Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 3 - Age of Accelerating Connections, 500 - 1500
Chapter 10 - European Christendom & Chapter 11 Islamic World
WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON: Reading Check Quiz: CH 10; Review Quiz; Engineering an Empire: Byzantium
TUE: The Crusades; Video: The Crescent & The Cross
WED/THU: Finish Crusades; Philosophical Chairs: Comparing Islam to Christianity & Buddhism
MON: Reading Check Quiz: CH 10; Review Quiz; Engineering an Empire: Byzantium
TUE: The Crusades; Video: The Crescent & The Cross
WED/THU: Finish Crusades; Philosophical Chairs: Comparing Islam to Christianity & Buddhism
FRI: Cooperative Thesis Work; Role of Women in Islam
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| And who thought European Christendom could be so confusing? |
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Monday, Nov 3, 2014
Quote: “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:
★ Explain the changes that occur in European society after the breakup of the Roman Empire★ Compare the diverse legacies of Rome in Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire
★ Describe medieval European expansion and analyze the factors that led to its development
★ Analyze the evolution of Europe from backward medieval Europe relative to other civilizations, and the steps by which it caught up
Essential Questions:
1. In what respects did Byzantium continue the patterns of the classical Roman Empire? In what ways did it diverge from those patterns?2. How did Eastern Orthodox Christianity differ from Roman Catholicism?
3. In what ways was the Byzantine Empire linked to a wider world?
4. How did links to Byzantium transform the new civilization of Kievan Rus?
5. How did the historical development of the European West differ from that of Byzantium in the post-classical era?
6. What replaced the Roman order in Western Europe?
7. In what ways was European civilization changing after 1000?
8. What was the impact of the Crusades in world history?
9. In what ways did borrowing from abroad shape European civilization after 1000?
10. Why was Europe unable to achieve the kind of political unity that China experienced? What impact did this have on the subsequent history of Europe?
11. In what different ways did classical Greek philosophy and science have an impact in the West, in Byzantium, and in the Islamic world?
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Reading Check Quiz - CH 10; then answer this question - In what respects did Byzantium continue the patterns of the classical Roman Empire? In what ways did it diverge from those patterns?
2. Review Quiz & Question
3. VIDEO & DISCUSSION: Engineering an Empire: Byzantium
Assignments:
Reading Check Quiz over Chapter 11 - Islam on MondayStudy Notes/Target Sheets/Strayer/Companion Site
Test over CH 10 and 11 next Wed/Thu
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| Hagia Sophia: Once an Eastern Orthodox Catholic Church... then an Islamic Mosque... now a museum to both. |
Tuesday, Nov 4, 2014
Quote: “An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.” - Pope John Paul I
Learning Targets:
★ Explain the changes that occur in European society after the breakup of the Roman Empire
★ Compare the diverse legacies of Rome in Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire
★ Describe medieval European expansion and analyze the factors that led to its development
★ Analyze the evolution of Europe from backward medieval Europe relative to other civilizations, and the steps by which it caught up
1. In what respects did Byzantium continue the patterns of the classical Roman Empire? In what ways did it diverge from those patterns?
2. How did Eastern Orthodox Christianity differ from Roman Catholicism?
3. In what ways was the Byzantine Empire linked to a wider world?
4. How did links to Byzantium transform the new civilization of Kievan Rus?
5. How did the historical development of the European West differ from that of Byzantium in the post-classical era?
6. What replaced the Roman order in Western Europe?
7. In what ways was European civilization changing after 1000?
8. What was the impact of the Crusades in world history?
9. In what ways did borrowing from abroad shape European civilization after 1000?
10. Why was Europe unable to achieve the kind of political unity that China experienced? What impact did this have on the subsequent history of Europe?
11. In what different ways did classical Greek philosophy and science have an impact in the West, in Byzantium, and in the Islamic world?
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: What was the impact of the Crusades in world history?
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Feudal Europe, The Crusades, and Comparing post-classical Europe to the rest of the world
3. Video: Crusades: The Crescent & The Cross
Assignments:
Reading Check Quiz over Chapter 11 - Islam on Monday.
Study Notes/Target Sheets/Strayer/Companion Site
Test over CH 10 and 11 next Wed/Thu.
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| The Crusades: What a mess! |
Wednesday, Nov 5, 2014 and Thursday, Nov 6, 2014
Quote: “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” - Waldo Emerson
Learning Targets:
★ Explain the changes that occur in European society after the breakup of the Roman Empire
★ Compare the diverse legacies of Rome in Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire
★ Describe medieval European expansion and analyze the factors that led to its development
★ Analyze the evolution of Europe from backward medieval Europe relative to other civilizations, and the steps by which it caught up
1. In what respects did Byzantium continue the patterns of the classical Roman Empire? In what ways did it diverge from those patterns?
2. How did Eastern Orthodox Christianity differ from Roman Catholicism?
3. In what ways was the Byzantine Empire linked to a wider world?
4. How did links to Byzantium transform the new civilization of Kievan Rus?
5. How did the historical development of the European West differ from that of Byzantium in the post-classical era?
6. What replaced the Roman order in Western Europe?
7. In what ways was European civilization changing after 1000?
8. What was the impact of the Crusades in world history?
9. In what ways did borrowing from abroad shape European civilization after 1000?
10. Why was Europe unable to achieve the kind of political unity that China experienced? What impact did this have on the subsequent history of Europe?
11. In what different ways did classical Greek philosophy and science have an impact in the West, in Byzantium, and in the Islamic world?
1. Do Now: Was the Byzantine Empire "Roman" or were they something else?
2. Finish Video Study, if not complete: Crusades: The Crescent & The Cross.
3. POINT OF VIEW: What is it? How does it work?
4. (if time) Philosophical Chairs: Possible Topics include:
Was the Byzantine Empire "Roman" or were they something else?
Will the United States last longer than the Roman Empire did?
Say you were living during the time period of Unit 3 (500-1500) - Where would you rather live: Western Europe or in The Islamic Empire?
4. Introduction to Chapter 11, The Worlds of Islam:
What distinguished the first centuries of Islamic history from the early history of Christianity and Buddhism? What similarities and differences characterized their religious outlooks?
Assignments:
Reading Check Quiz over Chapter 11 - Islam on Monday
Study Notes/Target Sheets/Strayer/Companion Site
Test over CH 10 and 11 next Wed/Thu
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| It is like the "Mecca" of Islam. (Probably because it is Mecca) |
Friday, Nov 7, 2014
Quote: “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:
• Analyze the causes behind the spread of Islam
• Explain how the dynamism of the Islamic world was the most influential of the third-wave civilizations
• Examine the religious divisions within Islam and how they affected political development
• Compare Islam as a source of cultural encounters with Christian, African, and Hindu cultures
• Compare the accomplishments of the Islamic world in the period 600–1500 C.E. with those of their contemporaries.
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”?
1. Do Now Question: How did the rise of Islam change the lives of women?
3. Discuss this question in class: Islam Single World or Distinct Communities?
“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?
4. Video: Andrew Marr's History of the World: Word and Sword - Islam. Compare the story of Perpetua to that of the Islamic convert in the video?
Assignments:
Reading Check Quiz over Chapter 11 - Islam on Monday
Study Notes/Target Sheets/Strayer/Companion Site
Test over CH 10 and 11 next Wed/Thu
