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Agenda: Week of November 2, 2015

Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 3 -  Age of Accelerating Connections, 500 - 1500
Chapter 10 - European Christendom & Chapter 11 Islamic World
WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON: Reading Check Quiz: CH 10; Review Quiz
TUE: The Crusades; Video: The Crescent & The Cross
WED/THU: Finish Crusades; Point of View (POV) - What is it? How can you do it correctly?; Intro to The Worlds of Islam - Chapter 11.
FRI: Cooperative Thesis Work; Role of Women in Islam

Coming up:
QUIZ on CH 11 next Monday
TEST over CH 10 & 11 next Wednesday/Thursday
There will be a Comparative Essay prompt on the next test:
Two questions. We'll flip a coin to see which essay prompt that your class will write
The world of Christendom gets complicated.
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Monday, Nov 2, 2015
Quote:  “The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others wish to join us.” - Hubert Humphrey

Learning Targets:
★ Explain the changes that occur in European society after the breakup of the Roman Empire
★ Compare the diverse legacies of Rome in Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire
★ Describe medieval European expansion and analyze the factors that led to its development
★ Analyze the evolution of Europe from backward medieval Europe relative to other civilizations, and the steps by which it caught up

Essential Questions:
1. In what respects did Byzantium continue the patterns of the classical Roman Empire? In what ways did it diverge from those patterns?
2. How did Eastern Orthodox Christianity differ from Roman Catholicism?
3. In what ways was the Byzantine Empire linked to a wider world?
4. How did links to Byzantium transform the new civilization of Kievan Rus?
5. How did the historical development of the European West differ from that of Byzantium in the post-classical era?
6. What replaced the Roman order in Western Europe?
7. In what ways was European civilization changing after 1000?
8. What was the impact of the Crusades in world history?
9. In what ways did borrowing from abroad shape European civilization after 1000?
10. Why was Europe unable to achieve the kind of political unity that China experienced? What impact did this have on the subsequent history of Europe?
11. In what different ways did classical Greek philosophy and science have an impact in the West, in Byzantium, and in the Islamic world?

Agenda:
1. Reading Check Quiz - CH 10
Then answer this question -  In what respects did Byzantium continue the patterns of the classical Roman Empire? In what ways did it diverge from those patterns?
2. Review Quiz & Question

Assignments:
Reading Check Quiz over Chapter 11 - Islam on Monday
Study Notes/Target Sheets/Strayer/Companion Site
Test over CH 10 and 11 next Wed/Thu
There will be a Comparative Essay prompt on the next test:
Two questions. We'll flip a coin to see which essay prompt that your class will write
Hagia Sophia: Once an Eastern Orthodox Catholic Church... then an Islamic Mosque... now a museum to both.
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Tuesday, Nov 3, 2015
Quote:  “An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.” - Pope John Paul I

 Learning Targets:
★ Explain the changes that occur in European society after the breakup of the Roman Empire
★ Compare the diverse legacies of Rome in Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire
★ Describe medieval European expansion and analyze the factors that led to its development
★ Analyze the evolution of Europe from backward medieval Europe relative to other civilizations, and the steps by which it caught up

Essential Questions:
1. In what respects did Byzantium continue the patterns of the classical Roman Empire? In what ways did it diverge from those patterns?
2. How did Eastern Orthodox Christianity differ from Roman Catholicism?
3. In what ways was the Byzantine Empire linked to a wider world?
4. How did links to Byzantium transform the new civilization of Kievan Rus?
5. How did the historical development of the European West differ from that of Byzantium in the post-classical era?
6. What replaced the Roman order in Western Europe?
7. In what ways was European civilization changing after 1000?
8. What was the impact of the Crusades in world history?
9. In what ways did borrowing from abroad shape European civilization after 1000?
10. Why was Europe unable to achieve the kind of political unity that China experienced? What impact did this have on the subsequent history of Europe?
11. In what different ways did classical Greek philosophy and science have an impact in the West, in Byzantium, and in the Islamic world?

 Agenda:
1. DO NOW: What was the impact of the Crusades in world history?
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Feudal Europe, The Crusades, and Comparing post-classical Europe to the rest of the world
3. Video & Discussion: Crusades: The Crescent & The Cross
4. Notes over The Crusades.

