Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 1 - First Humans, Farmers, & Civilizations
& Unit 2 - Eurasian Empires, 500 BCE - 500 CE
WEEK AT A GLANCE:& Unit 2 - Eurasian Empires, 500 BCE - 500 CE
MON: Reading Check Quiz Chapter 3; Review Quiz
TUE: Unit 1 - Reviewing the big picture: River Valley Civilizations Compared
WED/THU: TEST UNIT 1 - Chapters 1, 2, and 3; FRQ Prompts: Compare & contrast
Preview: Unit 2 - Introduction: Empires of the Classical World, Strayer's Second Wave of Civilizations; For Fri: Compare the Athenian & Persian Empires according to political, social, & economic factors.
FRI: Tips & Tricks: How to write the FRQ - The Comparative Essay; Preview Chapter 4 for Monday's Quiz.
ASSIGNMENTS AT A GLANCE:
WED/THU: TEST UNIT 1 - Chapters 1, 2, and 3; Comparative FRQ Prompts on Test
Next week:
Quiz over Chapter 4 is on Monday, Sept. 21st
Study the notes, YouTube lectures, Target Sheets, and information at this link for Unit 1
For Fri: Unit 2: Compare the Athenian & Persian Empires according to political, social, & economic factors.
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| Yeah, it's kinda like that. |
Monday, Sept 14, 2015
Quote: "I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival." - Kurt Vonnegut
Learning Targets:
★To establish the relationship between the First Civilizations and the Agricultural Revolution
★To contrast civilizations with other forms of human communities
★To explore when, where, and how the First Civilizations arose in human history
★To explore how the emergence of civilizations transformed how humans lived and how their societies were structured
★To show the various ways in which civilizations differed from one another
★To explore the outcomes of the emergence of civilizations, both positive and negative, for humankind
Essential Questions:
1. What distinguished civilizations from other forms of human community?
2. How does the use of the term “civilization” by historians differ from that of popular usage? How do you use the term?
3. “Civilizations were held together largely by force.” Do you agree with this assessment, or were there other mechanisms of integration as well?
4. In the development of the First Civilizations, what was gained for humankind, and what was lost?
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep for the reading check quiz over Chapter 3. You can use your handwritten notes.
2. READING CHECK QUIZ - Chapter 3 - First Civilizations
3. Review the quiz
Assignment:
Test is Wed/Thu over Unit 1; Plus FRQ Comparative Prompts
Study the notes, YouTube lectures, Target Sheets, and information at this link for Unit 1
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| And they will probably last a little longer... |
Tuesday, Sept 15, 2014
Quote: "No matter how closely you examine the water, glucose, and electrolyte salts in the human brain, you can't find the point where these molecules became conscious." - Deepak Chopra
Learning Targets:
★To establish the relationship between the First Civilizations and the Agricultural Revolution
★To contrast civilizations with other forms of human communities
★To explore when, where, and how the First Civilizations arose in human history
★To explore how the emergence of civilizations transformed how humans lived and how their societies were structured
★To show the various ways in which civilizations differed from one another
★To explore the outcomes of the emergence of civilizations, both positive and negative, for humankind
Essential Questions:
1. What distinguished civilizations from other forms of human community?
2. How does the use of the term “civilization” by historians differ from that of popular usage? How do you use the term?
3. “Civilizations were held together largely by force.” Do you agree with this assessment, or were there other mechanisms of integration as well?
4. In the development of the First Civilizations, what was gained for humankind, and what was lost?
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: In what ways did Egypt and Mesopotamia differ from one another? (Also: How were the Indian and Chinese river valley civilizations similar/different?)
2. Notes, Video, & Discussion:
Chapter 3 - Comparing the River Valley Civs
Crash Course World History: Mesopotamia
Crash Course World History: Indus River Valley Civilization
Activity: Matching Cards -- River Valley Civilizations & Vocabulary/Concepts
3. Test Prep: Multiple Choice Questions - Best Practices.
Assignment:
Test is Wed/Thu over Unit 1; Plus FRQ Comparative Prompts
Study the notes, YouTube lectures, Target Sheets, and information at this link for Unit 1
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| Eurasian Empires is the topic of Chapter 4. "Use the force, young padawans." |
Wednesday, Sept 16 & Thursday, Sept 17, 2015
Quote: "Everything we do, every thought we've ever had, is produced by the human brain. But exactly how it operates remains one of the biggest unsolved mysteries, and it seems the more we probe its secrets, the more surprises we find." - Neil deGrasse Tyson
★To establish the relationship between the First Civilizations and the Agricultural Revolution
★To contrast civilizations with other forms of human communities
★To explore when, where, and how the First Civilizations arose in human history
★To explore how the emergence of civilizations transformed how humans lived and how their societies were structured
★To show the various ways in which civilizations differed from one another
★To explore the outcomes of the emergence of civilizations, both positive and negative, for humankind
Essential Questions:
1. What distinguished civilizations from other forms of human community?
2. How does the use of the term “civilization” by historians differ from that of popular usage? How do you use the term?
3. “Civilizations were held together largely by force.” Do you agree with this assessment, or were there other mechanisms of integration as well?
4. In the development of the First Civilizations, what was gained for humankind, and what was lost?
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep for Unit 1 TEST.
2. TEST UNIT 1: Chapters 1, 2, 3 of Strayer; Plus FRQ Comparative Prompts
3. If time: Intro to Unit 2 & Chapter 4 - Eurasian Empire. What is Empire?
For Friday: Compare the Athenian & Persian Empires according to political, social, & economic factors.
Crash Course World History #4 - Persians & Greeks
Assignment:
Quiz over Chapter 4 is on Monday.
Study the notes, YouTube lectures, Target Sheets, and information at this link for Unit 2
For Friday: Compare the Athenian & Persian Empires according to political, social, & economic factors.
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| "Occupy Dock Bay" - The Storm troopers unionize. There goes the empire! |
Friday, Sep 18, 2015
Quote: "Science is nothing but perception." - Plato
Learning Targets:
★ Define the characteristics of imperial systems in the classical era and analyze why empires developed in some regions but not in others.
★ Compare the important similarities and differences between imperial systems and the reasons behind them
★ Explain the significance that classical empires have for us today, such as, representative government, military power, etc.
★ Evaluate the “greatness” of the Roman Empire and China’s Han Dynasty and determine if their destructive and oppressive features outweighed their impressive advances.
Essential Questions:
1. What common features can you identify in the empires described in this chapter?
2. In what ways did these empires differ from one another? What accounts for those differences?
3. Are you more impressed with the “greatness” of empires or with their destructive and oppressive features? Why?
4. Do you think that the classical empires hold “lessons” for the present, or are contemporary circumstances sufficiently unique as to render the distant past irrelevant?
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Compare the Athenian & Persian Empires according to political, social, & economic factors.
2. Notes & Discussion: How to write the Comparative FRQ.
3. Discuss: Direct comparisons. Students will write a direct comparison of Athenian & Persian political or social or economic factors.
Assignment:
Quiz over Chapter 4 is on Monday.
Study the notes, YouTube lectures, Target Sheets, and information at this link for Unit 2