Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 4 - Early Modern World, 1450-1750
Chapter 14 - Empires & Encounters
Chapter 15 - World Commerce
Chapter 14 - Empires & Encounters
Chapter 15 - World Commerce
Chapter 16 - Science & Religion
Week at a Glance:MON- MLK Day - No School
TUE- Reading Check Quiz CH 15 World Commerce; Review Quiz
WED/THU- Comparative Essay 2009 - Racial Identities - N.America/Latin Am, Caribbean -- Grade Student Samples; Silver Trade; Intro: Chapter 16 Science & Religion with The Reformation
FRI- Scientific Revolution/Enlightenment: "A New Way of Thinking: The Birth of Modern Science"
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Quiz Chapter 16 - Science & Religion Monday, Jan. 25th
TEST Unit 4 (CH 14, 15, 16): Next Week on Wed/Thu 27th & 28th
After the Test for Unit 4 - we'll flip a coin between one of these two questions...
Comparative Essay Prompts:
1) 2012 Comparative: Columbian Exchange
Monday January 18, 2016 No School MLK Day
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| As we'll learn, MLK learned a few things from Mr. Gandhi of India. And he also taught us a few new tricks. RIP. |
- Examine the early modern roots of modern tension between religion and science
- Compare the Reformation movements in Europe and their significance
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| Indulge me! |
- Expand the discussion of religious change to include religious movements in China, India, and the Islamic world
- Understand the reasons behind the Scientific Revolution in Europe, and why that movement was limited in other parts of the world
- Examine the implications of the Scientific Revolution for world societies
Essential Questions:
1. Why did Christianity take hold in some places more than in others?
2. In what ways was the missionary message of Christianity shaped by the cultures of Asian and American peoples?
3. Compare the processes by which Christianity and Islam became world religions.
4. In what ways did the spread of Christianity, Islam, and modern science give rise to culturally based conflicts?
5. Based on Chapters 13 through 16, how does the history of Islam in the early modern era challenge a Eurocentric understanding of those centuries?
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Quote: "I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self." - Martin Luther
Agenda:
1. Reading Check Quiz CH 15 World Commerce
2. Review Quiz
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| Luther, word! Indulgences, yo! |
Wednesday & Thursday January 20 & 21, 2016
Quote: "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei
Agenda:
1. Do Now Question: Pick up FRQ 2009 - Comparative Packet.
2. Grade 2009: Racial Identities, N. America/ Latin Am, Caribbean
(This question will be one of the two choices we will flip for next week after the test)
3. Discuss in groups and come up with a proper grade using the rubric.
4. A True World Economy: The Ascent of Money - Episode #1 - Dreams of Avarice - Niall Ferguson
Do you understand the rise of Financial History?
Can you imagine a world with no money?
Inflation - Supply & Demand
Silver Inflation
Silver Mines & Mercantilism
5. Also focus on the Tulip Bulb Bubble in The Netherlands: Economic Speculation. How does it work? & How does it BREAK?
Assignment:
Monday - Quiz Chapter 16 - Science & Religion
Next Wed/Thu - Test Unit 4: The Early Modern World, 1500-1750
Chapters 14, 15, 16
Plus FRQ Essay - Comparative
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| Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and science communicator. |
Friday, January 22, 2016
Quote: “An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Agenda:
1. Do Now Question: How does the Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment compare to the Protestant Reformation?
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: The Reformation
How does the Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment compare to the Protestant Reformation? What characteristics did they share in common? - Protestant Reformation
- Reformation in England
- Scientific Revolution
- The Enlightenment
Monday - Quiz Chapter 16 - Science & Religion
Next Wed/Thu - Test Unit 4: The Early Modern World, 1500-1750
Chapters 14, 15, 16
Plus FRQ Essay - Comparative