Assignments:
Reading Check Quiz over Chapter 11 - Islam on Monday.
Study Notes/Target Sheets/Strayer/Companion Site
Test over CH 10 and 11 next Wed/Thu.
There will be a Comparative Essay prompt on the next test:

Two questions. We'll flip a coin to see which essay prompt that your class will write
The Crusades: What a mess!
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Wednesday, Nov 4, 2015 & Thursday Nov 5, 2015
Quote: “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” - Waldo Emerson

 Learning Targets:
★ Explain the changes that occur in European society after the breakup of the Roman Empire
★ Compare the diverse legacies of Rome in Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire
★ Describe medieval European expansion and analyze the factors that led to its development
★ Analyze the evolution of Europe from backward medieval Europe relative to other civilizations, and the steps by which it caught up

Essential Questions:
1. In what respects did Byzantium continue the patterns of the classical Roman Empire? In what ways did it diverge from those patterns?
2. How did Eastern Orthodox Christianity differ from Roman Catholicism?
3. In what ways was the Byzantine Empire linked to a wider world?
4. How did links to Byzantium transform the new civilization of Kievan Rus?
5. How did the historical development of the European West differ from that of Byzantium in the post-classical era?
6. What replaced the Roman order in Western Europe?
7. In what ways was European civilization changing after 1000?
8. What was the impact of the Crusades in world history?
9. In what ways did borrowing from abroad shape European civilization after 1000?
10. Why was Europe unable to achieve the kind of political unity that China experienced? What impact did this have on the subsequent history of Europe?
11. In what different ways did classical Greek philosophy and science have an impact in the West, in Byzantium, and in the Islamic world?

Agenda:
1. Do Now: Why was Europe unable to achieve the kind of political unity that China experienced? What impact did this have on the subsequent history of Europe?
2. Finish Video Study, if not complete: Crusades: The Crescent & The Cross.
3. POINT OF VIEW: What is it? How does it work?
4. Introduction to Chapter 11, The Worlds of Islam: 
What distinguished the first centuries of Islamic history from the early history of Christianity and Buddhism? What similarities and differences characterized their religious outlooks?

Assignments:
Reading Check Quiz over Chapter 11 - Islam on Monday
Study Notes/Target Sheets/Strayer/Companion Site
Test over CH 10 and 11 next Wed/Thu
There will be a Comparative Essay prompt on the next test:

Two questions. We'll flip a coin to see which essay prompt that your class will write
It is like the "Mecca" of Islam. (Probably because it is Mecca)
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Friday, Nov 6, 2015
Quote: “Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for fewer problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom.” - Earl Shoaf

 Learning Targets:
• Analyze the causes behind the spread of Islam
• Explain how the dynamism of the Islamic world was the most influential of the third-wave civilizations
• Examine the religious divisions within Islam and how they affected political development
• Compare Islam as a source of cultural encounters with Christian, African, and Hindu cultures
• Compare the accomplishments of the Islamic world in the period 600–1500 C.E. with those of their contemporaries.

Essential Questions:
1. In what ways did the early history of Islam reflect its Arabian origins?
2. How does the core message of Islam compare with that of Judaism and Christianity?
3. In what ways was the rise of Islam revolutionary, both in theory and in practice?
4. Why were Arabs able to construct such a huge empire so quickly?
5. What accounts for the widespread conversion to Islam?
6. What is the difference between Sunni and Shia Islam?
7. In what ways were Sufi Muslims critical of mainstream Islam?
8. How did the rise of Islam change the lives of women?
9. What similarities and differences can you identify in the spread of Islam to India, Anatolia, West Africa, and Spain?
10. Why was Anatolia so much more thoroughly Islamized than India?
11. What makes it possible to speak of the Islamic world as a distinct and coherent civilization?
12. In what ways was the world of Islam a “cosmopolitan civilization”?

