Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 4 - Early Modern World, 1450-1750
Chapter 14 - Empires & Encounters
Chapter 15 - World Commerce
Chapter 16 - Science and Religion
Week at a Glance:MON- Quiz CH 16; Review Quiz - Why did the Scientific Revolution occur in Europe rather than in China or the Islamic world?
TUE- Protestant Reformation, Scientific Revolution, & The Enlightenment. In what ways did the Protestant Reformation transform European society, culture, and politics?
WED/THU- TEST Unit 4 - CH 14, 15, 16; FRQ Comparative Prompts
FRI- Intro to Unit 5 "European Moment" 1750-1914 "The Atlantic Revolutions"; American & French; French Revolution Documentary: Is revolution necessary to protect one's liberty and equality?
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Quiz Chapter 16 - Science & Religion MondayTEST Unit 4 (CH 14, 15, 16): Next Week on Wed/Thu
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
Unit 4 - Learning Targets - Early Modern World, 1500-1750
Learning Targets:
1. Explore the early modern roots of modern tension between religion and science
2. Examine the Reformation movements in Europe and their significance
3. Investigate the global spread of Christianity and the extent to which it syncretized with native traditions
4. Expand the discussion of religious change to include religious movements in China, India, and the Islamic world5. Explore the reasons behind the Scientific Revolution in Europe, and why that movement was limited in other parts of the world
6. Explore the implications of the Scientific Revolution for world societies
Essential Questions:
1. In what ways did the Protestant Reformation transform European society, culture, and politics?
2. How was European imperial expansion related to the spread of Christianity?
3. In what ways was European Christianity assimilated into the Native American cultures of Spanish America?
4. Why were missionary efforts to spread Christianity so much less successful in China than in Spanish America?
5. What accounts for the continued spread of Islam in the early modern era and for the emergence of reform or renewal movements within the Islamic world?
6. In what ways did Asian cultural changes in the early modern era parallel those of Europe, and in what ways were they different?
7. Why did the Scientific Revolution occur in Europe rather than in China or the Islamic world?
8. What was revolutionary about the Scientific Revolution?
9. In what ways did the Enlightenment challenge older patterns of European thinking?
10. How did nineteenth-century developments in the sciences challenge the faith of the Enlightenment?
11. In what ways was European science received in the major civilizations of Asia in the early modern era?
Monday, January 23, 2017
Quote:
"If gridiron were a timeline, w/ Big Bang at one goal, then cavemen to now spans thickness of single turf-blade at other goal."
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) February 7, 2011
Agenda:1. DO NOW: Prep for Quiz Ch. 16 (students may use hand-written notes)
2. QUIZ Ch 16
3. Review Quiz
DO NOW Question for after quiz: In what ways did the Protestant Reformation transform European society, culture, and politics?
Assignments:
TEST Unit 4 (CH 14, 15, 16): Next Week on Wed/Thu
After the Test for Unit 4 - we'll flip a coin between one of these two questions...
Comparative Essay Prompts
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Quote:
"Don't know if it's good or bad that a Google search on "Big Bang Theory" lists the sitcom before the origin of the Universe"
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 7, 2010
Agenda:1. DO NOW QUESTION: In what ways did the Protestant Reformation transform European society, culture, and politics?
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Protestant Reformation, Scientific Revolution, & The Enlightenment.
3. Review SAQ - Short Answer Question format. We will have one of them on the test on Wed/Thu
Assignments:
TEST Unit 4 (CH 14, 15, 16): Next Week on Wed/Thu
After the Test for Unit 4 - we'll flip a coin between one of these two questions...
Comparative Essay Prompts
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| With transportation of new world & Asian riches, piracy emerges in the Early Modern Era. |
Wednesday, January 25, 2017 & Thursday, January 26, 2017
Quote:
"Curiously, light-loving GREEN plants reject the Sun's GREEN light, reflecting it back at you, which is why they look GREEN"
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) March 17, 2011
Agenda:1. TEST Unit 4 - Chapters 14, 15, 16
2. FRQ:
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
Read Chapter 17 - prep for quiz on Monday
Atlantic Revolutions & Their Echoes - American, French, Haitian, & Latin American Revolutions
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| "Mr. Duez, is that real blood, or like, Ketchup or something?" |
Friday, January 27, 2017
Quote:
"Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not."
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) January 23, 2012
Agenda:1. DO NOW Question: What was revolutionary about the American Revolution, and what was not?
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: The Atlantic Revolutions Compared
Is revolution necessary to protect one's liberty and equality?
3. Video Documentary: History Channel's French Revolution
Questions for the French Revolution Documentary
We'll watch the first 10-15 minutes.
Quiz on Chapter 17 Monday
Tue-Wed/Thu next week we'll focus on finishing this documentary & discussing Atlantic Revolutions in comparison.
Assignments:
Read Chapter 17 - prep for quiz on Monday
Atlantic Revolutions & Their Echoes - American, French, Haitian, & Latin American Revolutions
