Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 4 Early Modern World, 1540 - 1750
Chapter 14 -- Empires and Encounters, 1450–1750
Chapter 15 -- World Commerce, 1450-1750
Chapter 16 -- Science & Religion, 1450-1750
Chapter 16 -- Science & Religion, 1450-1750
MON: Reading Check Quiz CH 14; Review Quiz
TUE: Impact of Colombian Exchange on Economic World:
Russian Empire compared with Americas-Fur Trade
WED/THU: Article: A Slaves Journey. Read and annotate.; Silver Mines; Slavery
Video Clip - African Queen Queen Nzinga & Her story of slavery from Mankind: A Story of Us All
FRI: Andrew Marr: Unit 4 video
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Article: A Slaves Journey Read & annotate due on Wed/Thu
COMP Timed Writing: Wed/Thu Jan 27/28th
Chapter 15 Quiz is on Tuesday, Jan. 19th
Chapter 16 Quiz is on Monday, Jan. 25th
TEST Unit 4 (14, 15, 16): Wed/Thu Jan 27/28th
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| Unit 4 is quite an explosive time period. Empires, Exploration, Enterprise, and Enrichment. |
Learning Targets:
★ To explore the creation of the first true global economy in the period 1450–1750
★ To examine Western European commercial expansion in a context that gives due weight to the contributions of other societies
★ To encourage appreciation of China as the world’s largest economy in the early modern period
★ To increase student awareness of the high costs of the commercial boom of the early modern period in ecological and human terms
★ To investigate the various models of trading post empires that were created in this period
Essential Questions:
1. In what specific ways did trade foster change in the world of the early modern era?
2. To what extent did Europeans transform earlier patterns of commerce, and in what ways did they
assimilate into those older patterns?
3. Describe and account for the differing outcomes of European expansion in the Americas (see Chapter 14), Africa, and Asia.
4. How should we distribute the moral responsibility for the Atlantic slave trade? Is this a task appropriate for historians?
5. What lasting legacies of early modern globalization are evident in the early twenty-first century? Pay particular attention to the legacies of the slave trade.
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Monday, January 11, 2016
Quote: “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” ― Lao Tzu
Agenda:
1. Read Check Quiz Chapter 14: Students may use hand written notes
2. Review the quiz in class, discuss questions.
Assignments:
COMP Timed Writing: Wed/Thu Jan 27/28th
Chapter 15 Quiz is on Tuesday, Jan. 19th
Chapter 16 Quiz is on Monday, Jan. 25th
TEST Unit 4 (14, 15, 16): Wed/Thu Jan 27/28th
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| Queen Anna Nzinga, also known as Ana de Sousa Nzinga Mbande, was a 17th-century queen of the Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms of the Mbundu people in Angola. |
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Quote: “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: How should we distribute the moral responsibility for the Atlantic slave trade? Is this a task appropriate for historians?
3. Notes, Video, Discussion: Russian Empire compared with Americas-Fur Trade
Assignments:
COMP Timed Writing: Wed/Thu Jan 27/28th
Chapter 15 Quiz is on Tuesday, Jan. 19th
Chapter 16 Quiz is on Monday, Jan. 25th
TEST Unit 4 (14, 15, 16): Wed/Thu Jan 27/28th
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Chapter 15 Quiz is on Tuesday, Jan. 19th
Chapter 16 Quiz is on Monday, Jan. 25th
TEST Unit 4 (14, 15, 16): Wed/Thu Jan 27/28th
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| (insert drama) Hello... I'm Peter Weller. |
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 & Thursday, January 14, 2016
Quote: “Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.” ― Sarah Dessen
Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: Pick up document at the front: Slavery Document. Article: A Slaves Journey Read and annotate.
2. Discuss Document in groups & Full Class - Collect
3. Notes, Discussion, Video: World Commerce - the 3 S's -- Slaves, Silver, & Soft Gold (furs)
Slavery, Silver, Sugar, Fur = a new world economy.
Video Clip - African Queen Queen Nzinga a Mbande & Her story of slavery from Mankind: A Story of Us All
Assignments:
Quote: “Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.” ― Sarah Dessen
Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: Pick up document at the front: Slavery Document. Article: A Slaves Journey Read and annotate.
2. Discuss Document in groups & Full Class - Collect
3. Notes, Discussion, Video: World Commerce - the 3 S's -- Slaves, Silver, & Soft Gold (furs)
Slavery, Silver, Sugar, Fur = a new world economy.
Video Clip - African Queen Queen Nzinga a Mbande & Her story of slavery from Mankind: A Story of Us All
Assignments:
Article: A Slaves Journey. Read & annotate due on Wed/Thu
COMP Timed Writing: Wed/Thu Jan 27/28th
Chapter 15 Quiz is on Tuesday, Jan. 19th
Chapter 16 Quiz is on Monday, Jan. 25th
TEST Unit 4 (14, 15, 16): Wed/Thu Jan 27/28th
COMP Timed Writing: Wed/Thu Jan 27/28th
Chapter 15 Quiz is on Tuesday, Jan. 19th
Chapter 16 Quiz is on Monday, Jan. 25th
TEST Unit 4 (14, 15, 16): Wed/Thu Jan 27/28th
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| There are some key differences between how the colonial world developed: Slavery, Culture, & Impact on environment. |
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Friday, January 15, 2015
Quote: "Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly." - Lawrence G. Lovasik
Agenda:
1. Andrew Marr's A History of the World: Plunder
We'll watch segments and then discuss as a class.
Assignments:
Friday, January 15, 2015
Quote: "Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly." - Lawrence G. LovasikAgenda:
1. Andrew Marr's A History of the World: Plunder
We'll watch segments and then discuss as a class.
- How does it relate to Strayer's Unit 4?
- What is the big picture?
- Change Over Time?
- World Historical Context?
- Anything Marr's "Point of View" - that may be biased or influenced in some way?
MLK Day - No School Monday
COMP Timed Writing: Wed/Thu Jan 27/28th
Chapter 15 Quiz is on Tuesday, Jan. 19th
Chapter 16 Quiz is on Monday, Jan. 25th
TEST Unit 4 (14, 15, 16): Wed/Thu Jan 27/28th
COMP Timed Writing: Wed/Thu Jan 27/28th
Chapter 15 Quiz is on Tuesday, Jan. 19th
Chapter 16 Quiz is on Monday, Jan. 25th
TEST Unit 4 (14, 15, 16): Wed/Thu Jan 27/28th