Agenda:
1. Do Now Question:  How did the rise of Islam change the lives of women?
3. Discuss this question in class: Islam Single World or Distinct Communities?
“Islam was simultaneously both a single world of shared meaning and interaction and a series of separate and distinct communities, often in conflict with one another.” What evidence could you provide to support both sides of this argument?
4. Video: Andrew Marr's History of the World: Word and Sword - Islam.  Compare the story of Perpetua to that of the Islamic convert in the video?

Assignments:
Reading Check Quiz over Chapter 11 - Islam on Monday
Study Notes/Target Sheets/Strayer/Companion Site
Test over CH 10 and 11 next Wed/Thu
There will be a Comparative Essay prompt on the next test:

Two questions. We'll flip a coin to see which essay prompt that your class will write
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Agenda: Week of Oct. 26, 2015

Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 3 - Age of Accelerating Connections, 500 - 1500 
Chapter 8 & 9 - Commerce, China, East Asian Connections
WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON: Reading Check Quiz - Chapter 9; Review Quiz; China: Sui Dynasty & Grand Canal; Tang & Song Dynasties Compared
TUE: China's impact on their neighbors: Vietnam, Korea, & Japan; Visual Sources Ch 9
WED/THU: TEST CH 8 & 9: FRQ Comparative: focus - direct comparisons, evidence, & analysis
FRI: The Confusing World of European Christiandom
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Monday, Oct. 26, 2015
Quote: "He Who Knows Others Is Wise. He Who Knows Himself Is Enlightened." - Tao Te Ching

Learning Targets:
• Explain the development of China as “superpower” among the third-wave civilizations.
• Analyze the impact of China’s deep influence on East Asia.
• Describe the ways in which interaction with other peoples had an impact on China.
• Examine modern assumptions about China and determine the root of that perception.

 Essential Questions:
1. How did China influence the world beyond East Asia? 
2. How was China itself transformed by its encounters with a wider world?
3. In what different ways did Korea, Vietnam, and Japan experience and respond to Chinese influence?
4. In what different ways did Japanese and Korean women experience the pressures of Confucian orthodoxy?

Agenda:
1. Reading Check Quiz Chapter 9. (Students may use their notes from Chapter 9)
2. DO NOW after quiz - In what ways did Tang and Song dynasty China resemble the classical Han dynasty period, and in what ways had China changed?
3. Review Quiz
4. Notes, Video, & Discussion: China Part I 
5. Video from Engineering an Empire: China - The building of the Grand Canal (9 minutes) Video  focus on unification of China through a giant series of canals that united northern & southern regions. It is over 1,000 miles in length & it created a booming economic explosion in China.

Assignments:
Test is Wed/Thu. Prepare by using the "Notes" link above. Also read Ch. 8 & 9. Use the Strayer Companion Site. Use GetaFive.com. Use Quizlet.com. Study with a trusted friend or 2. Come to tutoring. Good luck!
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Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015
Quote: "I haven’t failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” - Thomas Edison

 Learning Targets:
• Explain the development of China as “superpower” among the third-wave civilizations.
• Analyze the impact of China’s deep influence on East Asia.
• Describe the ways in which interaction with other peoples had an impact on China.
• Examine modern assumptions about China and determine the root of that perception.

 Essential Questions:
1. What assumptions underlay the tribute system?
2. How did the tribute system in practice differ from the ideal Chinese understanding of its operation?
4. How did the Chinese and their nomadic neighbors to the north view each other?

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: How did the tribute system in practice differ from the ideal Chinese understanding of its operation?
2. Notes, Discussion, Video: China & East Asian Neighbors, Part II
Coping with China: Comparing Korea, Vietnam, & Japan
3. Visual Sources: Chapter 9 Asia. These are also highlighted in the notes. So be sure to look them over before the test.

Assignments:
Test is Wed/Thu. Prepare by using the "Notes" link above. Also read Ch. 8 & 9. Use the Strayer Companion Site. Use GetaFive.com. Use Quizlet.com. Study with a trusted friend or two. Come to tutoring. Good luck!
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Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015 - and - Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015

 Quote: ”It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” - Aristotle

 Learning Targets:
• Explain the development of China as “superpower” among the third-wave civilizations.
• Analyze the impact of China’s deep influence on East Asia.
• Describe the ways in which interaction with other peoples had an impact on China.
• Examine modern assumptions about China and determine the root of that perception.

