Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Summer Reading Unit - Standage - Six Glasses
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Strayer Unit 1: First Humans, Chapters 1, 2, & 3
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Strayer Unit 1: First Humans, Chapters 1, 2, & 3
MON - Six Glasses Epilogue - Water: Read/Annotate & Discuss. Review of Themes of World History, Periodization, & Historical Thinking Skills. Meet the author - Standage (video)
TUE - ; Matching pairs concept review for the test
WED/THU - TEST: 6 Glasses; First Humans "Finding the First Humans: When and how did the first humans arrive in the Americas?"
FRI - 1st Americans article due; Socratic Discussion; Crash Course WH #1 Ag Revolution
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MON next week - Quiz Chapter 1 & 2.
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Monday, August 31, 2015
Quote: "I am a great believer in luck. I find that the harder I work, the more I have of it." - Thomas Jefferson
Theme 1: Interaction Between Humans and the Environment
Theme 2: Development and Interaction of Cultures
Theme 3: State-Building, Expansion, and Conflict
Theme 4: Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems
Theme 5: Development and Transformation of Social Structures
1. How was beer "essential" to human civilization?
2. How did the use of wine in Roman culture differ from that of ancient Greece?
3. Why do Christians Drink Wine and Muslims Do Not?
4. How did Columbian Exchange change the globe?
5. What is colonization and how to British imperial power change the world?
6. How does 'coca-colonization' explain American dominance in the 20th century?
Agenda:
1. DO NOW - Pick up the 6 Glasses Epilogue from the front desk. Annotate. (10 min)
2. Discuss the epilogue: Do you agree with Standage that the most important drink of the present and future is WATER?
3. SPICE CHART: Students will get a SPICE chart. They should use this for each of the six drinks, but especially to compare 2 of them. This will help them study for the test and also prepare for any kind of essay prompt. And it emphasizes the 5 themes of AP World History: Social, Political, Interaction, Culture, Economics.
3. SPICE CHART: Students will get a SPICE chart. They should use this for each of the six drinks, but especially to compare 2 of them. This will help them study for the test and also prepare for any kind of essay prompt. And it emphasizes the 5 themes of AP World History: Social, Political, Interaction, Culture, Economics.
4. Video - CBS Sunday Morning - A Drink To History (June 11, 2006)
Mark Phillips speaks with Tom Standage, the author of "A History of the World in 6 Glasses," about the influence of beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea and cola from the stone-age until the present.
Assignment:
Fill out the student survey. This is your first grade - due by end of day Tuesday.
Watch the screencasts over Six Glasses, take notes. Prepare for the Text on Wed/Thu
Fill out the student survey. This is your first grade - due by end of day Tuesday.
Watch the screencasts over Six Glasses, take notes. Prepare for the Text on Wed/Thu
Bring your notes, 3 ring binder, and your brain to class. We will use them in class each day.
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| The symbol for "Beer" -- ancient Sumerian writing. (The symbol is a clay pot) |
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Quote: "I am a great believer in luck. I find that the harder I work, the more I have of it." - Thomas Jefferson
Theme 1: Interaction Between Humans and the Environment
Theme 2: Development and Interaction of Cultures
Theme 3: State-Building, Expansion, and Conflict
Theme 4: Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems
Theme 5: Development and Transformation of Social Structures
1. How was beer "essential" to human civilization?
2. How did the use of wine in Roman culture differ from that of ancient Greece?
3. Why do Christians Drink Wine and Muslims Do Not?
4. How did Columbian Exchange change the globe?
5. What is colonization and how to British imperial power change the world?
6. How does 'coca-colonization' explain American dominance in the 20th century?
Agenda:
1. DO NOW - How does Coca-colonization explain American dominance in the 20th Century?
2. Matching Pairs Quiz - Match words that should be associated with each of the six drinks Standage refers to in his book? (Example, Age of Reasoning = Coffee)
3. Video review: We'll watch video clips that emphasize the importance of each drink/epoch-time period of history.
3. Video review: We'll watch video clips that emphasize the importance of each drink/epoch-time period of history.
Assignment:
Fill out the student survey. This is your first grade - due by end of day Tuesday.
Watch the screencasts over Six Glasses, take notes. Prepare for the Text on Wed/Thu
Fill out the student survey. This is your first grade - due by end of day Tuesday.
Watch the screencasts over Six Glasses, take notes. Prepare for the Text on Wed/Thu
Bring your notes, 3 ring binder, and your brain to class. We will use them in class each day.
