Notes: How To WHAP The DBQ
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| Lego of your fears! |
Notes - Unit 2 - CH 7 - Classical Era Variations - Change
YouTube - Unit 2 - CH 7 - Classical Era Variations - Change
Notes - Unit 2 - CH 7 - Classical Era Variations - Change
Notes - Unit 2 - CH 7 - Classical Era Variations - Change
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| Mansa Musa, King of King of the Mali Empire in West Africa: AKA: Emir of Melle, Lord of the Mines of Wangara, and Conqueror of Ghanata, Futa-Jallon |
Notes - CH 7 - Classical Era Variations - Isolation
YouTube - CH 7 - Classical Era Variations - Isolation
Notes - CH 7 - Classical Era Variations - Isolation
Notes - CH 7 - Classical Era Variations - Isolation
Notes: Unit 2 - CH 7 - Classical Era Variations - Comparison
YouTube - Notes Unit 2 - CH 7 - Classical Era Variations - Comparing Africa/Americas with Eurasia
Notes: Unit 2 - CH 7 - Classical Era Variations - Comparing the histories of Africa and the Americas to Eurasia during the Classical Era
Notes: Unit 2 - CH 7 - Classical Era Variations - Comparing the histories of Africa and the Americas to Eurasia during the Classical Era
Chapter 7 - Cultural Era Variations - Target Sheet
Unit 2 - Classical Era - Chapter 7 - Classical Era Variations - Target Sheet
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| Remember when the world ended in 2012? Those were the days! |
Week of Oct 7 - Oct 11, 2013
Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 2 - Eurasian Cultural Traditions, 500 BCE - 500 CE, Classical Era
Chapters 4, 5, & 6 - Eurasian Empires, Cultural Traditions, & Social Inequality
WEEK AT A GLANCE:MON - Reading Check Quiz - Chapter 6; Review Quiz & 4, 5, 6 so far.
TUE - Review Unit 2 - Game, Group Discussion, and Q/A
WED/THU - TEST Unit 2 (Chapters 4, 5, 6); How to Write the DBQ Instructions
FRI - DBQ Posters over Roman/Barbarian Question
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| Eagle Strong. |
Monday, Oct 7, 2013
Quote: “Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.” – Susan Gale
Learning Targets:
★ Analyze social structures in classical Eurasia
★ Compare the causes of differences in social structures in different civilizations
★ Describe the nature of classical patriarchy and its variations
Essential Questions:
1. “Social inequality was both accepted and resisted in classical civilizations.” What evidence might support this statement?
2. How would you describe the social hierarchy of classical China?
3. What class conflicts disrupted Chinese society?
4. What set of ideas underlies India’s caste-based society?
5. What is the difference between varna and jati as expressions of classical India’s caste system?
6. How did India’s caste system differ from China’s class system?
7. How did Greco-Roman slavery differ from that of other classical civilizations?
8. In what ways did the expression of Chinese patriarchy change over time, and why did it change?
9. How did the patriarchies of Athens and Sparta differ from each other?
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep notes for Reading Check Quiz - Chapter 6 Eurasian Social Inequalities.
2. QUIZ Chapter 6 - Reading Check, you may use your hand written notes.
3. Review Quiz and 4, 5, 6 so far.
Assignments:
Test for Unit 2 is Wed/Thu, Oct 9/10
Check the notes, YouTube lectures, and work on the Target Sheets to prepare.
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| Inspiration Point. |
Tuesday, Oct 8, 2013
Quote: “Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.” - Mary Anne Radmacher
Learning Targets:
★ Analyze social structures in classical Eurasia
★ Compare the causes of differences in social structures in different civilizations
★ Describe the nature of classical patriarchy and its variations
Essential Questions:
1. “Social inequality was both accepted and resisted in classical civilizations.” What evidence might support this statement?
2. How would you describe the social hierarchy of classical China?
3. What class conflicts disrupted Chinese society?
4. What set of ideas underlies India’s caste-based society?
5. What is the difference between varna and jati as expressions of classical India’s caste system?
6. How did India’s caste system differ from China’s class system?
7. How did Greco-Roman slavery differ from that of other classical civilizations?
8. In what ways did the expression of Chinese patriarchy change over time, and why did it change?
9. How did the patriarchies of Athens and Sparta differ from each other?
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: “Social inequality was both accepted and resisted in classical civilizations.” What evidence might support this statement?
