Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 1 - First Things First, to 500 BCE
Ch. 1 First Humans, Ch. 2 First Farmers, Ch. 3 First Civilizations
WEEK AT A GLANCE:MON: LABOR DAY - NO SCHOOL
TUE: Reading Check Quiz CH 1 & 2; Quiz Review
WED/THU: Documentary: Guns, Germs, & Steel: Episode I "Out of Eden" with questions; at the end of the period, students will get the article: The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race
Due Friday.
FRI: Pick up: The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race article after brief discussion. Finish Guns, Germs, and Steel; Discuss Early Humans, evolution of farming, and the first civilizations (Ch 3). Emphasis on the San/Chumash comparison, Neolithic Revolution, & Egypt-Mesopotamia Comparison
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| Chumash of Southern California |
Monday, Sept. 7, 2015
LABOR DAY - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015
Quote: “People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” - Zig Ziglar
Learning Targets:
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
Essential Questions:
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?
5. In what ways, and why, did Chumash culture differ from that of the San?
6. Why did some Paleolithic peoples abandon earlier, more nomadic ways and begin to live a more settled life?
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep for Reading Check Quiz. You may use any hand written notes. NOTHING PRINTED.
2. Reading Check Quiz - Chapter 1 & Chapter 2
3. Review quiz answers in class.
Assignment:
Quiz on Chapter 3 is Monday.
Read Chapters 1, 2, and 3. Use the Target Sheet. Learn the definitions.
Watch the video notes Mr. Duez has posted.
Unit 1 Test is next Wed/Thu
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Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015 -and- Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015
Quote: "If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work." - Thomas J. Watson
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| GGAS - Much better than having to read the book! |
Learning Targets:
To make students aware that agriculture evolved independently in several regions of the world
To trace the development of agriculture and its local variations
To consider the social implications of the Agricultural Revolution
Essential Questions:
1. The Agricultural Revolution marked a decisive turning point in human history. What evidence might you offer to support this claim, and how might you argue against it?
2. How did early agricultural societies differ from those of the Paleolithic era? How does the example of settled gathering and hunting peoples such as the Chumash complicate this comparison?
3. Was the Agricultural Revolution inevitable? Why did it occur so late in the story of humankind?
4. “The Agricultural Revolution provides evidence for ‘progress’ in human affairs.” How would you evaluate this statement?
5. What accounts for the emergence of agriculture after countless millennia of human life without it?
6. What different kinds of societies emerged out of the Agricultural Revolution?
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Viewing Guide: Copy the questions on the overhead for Guns, Germs, and Steel.
2. Video Study: Guns, Germs, and Steel, episode 1: "Out of Eden." Students will watch the video and take notes. Students should also answer the questions from the DO NOW in their notes. We will discuss the video throughout.
3. Diamond article: The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race - We will discuss the article on Friday after viewing Guns, Germs, and Steel
Assignment:
Quiz on Chapter 3 is Monday.
Read Chapters 1, 2, and 3. Use the Target Sheet. Learn the definitions.
Watch the video notes Mr. Duez has posted.
Unit 1 Test is next Wed/Thu
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| "How come white man have so much cargo, yet can't shoot a bow?" - might not be a direct quote :) |
Friday, Sept. 11, 2015
Quote: "Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then." - John Wooden
Learning Targets:
Understand the need for art in the human condition and its purpose in facilitating imagination, knowledge, and understanding.
Essential Questions:
1. Why did paleolithic peoples create cave rock art?
2. What is it about the human condition that makes us want to connect with previous and future generations?
3. What is history?
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race article and prepare to turn in to Mr. Duez.
2. Finish Video Study: Guns, Germs, and Steel, episode 1: "Out of Eden." Students will watch the video and take notes. Students should also answer the questions from the DO NOW in their notes. We will discuss the video throughout.
3. Discuss documentary & finish read/annotate Diamond.
4. Discuss What Accounts for the initial breakthrough into civilization?
Emphasis on the San/Chumash comparison, Neolithic Revolution, & Egypt-Mesopotamia Comparison
Assignment:
Quiz on Chapter 3 is Monday.
Read Chapters 1, 2, and 3. Use the Target Sheet. Learn the definitions.
Watch the video notes Mr. Duez has posted.
Unit 1 Test is next Wed/Thu
