human history
- Explain the interconnections created by long-distance trade in the period of third-wave civilizations and analyze why they existed
- Explain the full range of what was carried along trade routes (goods, culture, disease) and the impact on the people, culture, history, and development of their societies
- Compare the differences between the commerce of the Eastern Hemisphere and that of the Western Hemisphere and the analyze the reasons behind those differences
Essential Questions:
1. What motivated and sustained the long-distance commerce of the Silk Roads, Sea Roads, and Sand Roads?
2. In what ways did commercial exchange foster other changes?
3. What lay behind the emergence of Silk Road commerce, and what kept it going for so many centuries?
4. What made silk such a highly desired commodity across Eurasia?
5. What was the role of Swahili civilization in the world of Indian Ocean commerce?
Agenda:
1. Reading Check Quiz - Chapter 8: Commerce
2. Notes, Discussion, Video: Introduction to Unit 3 "Age of Connections" and Chapter 8 "Commerce (Silk, Sand, Sea Roads)"
Assignments:
Read the notes, watch the YouTube Lectures over Chapter 8 and 9. Test is Wed/Thu Oct 30 & 31
To prepare for class tomorrow & on Wed/Thu, read the documents on pages 359-366 - Document 8.2: A European Christian in China: The Travels of Marco Polo, 1299 by Marco Polo -and- Document 8.3 An Arab Muslim in West Africa: Travels in Asia and Africa, 1354 by Ibn Battuta.
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| Merchants, Commerce, Trade, and $. |
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013
Quote: "Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language." - Steven Pinker
Learning Targets for Chapter 8:
- Analyze the significance and impact of trade in human history
- Explain the interconnections created by long-distance trade in the period of third-wave civilizations and analyze why they existed
- Explain the full range of what was carried along trade routes (goods, culture, disease) and the impact on the people, culture, history, and development of their societies
- Compare the differences between the commerce of the Eastern Hemisphere and that of the Western Hemisphere and the analyze the reasons behind those differences
Essential Questions:
1. What motivated and sustained the long-distance commerce of the Silk Roads, Sea Roads, and Sand Roads?
2. In what ways did commercial exchange foster other changes?
3. What were the major economic, social, and cultural consequences of Silk Road commerce?
4. What accounted for the spread of Buddhism along the Silk Roads?
5. What was the impact of disease along the Silk Roads?
6. How did the operation of the Indian Ocean trading network differ from that of the Silk Roads?
Agenda:
1. Do Now Question: Pick up the document study from Chapter 8: Polo & Battuta Read Polo Doc. 8.2 "A"
2. Document Study & Cooperative Group Discussion: Students will sit in groups of 4-5 and cooperatively discuss Marco Polo's Travels (Doc 8.2 A). After small group discussion, the class will walk through the discussion questions and also examine larger issues.
NOTES: CH 8 - Silk, Sand, & Sea Roads
Assignments:
Read the notes, watch the YouTube Lectures over Chapter 8 and 9. Test is Wed/Thu Oct 30 & 31
To prepare for class tomorrow & on Wed/Thu, read the documents on pages 359-366 - Document 8.2: A European Christian in China: The Travels of Marco Polo, 1299 by Marco Polo -and- Document 8.3 An Arab Muslim in West Africa: Travels in Asia and Africa, 1354 by Ibn Battuta.
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| Pre-Columbian Trade in the Americas was more like a "Web" rather than the strong roads of Afro-Eurasian trade. |
Wednesday, Oct. 17 & Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012
Quote: “Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance.” - Daniel Kahneman
Learning Targets for Chapter 8:
- Analyze the significance and impact of trade in human history
- Explain the interconnections created by long-distance trade in the period of third-wave civilizations and analyze why they existed
- Explain the full range of what was carried along trade routes (goods, culture, disease) and the impact on the people, culture, history, and development of their societies
- Compare the differences between the commerce of the Eastern Hemisphere and that of the Western Hemisphere and the analyze the reasons behind those differences
Essential Questions:
1. What motivated and sustained the long-distance commerce of the Silk Roads, Sea Roads, and Sand Roads?
2. What changes did trans-Saharan trade bring to West Africa?
3. In what ways did commercial exchange foster other changes?
4. In what ways was Afro-Eurasia a single interacting zone, and in what respects was it a vast region of separate cultures and civilizations?
Agenda:
1. Do Now Question: Use the document study from Chapter 8: Polo & Battuta Read Battuta Doc. 8.2 "B"
2. Document Study & Cooperative Group Discussion: Students will sit in groups of 4-5 and cooperatively discuss Ibn Battuta's Travels (Doc 8.2 A). After small group discussion, the class will walk through the discussion questions and also examine larger issues.
NOTES: CH 8 - Silk, Sand, & Sea Roads
Assignments:
Read the notes, watch the YouTube Lectures over Chapter 8 and 9. Test is Wed/Thu Oct 30 & 31
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| The Trung Sisters of Vietnam! |
Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
Quote: "I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma." - Eartha Kitt
Learning Targets for Chapter 8:
- Analyze the significance and impact of trade in human history
- Explain the interconnections created by long-distance trade in the period of third-wave civilizations and analyze why they existed
- Explain the full range of what was carried along trade routes (goods, culture, disease) and the impact on the people, culture, history, and development of their societies
- Compare the differences between the commerce of the Eastern Hemisphere and that of the Western Hemisphere and the analyze the reasons behind those differences
Essential Questions:
1. Why did the Eastern Hemisphere develop long-distance trade more extensively than did the societies of the Western Hemisphere?
2. In what ways did commercial exchange foster other changes?
3. In what ways did networks of interaction in the Western Hemisphere differ from those in the Eastern Hemisphere?
Agenda:
1. Do Now Question: How did trade and commerce differ in The Americas compared to Eurasia during the Age of Accelerated Connections?
2. Notes, Discussion, Video: Comparison of Trade - Eastern & Western Hemispheres
3. Multiple Choice Question strategies - using questions from Chapter 8.
4. Quick look ahead to Chapter 9 China & The World, "East Asian Connections."
Assignments:
READING CHECK QUIZ MONDAY ON CHAPTER 9