Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 4 - Early Modern World, 1450-1750
Chapter 14 - Empires & Encounters
Chapter 15 - World Commerce
Chapter 16 - Science and Religion
Week at a Glance:MON- Quiz CH 16; Review Quiz
TUE- Counselors for scheduling 2015-16 school year; Silver Trade
WED/THU- TEST Unit 4; Intro to Unit 5 "European Moment" 1750-1914
FRI- The Atlantic Revolutions; American & French; French Revolution Documentary
TEST Unit 4 (CH 14, 15, 16): Wed/Thu
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Monday, January 26, 2015
Quote:
If gridiron were a timeline, w/ Big Bang at one goal, then cavemen to now spans thickness of single turf-blade at other goal.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) February 7, 2011
Learning Targets:1. Explore the early modern roots of modern tension between religion and science
2. Examine the Reformation movements in Europe and their significance
3. Investigate the global spread of Christianity and the extent to which it syncretized with native traditions
4. Expand the discussion of religious change to include religious movements in China, India, and the Islamic world
5. Explore the reasons behind the Scientific Revolution in Europe, and why that movement was limited in other parts of the world
6. Explore the implications of the Scientific Revolution for world societies
Essential Questions:
1. In what ways did the Protestant Reformation transform European society, culture, and politics?
2. How was European imperial expansion related to the spread of Christianity?
3. In what ways was European Christianity assimilated into the Native American cultures of Spanish America?
4. Why were missionary efforts to spread Christianity so much less successful in China than in Spanish America?
5. What accounts for the continued spread of Islam in the early modern era and for the emergence of reform or renewal movements within the Islamic world?
6. In what ways did Asian cultural changes in the early modern era parallel those of Europe, and in what ways were they different?
7. Why did the Scientific Revolution occur in Europe rather than in China or the Islamic world?
8. What was revolutionary about the Scientific Revolution?
9. In what ways did the Enlightenment challenge older patterns of European thinking?
10. How did nineteenth-century developments in the sciences challenge the faith of the Enlightenment?
11. In what ways was European science received in the major civilizations of Asia in the early modern era?
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep for Quiz Ch. 16 (students may use hand-written notes)
2. QUIZ Ch 16
DO NOW Question for after quiz: In what ways did the Protestant Reformation transform European society, culture, and politics?
3. Review Quiz & focus on the question above
Assignments:
TEST Wed/Thu Unit 4
Review Notes for Ch. 14, 15, 16
Use the Online Companion for Strayer
Quizlet is always a great help.
Quizlet: Strayer Unit 4 Vocab
Quizlet: Strayer Unit 4 Questions
Remember the 2006 DBQ Silver Trade - a few questions will focus on point of view and other areas of the DBQ. (Annotated Rubric for help)
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Quote:
Don't know if it's good or bad that a Google search on "Big Bang Theory" lists the sitcom before the origin of the Universe
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 7, 2010
Learning Targets:1. Explore the early modern roots of modern tension between religion and science
2. Examine the Reformation movements in Europe and their significance
3. Investigate the global spread of Christianity and the extent to which it syncretized with native traditions
4. Expand the discussion of religious change to include religious movements in China, India, and the Islamic world
5. Explore the reasons behind the Scientific Revolution in Europe, and why that movement was limited in other parts of the world
6. Explore the implications of the Scientific Revolution for world societies
Essential Questions:
1. In what ways did the Protestant Reformation transform European society, culture, and politics?
2. How was European imperial expansion related to the spread of Christianity?
3. In what ways was European Christianity assimilated into the Native American cultures of Spanish America?
4. Why were missionary efforts to spread Christianity so much less successful in China than in Spanish America?
5. What accounts for the continued spread of Islam in the early modern era and for the emergence of reform or renewal movements within the Islamic world?
6. In what ways did Asian cultural changes in the early modern era parallel those of Europe, and in what ways were they different?
