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; The Ascent of Money - Episode #1 - Dreams of Avarice - Niall Ferguson (first 15 min); Rise of Financial History? Inflation - Supply & Demand; Ch 16 Science & Religion with The Reformation;
FRI- Scientific Revolution/Enlightenment: "A New Way of Thinking: The Birth of Modern Science"
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Assignments:
Quiz Chapter 16 - Science & Religion Monday, Jan. 25th
TEST Unit 4 (CH 14, 15, 16): Next Week on Wed/Thu 27th & 28th
LEQ Comparative Essay Prompts:
After the Test for Unit 4 - we'll flip a coin between one of these two questions...
1) 2012 Comparative: Columbian Exchange
Monday January 18, 2016 No School MLK Day
- 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 17, 2017
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
Quiz Chapter 16 - Science & Religion Monday, Jan. 25th
TEST Unit 4 (CH 14, 15, 16): Next Week on Wed/Thu 27th & 28th
LEQ Comparative Essay Prompts (listed at top of agenda)
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| Luther, word! Indulgences, yo! |
Wednesday & Thursday January 18 & 19, 2017
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. Students will grade the first student sample:
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)
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
Tulip Bulb Bubble in The Netherlands: Economic Speculation. How does it work? & How does it BREAK?
5. Notes, Video, Discussion: Introduction to Chapter 16 - Science & Religion
Protestant Reformation
Quiz Chapter 16 - Science & Religion Monday, Jan. 25th
TEST Unit 4 (CH 14, 15, 16): Next Week on Wed/Thu 27th & 28th
LEQ Comparative Essay Prompts (listed at top of agenda)
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Friday, January 20, 2017
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: In what was did the Protestant Reformation transform European society, culture, and politics?
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: The Enlightenment & Scientific Revolution
How does the Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment compare to the Protestant Reformation?
What characteristics did they share in common?
Assignments:
Quiz Chapter 16 - Science & Religion Monday, Jan. 25th
TEST Unit 4 (CH 14, 15, 16): Next Week on Wed/Thu 27th & 28th
LEQ Comparative Essay Prompts (listed at top of agenda)