 Essential Questions:
1. How did China influence the world beyond East Asia? 
2. How was China itself transformed by its encounters with a wider world?
3. In what different ways did Korea, Vietnam, and Japan experience and respond to Chinese influence?
4. In what different ways did Japanese and Korean women experience the pressures of Confucian orthodoxy?

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep for Test - Ch. 8 & 9
2. Test - Ch. 8 & 9
3. FRQ Comparison: Focus on direct comparisons, evidence, & analysis.

Assignments:
Begin reading Chapter 10 - European Christendom. Quiz is on Monday. Check the Notes tab at the top of the screen for more information that can help, including the Target Sheet.
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Friday, Oct. 30, 2015
Quote: “If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.” - Milton Berle

  Learning Targets:
• Explain the changes that occur in European society after the breakup of the Roman Empire
• Compare the diverse legacies of Rome in Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire
• Describe medieval European expansion and analyze the factors that led to its development
• Analyze the evolution of Europe from backward medieval Europe relative to other civilizations, and the steps by which it caught up 

 Essential Questions:
1. How did the histories of the Byzantine Empire and Western Europe differ during the era of third-wave civilizations?
2. What accounts for the different historical trajectories of these two expressions of Christendom?
3. In what respects did Byzantium continue the patterns of the classical Roman Empire? In what ways did it diverge from those patterns?
4. How did Eastern Orthodox Christianity differ from Roman Catholicism?
5. In what ways was the Byzantine Empire linked to a wider world?

  Agenda:
Assignments:
Read Chapter 10 - European Christendom. Quiz is on Monday. Check the Notes tab at the top of the screen for more information that can help, including the Target Sheet.
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Agenda: Week of Oct. 19, 2015

Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 3  AN AGE OF ACCELERATING CONNECTIONS 500–1500
Chapter 8 Commerce and Culture 500–1500
Chapter 9 China & The World 500 - 1500
WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON - Reading Check Quiz Chapter 8
TUE - Silk/Sea Roads, Document Study - Marco Polo
WED/THU - Silk/Sea Roads, Document Study - Ibn Battuta; 
FRI - Ch 8 Commerce & Intro to Ch 9 China & The World (East Asian Connections)

 QUIZ - NEXT MON. OVER CH. 9
TEST NEXT WED/THU OVER CH 8 & 9
Trading routes like this one traversed very long distances in this Third Wave of Civilization.
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Monday, Oct. 19, 2015
Quote: "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." - Albert Einstein

 Learning Targets for Chapter 8:
- Analyze the significance and impact of trade in human history
- Explain the interconnections created by long-distance trade in the period of third-wave civilizations and analyze why they existed
- Explain the full range of what was carried along trade routes (goods, culture, disease) and the impact on the people, culture, history, and development of their societies
- Compare the differences between the commerce of the Eastern Hemisphere and that of the Western Hemisphere and the analyze the reasons behind those differences

 Essential Questions:
1. What motivated and sustained the long-distance commerce of the Silk Roads, Sea Roads, and Sand Roads?
2. In what ways did commercial exchange foster other changes?
3. What lay behind the emergence of Silk Road commerce, and what kept it going for so many centuries?
4. What made silk such a highly desired commodity across Eurasia?
5. What was the role of Swahili civilization in the world of Indian Ocean commerce?

 Agenda:
1. Reading Check Quiz - Chapter 8: Commerce
2. Review the Quiz.

 Assignments:
Read the notes over Chapter 8 and 9. 
Quiz over CH 9 is next Monday.
Test is next week -> Wed/Thu Oct 29  & 30.
To prepare for class tomorrow & on Wed/Thu:
Read the documents on pages 359-366 
The Travels of Marco Polo, 1299 by Marco Polo 
-and- 
Travels in Asia and Africa, 1354 by Ibn Battuta.
Merchants, Commerce, Trade, and $.
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Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015
Quote: "Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language." - Steven Pinker