7. Why did the Scientific Revolution occur in Europe rather than in China or the Islamic world?
8. What was revolutionary about the Scientific Revolution?
9. In what ways did the Enlightenment challenge older patterns of European thinking?
10. How did nineteenth-century developments in the sciences challenge the faith of the Enlightenment?
11. In what ways was European science received in the major civilizations of Asia in the early modern era?
1. DO NOW QUESTION: In what ways did the Protestant Reformation transform European society, culture, and politics?
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Protestant Reformation, Scientific Revolution, & The Enlightenment.
Assignments:
TEST Wed/Thu Unit 4
Review Notes for Ch. 14, 15, 16
Use the Online Companion for Strayer
Quizlet is always a great help.
Quizlet: Strayer Unit 4 Vocab
Quizlet: Strayer Unit 4 Questions
Remember the 2006 DBQ Silver Trade - a few questions will focus on point of view and other areas of the DBQ. (Annotated Rubric for help)
With transportation of new world & Asian riches, piracy emerges in the Early Modern Era. |
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 & Thursday, January 29, 2015
Quote:
Curiously, light-loving GREEN plants reject the Sun's GREEN light, reflecting it back at you, which is why they look GREEN
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) March 17, 2011
Agenda:1. TEST Unit 4 - Chapters 14, 15, 16
2. After test - Introduce Unit 5 - European Moment, 1750-1914
What was revolutionary about the American Revolution, and what was not?
Assignments:
Read Chapter 17 - prep for quiz on Monday
Atlantic Revolutions & Their Echoes - American, French, Haitian, & Latin American Revolutions
"Mr. Duez, is that real blood, or like, Ketchup or something?" |
Friday, January 30, 2015
Quote:
Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) January 23, 2012
Learning Targets:• Understand the number and diversity of Atlantic revolutions in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and how forces at work through the Enlightenment impacted them
• Explore the cross-pollination between revolutionary movements and compare their various causes and overall results
• Compare the real impact of the Atlantic revolutions on their citizens and understand the global impact of the revolutionary movement of the era.
• Consider the consequences of using violence to achieve liberty and equality.
**How much violence is necessary or justifiable?
Essential Questions:
1. Make a chart comparing the North American, French, Haitian, and Spanish American revolutions. What categories of comparison would be most appropriate to include?
2. Do revolutions originate in oppression and injustice, in the weakening of political authorities, in new ideas, or in the activities of small groups of determined activists?
3. “The influence of revolutions endured long after they ended.” To what extent does this chapter support or undermine this idea?
4. In what ways did the Atlantic revolutions and their echoes give a new and distinctive shape to the emerging societies of nineteenth-century Europe and the Americas?
Also,
1. In what ways did the ideas of the Enlightenment contribute to the Atlantic revolutions?
2. What was revolutionary about the American Revolution, and what was not?
3. How did the French Revolution differ from the American Revolution?
4. What was distinctive about the Haitian Revolution, both in world history generally and in the history of Atlantic revolutions?
5. How were the Spanish American revolutions shaped by the American, French, and Haitian revolutions that happened earlier?
6. What accounts for the end of Atlantic slavery during the nineteenth century?
7. How did the end of slavery affect the lives of the former slaves?
8. What accounts for the growth of nationalism as a powerful political and personal identity in the nineteenth century?
9. What were the achievements and limitations of nineteenth-century feminism?
Agenda:
1. DO NOW Question: What was revolutionary about the American Revolution, and what was not?
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: American & French Revolutions
3. Video Documentary: History Channel's French Revolution
We'll watch the first 10-15 minutes.
Quiz on Chapter 17 Monday
Tue-Wed/Thu next week we'll focus on finishing this documentary & discussing Atlantic Revolutions in comparison.
Assignments:
Read Chapter 17 - prep for quiz on Monday
Atlantic Revolutions & Their Echoes - American, French, Haitian, & Latin American Revolutions