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Wednesday, Sept 2, 2015 & Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015
Quote: "Unless you pay the price for success, you will not know it's worth." - Apoorve Dubey
Part 1 - First Things First Beginnings in History, to 500 BCE
To familiarize students with the spread of human societies in the Paleolithic era
To explore the conditions of life in gathering and hunting societies
To examine factors that eventually led to change in the gathering and hunting societies
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| How do we know our past, before writing? |
1. What is the significance of the Paleolithic era in world history?
2. In what ways did various Paleolithic societies differ from one another, and how did they change over time?
3. What statements in this chapter seem to be reliable and solidly based on facts, and which ones are more speculative and uncertain?
4. How might our attitudes toward the modern world influence our assessment of Paleolithic societies?
Agenda:
1. TEST - Summer Reading - A History of the World in Six Glasses
2. Read Article: First Humans "Finding the First Humans: When and how did the first humans arrive in the Americas?"
3. Video: The Incredible Human Journey: Part I by Dr. Alice Roberts
In the first episode of the Incredible Human Journey, Roberts introduces the idea that genetic analysis suggests that all modern humans are descended from Africans. She visits the site of the Omo remains in Ethiopia, which are the earliest known anatomically modern humans. She visits the San people of Namibia to demonstrate the hunter-gatherer lifestyle. In South Africa, she visits Pinnacle Point, to see the cave in which very early humans lived. She then explains that genetics suggests that all non-Africans may descend from a single, small group of Africans who left the continent tens of thousands of years ago. She explores various theories as to the route they took. She describes the Jebel Qafzeh remains in Israel as a likely dead end from a crossing of Suez, and sees a route across the Red Sea and around the Arabian coast as the more probable route for modern human ancestors, especially given the lower sea levels of the past
In the first episode of the Incredible Human Journey, Roberts introduces the idea that genetic analysis suggests that all modern humans are descended from Africans. She visits the site of the Omo remains in Ethiopia, which are the earliest known anatomically modern humans. She visits the San people of Namibia to demonstrate the hunter-gatherer lifestyle. In South Africa, she visits Pinnacle Point, to see the cave in which very early humans lived. She then explains that genetics suggests that all non-Africans may descend from a single, small group of Africans who left the continent tens of thousands of years ago. She explores various theories as to the route they took. She describes the Jebel Qafzeh remains in Israel as a likely dead end from a crossing of Suez, and sees a route across the Red Sea and around the Arabian coast as the more probable route for modern human ancestors, especially given the lower sea levels of the past
Assignment:
Review the notes from Unit 1, either by presentation or Mr. Duez's video. Read Strayer Chapters 1 and 2. Use the Target Sheet for Unit 1. Know your vocabulary for the quiz - along with hand written notes.
Review the notes from Unit 1, either by presentation or Mr. Duez's video. Read Strayer Chapters 1 and 2. Use the Target Sheet for Unit 1. Know your vocabulary for the quiz - along with hand written notes.
Bring your notes, 3 ring binder, and your brain to class. We will use them in class each day.
Quiz over Chapter 1 and 2 on Monday.
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| Dr. Alice Roberts: her incredibly inquisitive nature leads her to Africa to discover the beginning of our Human Journey. |
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Friday, Sept. 4, 2015
Friday, Sept. 4, 2015
Quote: “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there." - Will Rogers
Part 1 - First Things First Beginnings in History, to 500 BCE
To familiarize students with the spread of human societies in the Paleolithic era
To explore the conditions of life in gathering and hunting societies
To examine factors that eventually led to change in the gathering and hunting societies
1. What is the significance of the Paleolithic era in world history?
2. In what ways did various Paleolithic societies differ from one another, and how did they change over time?
3. What statements in this chapter seem to be reliable and solidly based on facts, and which ones are more speculative and uncertain?
4. How might our attitudes toward the modern world influence our assessment of Paleolithic societies?
Agenda:
1. DO NOW - Prep the article First Humans to discuss in class and turn in afterwards.
2. Socratic Text Based Discussion - First Humans "Finding the First Humans: When and how did the first humans arrive in the Americas?"
3. Crash Course WH Video: If time remains, watch & discuss: Crash Course World History #1 - Agricultural Revolution
Assignment:
Review the notes from Unit 1, either by presentation or Mr. Duez's video.
Read Strayer Chapters 1 and 2.
Use the Target Sheet for Unit 1.
Know your vocabulary for the quiz - along with hand written notes.
Review the notes from Unit 1, either by presentation or Mr. Duez's video.
Read Strayer Chapters 1 and 2.
Use the Target Sheet for Unit 1.
Know your vocabulary for the quiz - along with hand written notes.
Bring your notes, 3 ring binder, and your brain to class. We will use them in class each day.
Quiz over Chapter 1 and 2 on Tuesday.
MONDAY IS LABOR DAY.
MONDAY IS LABOR DAY.