Learning Targets for Chapter 8:
- Analyze the significance and impact of trade in human history
- Explain the interconnections created by long-distance trade in the period of third-wave civilizations and analyze why they existed
- Explain the full range of what was carried along trade routes (goods, culture, disease) and the impact on the people, culture, history, and development of their societies
- Compare the differences between the commerce of the Eastern Hemisphere and that of the Western Hemisphere and the analyze the reasons behind those differences

 Essential Questions:
1. What motivated and sustained the long-distance commerce of the Silk Roads, Sea Roads, and Sand Roads?
2. In what ways did commercial exchange foster other changes?
3. What were the major economic, social, and cultural consequences of Silk Road commerce?
4. What accounted for the spread of Buddhism along the Silk Roads?
5. What was the impact of disease along the Silk Roads?
6. How did the operation of the Indian Ocean trading network differ from that of the Silk Roads?

 Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Pick up the document study from Chapter 8: Polo & Battuta Read Polo "A"
2. Document Study & Cooperative Group Discussion: Students will sit in groups of 4-5 and cooperatively discuss Marco Polo's Travels. After small group discussion, the class will walk through the discussion questions and also examine larger issues.
3. NOTES: CH 8 - Silk, Sand, & Sea Roads

 Assignments:
Read the notes over Chapter 8 and 9. 
Quiz over CH 9 is next Monday.
Test is next week -> Wed/Thu Oct 29  & 30.
To prepare for class tomorrow & on Wed/Thu:
Read the documents on pages 359-366 
The Travels of Marco Polo, 1299 by Marco Polo 
-and- 
Travels in Asia and Africa, 1354 by Ibn Battuta.
Pre-Columbian Trade in the Americas was more like a "Web" rather than the strong roads of Afro-Eurasian trade. They did trade over long distances - however, it was not a vigorous amount of trade, in comparison to AfroEurasia.
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Wednesday, Oct. 21 & Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015
Quote: “Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance.” - Daniel Kahneman

 Learning Targets for Chapter 8:
- Analyze the significance and impact of trade in human history
- Explain the interconnections created by long-distance trade in the period of third-wave civilizations and analyze why they existed
- Explain the full range of what was carried along trade routes (goods, culture, disease) and the impact on the people, culture, history, and development of their societies
- Compare the differences between the commerce of the Eastern Hemisphere and that of the Western Hemisphere and the analyze the reasons behind those differences

 Essential Questions:
1. What motivated and sustained the long-distance commerce of the Silk Roads, Sea Roads, and Sand Roads?
2. What changes did trans-Saharan trade bring to West Africa?
3. In what ways did commercial exchange foster other changes?
4. In what ways was Afro-Eurasia a single interacting zone, and in what respects was it a vast region of separate cultures and civilizations?

 Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Use the document study from Chapter 8: Polo & Battuta Read Battuta "B"
2. Document Study & Cooperative Group Discussion: Students will sit in groups of 4-5 and cooperatively discuss Ibn Battuta's Travels. After small group discussion, the class will walk through the discussion questions and also examine larger issues.
3. NOTES, VIDEO, & DISCUSSION: CH 8 - Silk, Sand, & Sea Roads

Assignments:
Read the notes over Chapter 8 and 9. 
Quiz over CH 9 is next Monday.
Test is next week -> Wed/Thu Oct 29  & 30.
The Trung Sisters of Vietnam!
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Friday, Oct. 23, 2015
Quote: "I am learning all the time.  The tombstone will be my diploma."  - Eartha Kitt

 Learning Targets for Chapter 8:
- Analyze the significance and impact of trade in human history
- Explain the interconnections created by long-distance trade in the period of third-wave civilizations and analyze why they existed
- Explain the full range of what was carried along trade routes (goods, culture, disease) and the impact on the people, culture, history, and development of their societies
- Compare the differences between the commerce of the Eastern Hemisphere and that of the Western Hemisphere and the analyze the reasons behind those differences

 Essential Questions:
1. Why did the Eastern Hemisphere develop long-distance trade more extensively than did the societies of the Western Hemisphere?
2. In what ways did commercial exchange foster other changes?
3. In what ways did networks of interaction in the Western Hemisphere differ from those in the Eastern Hemisphere?

