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- 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;
THU- LEQ Timed Writing: Prompts for the LEQ Comparative Flip on Thu. Jan. 18th
FRI- Scientific Revolution/Enlightenment: "A New Way of Thinking: The Birth of Modern Science"
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Assignments:
Quiz Chapter 16 - Science & Religion next Monday
TEST Unit 4 (CH 14, 15, 16): Next Week on Wed
LEQ Comparative Essay Prompts:
After the Test for Unit 4 - we'll flip a coin between one of these two questions...
Monday Jan. 14, 2018 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 15, 2018
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 next Monday
TEST Unit 4 (CH 14, 15, 16): Next Week on Wed
LEQ Comparative Essay Prompts
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| Luther, word! Indulgences, yo! |
Wednesday, January 16, 2018
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: Trading systems questions - examples of Multiple Choice prompts.
2. 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?
3. Notes, Video, Discussion: Introduction to Chapter 16 - Science & Religion
Protestant Reformation
Quiz Chapter 16 - Science & Religion next Monday
TEST Unit 4 (CH 14, 15, 16): Next Week on Wed
LEQ Comparative Essay Prompts
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Thursday, January 18, 2018
Quote: "When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It works because it settles the question for you, but because in that brief moment when the coin is in the air, you suddenly know what you are hoping for." - Unknown
Agenda:
1. LEQ Flip Comparative
LEQ Comparative Essay Prompts:
After the Test for Unit 4 - we'll flip a coin between one of these two questions...
Prompts for the LEQ Comparative Flip on Thu. Jan. 18th
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| Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and science communicator. |
Friday, January 19, 2018
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 next Monday
TEST Unit 4 (CH 14, 15, 16): Next Week on Wed