Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 3 - Age of Accelerating Connections, 500 - 1500
Chapter 8 & 9 - Commerce, China, East Asian Connections
WEEK AT A GLANCE:MON: Reading Check Quiz - Chapter 9; Review Quiz; China: Sui Dynasty & Grand Canal; Tang & Song Dynasties Compared
TUE: China's impact on their neighbors: Vietnam, Korea, & Japan; Visual Sources Ch 9
WED/THU: TEST CH 8 & 9: FRQ Comparative: focus - direct comparisons, evidence, & analysis
FRI: Timed Writing FRQ - Comparative Essay
FRQ #2 - COMPARATIVE ESSAY OVER CLASSICAL ERA - TIMED WRITING ON OCT. 31
Monday, Oct. 27, 2014
Quote: "He Who Knows Others Is Wise. He Who Knows Himself Is Enlightened." - Tao Te Ching
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• Explain the development of China as “superpower” among the third-wave civilizations.
• Analyze the impact of China’s deep influence on East Asia.
• Describe the ways in which interaction with other peoples had an impact on China.
• Examine modern assumptions about China and determine the root of that perception.
Essential Questions:
1. How did China influence the world beyond East Asia?
2. How was China itself transformed by its encounters with a wider world?
3. In what different ways did Korea, Vietnam, and Japan experience and respond to Chinese influence?
4. In what different ways did Japanese and Korean women experience the pressures of Confucian orthodoxy?
Agenda:
1. Reading Check Quiz Chapter 9. (Students may use their notes from Chapter 9)
2. DO NOW after quiz - In what ways did Tang and Song dynasty China resemble the classical Han dynasty period, and in what ways had China changed?
2. DO NOW after quiz - In what ways did Tang and Song dynasty China resemble the classical Han dynasty period, and in what ways had China changed?
3. Review Quiz
4. Notes, Video, & Discussion: China Part I
5. Video from Engineering an Empire: China - The building of the Grand Canal (9 minutes) Video focus on unification of China through a giant series of canals that united northern & southern regions. It is over 1,000 miles in length & it created a booming economic explosion in China.
4. Notes, Video, & Discussion: China Part I
5. Video from Engineering an Empire: China - The building of the Grand Canal (9 minutes) Video focus on unification of China through a giant series of canals that united northern & southern regions. It is over 1,000 miles in length & it created a booming economic explosion in China.
Assignments:
Test is Wed/Thu. Prepare by using the "Notes" link above. Also read Ch. 8 & 9. Use the Strayer Companion Site. Use GetaFive.com. Use Quizlet.com. Study with a trusted friend or 2. Come to tutoring. Good luck!
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Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014
Quote: "I haven’t failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” - Thomas Edison
Learning Targets:
• Explain the development of China as “superpower” among the third-wave civilizations.
• Analyze the impact of China’s deep influence on East Asia.
• Describe the ways in which interaction with other peoples had an impact on China.
• Examine modern assumptions about China and determine the root of that perception.
Essential Questions:
1. What assumptions underlay the tribute system?
2. How did the tribute system in practice differ from the ideal Chinese understanding of its operation?
4. How did the Chinese and their nomadic neighbors to the north view each other?
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014
Quote: "I haven’t failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” - Thomas Edison
Learning Targets:
• Explain the development of China as “superpower” among the third-wave civilizations.
• Analyze the impact of China’s deep influence on East Asia.
• Describe the ways in which interaction with other peoples had an impact on China.
• Examine modern assumptions about China and determine the root of that perception.
Essential Questions:
1. What assumptions underlay the tribute system?
2. How did the tribute system in practice differ from the ideal Chinese understanding of its operation?
4. How did the Chinese and their nomadic neighbors to the north view each other?
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: How did the tribute system in practice differ from the ideal Chinese understanding of its operation?