 Agenda:
1. DO NOW: How did trade and commerce differ in The Americas compared to Eurasia during the Age of Accelerated Connections?
2. Notes, Discussion, Video: Crash Course WH: Silk Road Trade & Ancient Trade
Discuss video and how it connects with the chapter
3. Notes, Discussion, Video: Chapter 9 "East Asian Connections"

 Assignments:
Read the notes over Chapter 8 and 9. 
Quiz over CH 9 is next Monday.
Test is next week -> Wed/Thu Oct 29  & 30.
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Agenda: Week of October 12th, 2015

Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 2 - Classical Era 500 bce to 500 ce
Chapter 7: Classical Era Variations in African & The Americas, 500 bce to 1200 ce
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Unit 3 - Age of Accelerating Connections
Chapter 8:  Commerce & Culture, 500-1500
WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON - No School - "Indigenous Americans Day" link
TUE - Quiz; Review Chapter 7
WED/THU - (only 1 hour due to PSAT); Video w/Discussion: Andrew Marr's History of the world episode 4
FRI: Marco Polo & Ibn Battuta Documents; Analysis & Discussion.
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Monday, Oct 14, 2013 - NO SCHOOL
Yeah, kinda like that.
PSAT This Week on Wednesday
Bell Schedule this Week:
WEDNESDAY:
Testing: 7:25 – 11:15
2nd Pd: 11:22 – 11:50 (ADA 11:40) [~30 min]
4th Pd: 11:57 - 1:44  -- Lunch C: 12:48 - 1:15 [90 min]
6th Pd: 1:51 - 2:45 [55 min]

THURSDAY:
All Students normal Thursday Late Arrival
1st Pd: 9:25 – 10:25 [1 hr]
3rd Pd: 10:32 – 11:20 (ADA 10:50) [~50 min]
5th Pd: 11:27 – 1:20 
7th Pd 1:27 – 2:45 [1 hr 15 min]

FRIDAY - PEP RALLY SCHEDULE
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Tuesday, Oct 14, 2014
Quote: "The purpose of life is a life of purpose." - Attributed to both Ludwig Wittgenstein and Robert Byrne

Learning Targets:
★ Analyze classical civilizations that evolved outside of the more well-known civilizations of Eurasia
★ Compare the development of civilizations in Africa and the Americas
★ Examine the factors that make civilizations develop and analyze why they develop differently in some regions
★ Distinguish the characteristics of complex civilizations and judge whether they could develop without any recognizable centralized control

 Essential Questions:
1. “The histories of Africa and the Americas during the classical era largely resemble those of Eurasia.” Do you agree with this statement? Explain why or why not.
2. “The particular cultures and societies of Africa and of the Americas discussed in this chapter developed largely in isolation from one another.” What evidence would support this statement, and what might challenge it?
3. What generated change in the histories of Africa and the Americas during the classical era?

Agenda:
1. Reading Check Quiz - Chapter 7: Classical Era Variations. Students may use their hand-written notes.
2. Review Chapter 7 - Classical Era Variations. Pay particular attention to how CH 7 compares to CH 4, 5, 6. (Similar to the type of question you'll see on the upcoming Comparative FRQ)

 Assignments:
Check the notes, Target Sheet, & videos over Chapter 8.
Read Chapter 8, prepare for reading check quiz on Monday.
Chapter 9 quiz the following week & test over Ch 8 & 9.
Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test: Administered by College Board & National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). Jr. students: score high enough: entered in competition for a scholarship. Awards 1-time scholarships ranging from $500 - $10,000.
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Wednesday, Oct 15, 2014 and Thursday, Oct 16, 2014
Quote: "To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else." - Emily Dickinson

Learning Targets:
★Analyze the significance and impact of trade in human history 
★Explain the interconnections created by long-distance trade in the period of third-wave civilizations and analyze why they existed
★Explain the full range of what was carried along trade routes (goods, culture, disease) and the impact on the people, culture, history, and development of their societies
★Compare the differences between the commerce of the Eastern Hemisphere and that of the Western Hemisphere and the analyze the reasons behind those differences

1. What motivated and sustained the long-distance commerce of the Silk Roads, Sea Roads, and Sand Roads? 
2. Why did the Eastern Hemisphere develop long-distance trade more extensively than did the societies of the Western Hemisphere? 
3. In what ways did commercial exchange foster other changes? 
4. In what ways was Afro-Eurasia a single interacting zone, and in what respects was it a vast region of separate cultures and civilizations?

