Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 4 - Early Modern World, 1450-1750
Chapter 14 - Empires & Encounters
Chapter 15 - World Commerce
Chapter 14 - Empires & Encounters
Chapter 15 - World Commerce
Chapter 16 - Science and Religion
Week at a Glance:MON- MLK Day
TUE- Counselors for scheduling 2015-16 school year; Silver Trade
WED/THU- Quiz CH 15; Silver Trade: DBQ Practice-2006 Silver Trade; CCOT Review from last week; Intro: Chapter 16 Science & Religion with The Reformation
FRI- Andrew Marr's A History of the World: Plunder & Revolution
TEST Unit 4 (CH 14, 15, 16): Next Week on Wed/Thu
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| Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Washington, DC |
Monday January 19, 2015 No School MLK Day
QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
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| As we'll learn, MLK learned a few things from Mr. Gandhi of India. And he also taught us a few new tricks. RIP. |
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Quote: "I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self." - Martin Luther
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| Indulge me! |
Learning Targets CH. 16 - Science & Religion:
- Examine the early modern roots of modern tension between religion and science
- Compare the Reformation movements in Europe and their significance
- Analyze the global spread of Christianity and the extent to which it syncretized with native traditions
- Expand the discussion of religious change to include religious movements in China, India, and the Islamic world
- Understand the reasons behind the Scientific Revolution in Europe, and why that movement was limited in other parts of the world
- Examine the implications of the Scientific Revolution for world societies
Essential Questions:
1. Why did Christianity take hold in some places more than in others?
2. In what ways was the missionary message of Christianity shaped by the cultures of Asian and American peoples?
3. Compare the processes by which Christianity and Islam became world religions.
4. In what ways did the spread of Christianity, Islam, and modern science give rise to culturally based conflicts?
5. Based on Chapters 13 through 16, how does the history of Islam in the early modern era challenge a Eurocentric understanding of those centuries?
Agenda:
1. Counselors coming in this period to discuss schedules 2015-2016 school year.
2. Discuss Silver Trade, if time permits.
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| Luther, word! Indulgences, yo! |
Wednesday & Thursday January 21 & 22, 2015
Quote: "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei
Learning Targets CH. 16 - Science & Religion:
- Examine the early modern roots of modern tension between religion and science
- Compare the Reformation movements in Europe and their significance
- Analyze the global spread of Christianity and the extent to which it syncretized with native traditions
- Expand the discussion of religious change to include religious movements in China, India, and the Islamic world
- Understand the reasons behind the Scientific Revolution in Europe, and why that movement was limited in other parts of the world
- Examine the implications of the Scientific Revolution for world societies
Essential Questions:
1. Why did Christianity take hold in some places more than in others?
2. In what ways was the missionary message of Christianity shaped by the cultures of Asian and American peoples?
3. Compare the processes by which Christianity and Islam became world religions.
4. In what ways did the spread of Christianity, Islam, and modern science give rise to culturally based conflicts?
5. Based on Chapters 13 through 16, how does the history of Islam in the early modern era challenge a Eurocentric understanding of those centuries?
Agenda:
1. Do Now Question: How does the Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment compare to the Protestant Reformation? What characteristics did they share in common?
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: The Reformation
- Protestant Reformation
- Reformation in England
- Scientific Revolution
- The Enlightenment
3. 2006 Silver Trade DBQ: Analysis of documents. Meaning/Importance, POV, Grouping.
Assignment:
Next Class (Wed/Thu) - Quiz Chapter 15 - World Commerce
Next Monday - Quiz Chapter 16 - Science & Religion
Next Wed/Thu - Test Unit 6: The Early Modern World
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| Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and science communicator. |
Friday, January 24, 2015
Quote: “An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Learning Targets CH. 16 - Science & Religion:
- Examine the early modern roots of modern tension between religion and science
- Compare the Reformation movements in Europe and their significance
- Analyze the global spread of Christianity and the extent to which it syncretized with native traditions
- Expand the discussion of religious change to include religious movements in China, India, and the Islamic world
- Understand the reasons behind the Scientific Revolution in Europe, and why that movement was limited in other parts of the world
- Examine the implications of the Scientific Revolution for world societies
Essential Questions:
1. Why did Christianity take hold in some places more than in others?
2. In what ways was the missionary message of Christianity shaped by the cultures of Asian and American peoples?
3. Compare the processes by which Christianity and Islam became world religions.
4. In what ways did the spread of Christianity, Islam, and modern science give rise to culturally based conflicts?
5. Based on Chapters 13 through 16, how does the history of Islam in the early modern era challenge a Eurocentric understanding of those centuries?
1. Andrew Marr's A History of the World: Plunder & Revolution
We will watch segments from two episodes.
We'll watch a segment 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?
Monday - Quiz Chapter 16 - Science & Religion
Next Wed/Thu - Test Unit 6: The Early Modern World