2. Notes, Discussion, Video: China & East Asian Neighbors, Part II
Coping with China: Comparing Korea, Vietnam, & Japan
2. Notes, Discussion, Video: China & East Asian Neighbors, Part II
Coping with China: Comparing Korea, Vietnam, & Japan
3. Visual Sources: Chapter 9 Asia. These are also highlighted in the notes. So be sure to look them over before the test.
FRQ #2 - COMPARATIVE ESSAY OVER CLASSICAL ERA - TIMED WRITING ON OCT. 31
FRQ #2 - COMPARATIVE ESSAY OVER CLASSICAL ERA - TIMED WRITING ON OCT. 31
Assignments:
Test is Wed/Thu. Prepare by using the "Notes" link above. Also read Ch. 8 & 9. Use the Strayer Companion Site. Use GetaFive.com. Use Quizlet.com. Study with a trusted friend or two. Come to tutoring. Good luck!
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Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014 - and - Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014
Quote: ”It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” - Aristotle
Learning Targets:
• Explain the development of China as “superpower” among the third-wave civilizations.
• Analyze the impact of China’s deep influence on East Asia.
• Describe the ways in which interaction with other peoples had an impact on China.
• Examine modern assumptions about China and determine the root of that perception.
Essential Questions:
1. How did China influence the world beyond East Asia?
2. How was China itself transformed by its encounters with a wider world?
3. In what different ways did Korea, Vietnam, and Japan experience and respond to Chinese influence?
4. In what different ways did Japanese and Korean women experience the pressures of Confucian orthodoxy?
Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014 - and - Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014
Quote: ”It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” - Aristotle
Learning Targets:
• Explain the development of China as “superpower” among the third-wave civilizations.
• Analyze the impact of China’s deep influence on East Asia.
• Describe the ways in which interaction with other peoples had an impact on China.
• Examine modern assumptions about China and determine the root of that perception.
Essential Questions:
1. How did China influence the world beyond East Asia?
2. How was China itself transformed by its encounters with a wider world?
3. In what different ways did Korea, Vietnam, and Japan experience and respond to Chinese influence?
4. In what different ways did Japanese and Korean women experience the pressures of Confucian orthodoxy?
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep for Test - Ch. 8 & 9
2. Test - Ch. 8 & 9
3. FRQ Comparison: Focus on direct comparisons, evidence, & analysis.
FRQ #2 - COMPARATIVE ESSAY OVER CLASSICAL ERA - TIMED WRITING ON OCT. 31
FRQ #2 - COMPARATIVE ESSAY OVER CLASSICAL ERA - TIMED WRITING ON OCT. 31
Assignments:
Begin reading Chapter 10 - European Christendom. Quiz is on Monday. Check the Notes tab at the top of the screen for more information that can help, including the Target Sheet.
Friday, Oct. 31, 2014
Quote: “If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.” - Milton Berle
Learning Targets:
• Explain the changes that occur in European society after the breakup of the Roman Empire
• Compare the diverse legacies of Rome in Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire
• Describe medieval European expansion and analyze the factors that led to its development
• Analyze the evolution of Europe from backward medieval Europe relative to other civilizations, and the steps by which it caught up
Essential Questions:
1. How did the histories of the Byzantine Empire and Western Europe differ during the era of third-wave civilizations?
2. What accounts for the different historical trajectories of these two expressions of Christendom?
3. In what respects did Byzantium continue the patterns of the classical Roman Empire? In what ways did it diverge from those patterns?
4. How did Eastern Orthodox Christianity differ from Roman Catholicism?
5. In what ways was the Byzantine Empire linked to a wider world?
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep for FRQ Timed Writing: Comparative Essay. Need a black pen & lined paper.
3. FRQ #2 - COMPARATIVE ESSAY OVER CLASSICAL ERA - TIMED WRITING
Assignments:
Read Chapter 10 - European Christendom. Quiz is on Monday. Check the Notes tab at the top of the screen for more information that can help, including the Target Sheet.
