Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 3 AN AGE OF ACCELERATING CONNECTIONS 500–1500
CH 10 Christendom in W. Europe & CH 11 The Worlds of Islam ~ Afro-Eurasian Connections
Then after the test on Wed/Thu:
CH 12 Mongols! The Nomadic World
WEEK AT A GLANCE:MON - Reading Check Quiz - Chapter 11 - Islam; Review Quiz; Comparing Islam & Christianity
TUE - Islam: Simultaneously both a single world of shared meaning & interaction -AND- a series of separate & distinct communities, often in conflict with one another
WED/THU - TEST Chapters 10 & 11; Comparative FRQ Essay - Flip between 2 prompts
FRI - The Mongols! - The Exception! Khan you believe that we are already on Chapter 12? 1/2 way point!
Test over Chapter 10 and 11 is on Wed/Thu.
Review Notes over Chapter 10 Worlds of Christendom & Chapter 11 Worlds of Islam
There will be a Comparative Essay:
Two questions. We'll flip a coin to see which essay prompt that your class will write
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Monday, November 9, 2015
Quote: "History is philosophy teaching by examples." - Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War
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.
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?
Agenda:
1. Reading Check Quiz - Chapter 11 - Islam (You may use your hand written notes).
2. Review the quiz. & Question: Comparing Islam & Christianity
Assignments:
Test over Chapter 10 and 11 is on Wed/Thu.
Review Notes over Chapter 10 Worlds of Christendom & Chapter 11 Worlds of Islam
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Quote: "People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them." - James Baldwin
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.
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”?
1. DO NOW: “Islam was simultaneously both a single world of shared meaning & interaction -AND- a series of separate & distinct communities, often in conflict with one another.”
What evidence could you provide to support both sides of this argument?
2. Notes, Video, & Discussion: Islam - Vast Economic Empire & Diversity
3. Discuss the comparative prompts:
After the Test on Ch 10 & 11 on Wed/Thu We'll flip a coin to see which essay prompt that your class will write
Assignments:
Test over Chapter 10 and 11 is on Wed/Thu.
Review Notes over Chapter 10 Worlds of Christendom & Chapter 11 Worlds of Islam
Wednesday, November 11, 2015 & Thursday, November 12, 2015
Quote: "History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days." - Winston Churchill
Learning Targets:
* Analyze the significance of pastoral societies in world history
* Explain how the conditions of nomadic life differed from the rest of Eurasia
* Explain the impact of the Mongol Empire on world history
* Examine implications of the Eurasian trade sponsored by the Mongols and determine how Eurasian trading systems changed over time.
Essential Questions:
1. Prior to the rise of the Mongols, in what ways had pastoral peoples been significant in world history?
2. What accounts for the often negative attitudes of settled societies toward the pastoral peoples living on their borders? Why have historians often neglected pastoral peoples’ role in world history?
3. In what ways did the Mongol Empire resemble other empires, and in what ways did it differ from them?
4. Why did it last a relatively short time?
5. In what different ways did Mongol rule affect the Islamic world, Russia, China, and Europe?
Agenda:
1. TEST - Chapter 10 & 11. European Christendom & The World of Islam
Two questions. We'll flip a coin to see which essay prompt that your class will write
Question #1:
2010
Analyze similarities and differences in TWO of the following empires.
• Han China (206 B.C.E.–220 C.E.)
• Mauryan/Gupta India (320 B.C.E.–550 C.E.)
• Imperial Rome (31 B.C.E.–476 C.E.)
Question #2:
2015
Analyze similarities and differences in TWO of the following trade networks in the period 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E. Your response may include comparisons of biological, commercial, or cultural exchanges.
• Indian Ocean
• Silk Roads
• Trans-Sahara
Assignments:
Begin reading Chapter 12 - The Mongol World. We will have a quiz over it on Monday.
The test is after the Thanksgiving Break along with Chapter 13 - Worlds of the 15th Century.
Friday, November 13, 2015
Quote: "History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up." - Voltaire
Learning Targets
★ Analyze the significance of pastoral societies in world history
★ Explain how the conditions of nomadic life differed from the rest of Eurasia
★ Explain the impact of the Mongol Empire on world history
★ Examine implications of the Eurasian trade sponsored by the Mongols and determine how Eurasian trading systems changed over time.
Essential Questions:
Who were the Mongols? Why were they such an exception?
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Why were the Mongols "The Exception?"
2. Crash Course WH: Wait for it... The Mongols
3. Notes over Crash Course: The Mongols & DBQ Prep
Assignments:
Begin reading Chapter 12 - The Mongol World. We will have a quiz over it on Monday.
The test is after the Thanksgiving Break along with Chapter 13 - Worlds of the 15th Century.
