Six Glasses Screen-cast Video - Epilogue - Water

Six Glasses Reading Guide - Questions to Consider
Section I Summaries:
For each of the six beverages, and for the epilogue, write a 1⁄2 page summary of the author’s main points. Explain when, where, why and how that beverage became important and what effect it had on world history. Give specific examples of how the beverage affected history.

Section II Reading Questions:
The questions provided for this book are meant to get you thinking about history. It isn’t merely enough to read about history; you must “do” history. Answer the questions completely on a separated paper. You do not have to rewrite the question but you must answer in complete sentences.

Epilogue
1. Describe how the scientific advancements of the 19 th century brought the
history of beverages full circle.
2. Which water’s quality is more tightly controlled-tap or bottled?
3. How many people have no access to safe water today?
4. How has access to water affected international relations?

Six Glasses Screen-cast - Epilogue - Water


Notes - Six Glasses - Part II - Coffee, Tea, Coca-Cola & Water

Six Glasses Screen-cast Part 6 - Coca-Cola

Six Glasses Reading Guide - Questions to Consider
Section I Summaries:
For each of the six beverages, and for the epilogue, write a 1⁄2 page summary of the author’s main points. Explain when, where, why and how that beverage became important and what effect it had on world history. Give specific examples of how the beverage affected history.

Section II Reading Questions:
The questions provided for this book are meant to get you thinking about history. It isn’t merely enough to read about history; you must “do” history. Answer the questions completely on a separated paper. You do not have to rewrite the question but you must answer in complete sentences.

COCA-COLA
1. What was the origin of coke?
2. How was this beverage used medicinally and what were the additives?
3. What was the relationship of coke and World War II?
4. How was coke thought of by the communist during the Cold War?
5. What is meant by “globalization in a bottle”?
6. How did Coco-Cola become basically seen as an American value? How did
this help and hurt Coca-Cola (and, in some ways, America itself?)

Six Glasses Screen-Cast Part 6 - Coca-Cola


Notes - Six Glasses - Part 6 - Coca-Cola

Six Glasses Screen-cast Video Part 4 - Coffee in the Age of Reason

Six Glasses Reading Guide - Questions to Consider
Section I Summaries:
For each of the six beverages, and for the epilogue, write a 1⁄2 page summary of the author’s main points. Explain when, where, why and how that beverage became important and what effect it had on world history. Give specific examples of how the beverage affected history.

Section II Reading Questions:
The questions provided for this book are meant to get you thinking about history. It isn’t merely enough to read about history; you must “do” history. Answer the questions completely on a separated paper. You do not have to rewrite the question but you must answer in complete sentences.

COFFEE
1. Who did Europeans get coffee from and how did it spread to Europe?
2. Why was it so important to Europe’s development that many people’s beverage of choice switched from alcohol to coffee?
3. Describe coffee’s effect on the global balance of power (in terms of commerce).
4. How did coffee play a pivotal role in the scientific revolution? (give lots of detail)
5. How did coffee play a pivotal role in the ‘financial revolution’?
6. How did coffee play a pivotal role in the French Revolution? (give lots of detail and go into the Enlightenment)

Six Glasses Screen-cast Video Part 4 - Coffee in the Age of Reason

Notes - 6 Glasses - Part II - Coffee, Tea, Coca-Cola, & Water

Six Glasses Screen-cast Video Part 3 - Spirits in the Colonial Period

Six Glasses Reading Guide - Questions to Consider
Section I Summaries:
For each of the six beverages, and for the epilogue, write a 1⁄2 page summary of the author’s main points. Explain when, where, why and how that beverage became important and what effect it had on world history. Give specific examples of how the beverage affected history.

Section II Reading Questions:
The questions provided for this book are meant to get you thinking about history. It isn’t merely enough to read about history; you must “do” history. Answer the questions completely on a separated paper. You do not have to rewrite the question but you must answer in complete sentences.

SPIRITS
1. What is the origin of distilled spirits?
2. What is the connection between spirits and colonization?
3. How was the production of spirits connected to slavery?
4. What role did spirits play on the high seas?
5. In the 18th century, how did spirits help Britain have a more superior navy than France?
6. Why were spirits an important staple in Colonial America?
7. How did rum play a role in the American Revolution?
8. What were the negative effects/uses of spirits? (Use entire chapter to answer this)

WHAP 6 Glasses Summer Reading Spirits In The Colonial Period


Are Spirits Real? Derren Brown - The Science of Scams

WHAP-NOTES-6-GLASSES-PART-1-BEER-WINE-SPIRITS

Six Glasses Screen-cast Video Part 2 - Wine in Ancient Greece and The Roman Empire

Six Glasses Reading Guide - Questions to Consider
Section I Summaries:
For each of the six beverages, and for the epilogue, write a 1⁄2 page summary of the author’s main points. Explain when, where, why and how that beverage became important and what effect it had on world history. Give specific examples of how the beverage affected history.

Section II Reading Questions:
The questions provided for this book are meant to get you thinking about history. It isn’t merely enough to read about history; you must “do” history. Answer the questions completely on a separated paper. You do not have to rewrite the question but you must answer in complete sentences.

WINE
1. How did the use of wine differ from that of beer in ancient Greece and Rome?
2. How was wine used by the Greeks?
3. How and why did wine develop into a form of a status symbol in Greece?
4. How was wine consumed? What does this tell us about the ancient Greek culture?
5. How did the use of wine in Roman culture differ from that of ancient Greece?
6. What is the relationship between wine and empire, medicine, and religion.

Six Glasses Screen-cast Video Part 2 - Wine

WHAP-NOTES-6-GLASSES-PART-1-BEER-WINE-SPIRITS

Video Lecture 2 - "Big History"

Continuing the Video Lecture series for the summer, this is following the WHAP - 1 Introduction video. This set of two videos is about the topic of "Big History" - which historians use to talk about the "History of Everything." Seems quite "BIG" - doesn't it? [Previous was connected to his lecture as well]

Link to the Google Docs Presentation for Big History

Direct link to YouTube and WHAP 2A Introduction to World History - Big History, Part I


Direct link to YouTube and WHAP 2B Introduction to World History - Big History, Part II

Link to the Google Docs Presentation for Big History

Video Introduction: WHAP 1 Course Information

This is a video that may help you understand the nature of the course and how World History AP is organized.

Please feel free to send me an email if you have any questions: david.duez@gmail.com

The next few videos will focus exclusively on the summer reading: A History of the World in Six Glasses.