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Pick up questions from front over the Andrew Marr Video for Unit 3.
2. Video: Andrew Marr's History of the World - Episode 4 - Into the Light
3. Discuss video, compare the civilizations & empires mentioned. How is Unit 3 an age of accelerated connections? What evidence can you point to from the video?
4. Question for discussion & 4 Corners:
Which area of the world would have been best to live in during Unit 3 - from what you can tell from this video?

  • The Mongol Empire
  • Western Europe after the fall of Rome
  • Russia
  • The Islamic World
Assignments:
Check the notes, Target Sheet, & videos over Chapter 8.
Read Chapter 8, prepare for reading check quiz on Monday.
Chapter 9 quiz the following week & test over Ch 8 & 9.
Andrew Marr in West Africa during the filming of "Into the Light" Episode 4 of his History of the World series.
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Friday, Oct 17, 2014
Quote: "If you are struck between two options, just flip a coin in the air! It works. Not because it solves the problem . . . but because while the coin is in the air, You will get to know what your heart is really hoping for." - Anonymous

Learning Targets:
★Analyze the significance and impact of trade in human history 
★Explain the interconnections created by long-distance trade in the period of third-wave civilizations and analyze why they existed
★Explain the full range of what was carried along trade routes (goods, culture, disease) and the impact on the people, culture, history, and development of their societies
★Compare the differences between the commerce of the Eastern Hemisphere and that of the Western Hemisphere and the analyze the reasons behind those differences

1. What motivated and sustained the long-distance commerce of the Silk Roads, Sea Roads, and Sand Roads? 
2. Why did the Eastern Hemisphere develop long-distance trade more extensively than did the societies of the Western Hemisphere? 
3. In what ways did commercial exchange foster other changes? 
4. In what ways was Afro-Eurasia a single interacting zone, and in what respects was it a vast region of separate cultures and civilizations?

 Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Pick up Document Analysis
2. Document Analysis: Battuta & Polo. Read the document & compare both explorers.
Which is the most impressive traveler? Which account seems the most truthful?
How does China differ from West Africa?

 Assignments:
Check the notes, Target Sheet, & videos over Chapter 8.
Read Chapter 8, prepare for reading check quiz on Monday.
Chapter 9 quiz the following week & test over Ch 8 & 9.
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Agenda: Oct. 5, 2015

Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 2 - Eurasian Cultural Traditions, 500 BCE - 500 CE, Classical Era
Chapters 4, 5, & 6 - Eurasian Empires, Cultural Traditions, & Social Inequality
WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON - Reading Check Quiz - Chapter 6; Review Quiz 
TUE - Patriarchy & Social Inequalities of the Classical Age; Summary/Review of 500 BCE - 500 CE - The Classical Age, The Second Wave Civilizations
WED/THU - TEST Unit 2 (Chapters 4, 5, 6); Review FRQ Comparative Essay Results/Rubric/Feedback
FRI - CH 7: Classical Variations: Do you agree: “The histories of Africa & the Americas during the classical era largely resemble those of Eurasia.” 
There are big differences between China & India, but they both have a system of social hierarchy.
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Monday, Oct 5, 2015
Quote: “Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.” – Susan Gale

 Learning Targets:
★ Analyze social structures in classical Eurasia
★ Compare the causes of differences in social structures in different civilizations
★ Describe the nature of classical patriarchy and its variations

 Essential Questions:
1. “Social inequality was both accepted and resisted in classical civilizations.” What evidence might support this statement?
2. How would you describe the social hierarchy of classical China?
3. What class conflicts disrupted Chinese society?
4. What set of ideas underlies India’s caste-based society?
5. What is the difference between varna and jati as expressions of classical India’s caste system?
6. How did India’s caste system differ from China’s class system?
7. How did Greco-Roman slavery differ from that of other classical civilizations?
8. In what ways did the expression of Chinese patriarchy change over time, and why did it change?
9. How did the patriarchies of Athens and Sparta differ from each other?

 Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep notes for Reading Check Quiz - Chapter 6 Eurasian Social Inequalities.
2. QUIZ Chapter 6 - Reading Check, you may use your handwritten notes.
After the quiz, answer the question that is on the screen: 
3. Review Quiz 

 Assignments:
Test for Unit 2 is Wed/Thu, Oct 9/10
Check the notes, YouTube lectures, and work on the Target Sheets to prepare.
Patriarchies of the empires in Unit 2 differed even within a single empire, like Greece.
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Tuesday, Oct 6, 2015
Quote: “Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.” - Mary Anne Radmacher

 Learning Targets:
★ Analyze social structures in classical Eurasia
★ Compare the causes of differences in social structures in different civilizations
★ Describe the nature of classical patriarchy and its variations

 Essential Questions:
1. “Social inequality was both accepted and resisted in classical civilizations.” What evidence might support this statement?
2. How would you describe the social hierarchy of classical China?
3. What class conflicts disrupted Chinese society?
4. What set of ideas underlies India’s caste-based society?
5. What is the difference between varna and jati as expressions of classical India’s caste system?
6. How did India’s caste system differ from China’s class system?
7. How did Greco-Roman slavery differ from that of other classical civilizations?
8. In what ways did the expression of Chinese patriarchy change over time, and why did it change?
9. How did the patriarchies of Athens and Sparta differ from each other?

 Agenda:
1. DO NOW:  Answer the question as best as you can.
“Social inequality was both accepted and resisted in classical civilizations.” '
What evidence might support this statement?
2. Review Comparing Cultural Traditions and Social Inequalities of Classical Era Empires.

Assignments:
Test for Unit 2 is Wed/Thu, Oct 9/10
Check the notes, YouTube lectures, and work on the Target Sheets to prepare.
Slavery in Roman Empire, as depicted in the Academy Award Winning Motion Picture: Gladiator
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Wednesday, Oct 7, 2015 & Oct 8, 2015
Quote: “You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

 Learning Targets:
All Objectives for Unit 2 - for Test
Also, Students will know what is expected of them on the AP Test FRQ - Comparative Essay.
Thesis, Supporting evidence, Direct Comparisons, & Analysis will be emphasized.

 Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep for test. Sharpened pencils and prepared mind.
2. TEST - UNIT 2 - Chapters 4, 5, 6
3. Comparative Essay Prompts: Students will pick up the two prompts for the comparative essay that they will write as a timed writing FRQ on Friday, Oct. 31st.
4. Pass back Unit 1 - Comparative FRQ. Discuss.

 Assignments:
Quiz next Tuesday, Oct. 13 Over CH 7;
Check the notes, YouTube lectures, and work on the Target Sheets to prepare.
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Friday, Oct 9, 2015
Quote: "Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant." - Robert Louis Stevenson

 Learning Targets:
★ Analyze classical civilizations that evolved outside of the more well-known civilizations of Eurasia
★ Compare the development of civilizations in Africa and the Americas
★ Examine the factors that make civilizations develop and analyze why they develop differently in some regions
★ Distinguish the characteristics of complex civilizations and judge whether they could develop without any recognizable centralized control

 Essential Questions:
1. “The histories of Africa and the Americas during the classical era largely resemble those of Eurasia.” Do you agree with this statement? Explain why or why not.
2. “The particular cultures and societies of Africa and of the Americas discussed in this chapter developed largely in isolation from one another.” What evidence would support this statement, and what might challenge it?
3. What generated change in the histories of Africa and the Americas during the classical era?

 Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Do you agree with this statement? Explain why or why not.
CH 7 Classical Era Variations: Africa & the Americas 500 b.c.e.–1200 c.e.

“The histories of Africa & the Americas during the classical era 
largely resemble those of Eurasia.”

2. Notes, Discussion, Video: CH 7 Classical Era Variations

 Assignments:
Quiz next Tuesday, Oct. 13 Over CH 7;
Check the notes, YouTube lectures, and work on the Target Sheets to prepare.
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