2. Review Chapter 6 and all of Unit 2.
3. Cooperative Review - If time, student table groups - question and discussion over Unit 2.
Assignments:
Test for Unit 2 is NEXT CLASS -- Wed/Thu, Oct 9/10
Check the notes, YouTube lectures, and work on the Target Sheets to prepare.
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| In-VENN-cible |
Wednesday, Oct 9, 2013 and Thursday, Oct 10, 2013
Quote: “You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Learning Targets:
All Objectives for Unit 2 - for Test
Also, Students will know what is expected of them on the AP Test FRQ - Document Based Question.
Thesis, Supporting evidence, Grouping Documents, Document Analysis with context/point of view will be emphasized.
Essential Questions:
All Essential Questions from Unit 2 - for Test.
Why do we write the DBQ - Document Based Question?
How do you determine the Point of View.
What ways should documents be grouped in order to mention all of them, yet write a concise essay with a thesis statement that answers the prompt.
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep for test. Sharpened pencils and prepared mind.
2. TEST - UNIT 2 - Chapters 4, 5, 6
3. DBQ Packet: Pick up DBQ Packet and read over it after you finish the test.
4. Notes & Discussion: How to WHAP the DBQ
Assignments:
Quiz next Tuesday, Oct. 15 CH 7;
Timed Writing DBQ on Friday, Oct. 18.
Check the notes, YouTube lectures, and work on the Target Sheets to prepare.
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| Explore. |
Friday, Oct 11, 2013
Quote: "Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant." - Robert Louis Stevenson
Learning Targets:
Students will know what is expected of them on the AP Test FRQ - Document Based Question.
Thesis, Supporting evidence, Grouping Documents, Document Analysis with context/point of view will be emphasized.
Essential Questions:
Why do we write the DBQ - Document Based Question?
How do you determine the Point of View.
What ways should documents be grouped in order to mention all of them, yet write a concise essay with a thesis statement that answers the prompt.
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prepare your DBQ packet for use today in groups.
2. DBQ Posters: Students will work in groups to create quick posters to represent
3. Present Posters - Silent Gallery Walk.
Assignments:
Quiz next Tuesday, Oct. 15 CH 7;
Timed Writing DBQ on Friday, Oct. 18.
Check the notes, YouTube lectures, and work on the Target Sheets to prepare.
Notes: Unit 2 - CH 5 - Religion - A Double Edged Sword?
YouTube: Unit 2 - CH 5 - Religion - A Double Edged Sword?
Notes: Unit 2 - CH 5 - Religion - A Double Edged Sword?
Notes: Unit 2 - CH 5 - Religion - A Double Edged Sword?
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| The Christian Martyr - Perpetua in the arena in Carthage, North Africa. |
Notes: CH 5 - All regions are fundamentally alike?
Unit 2 - Classical Era, Eurasian Empires - Ch 5 - Eurasian Cultural Traditions
YouTube: Notes: Ch 5 - Big Picture Question 1 - Religions are Fundamentally Alike?
Notes: Ch 5 - Big Picture Question 1 - Religions are Fundamentally Alike?
YouTube: Notes: Ch 5 - Big Picture Question 1 - Religions are Fundamentally Alike?
Notes: Ch 5 - Big Picture Question 1 - Religions are Fundamentally Alike?
Targets - Unit 2 - Classical Era - Chapter 5 - Eurasian Cultural Traditions
Targets - Unit 2 - Classical Era - Chapter 5 - Eurasian Cultural Traditions
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| Zoroastrianism: Persian monotheistic religion founded by the prophet Zarathustra. (pron. zor-ohAST-ree-an-ism) |
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| Socrates: The first great Greek philosopher to turn rationalism toward questions of human existence |
Notes - Unit 2 - Eurasian Empires - Athens & Sparta Compared
YouTube Lecture - Unit 2 - Eurasian Empires - Athens & Sparta Compared
Notes - Unit 2 - Eurasian Empires - Athens & Sparta Compared
Notes - Unit 2 - Eurasian Empires - Athens & Sparta Compared
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| "We have the technology, we can rebuild them." - $6 Million Dollar Greeks |
Notes: Unit 2 - Eurasian Empires - Greece & Persia
YouTube Lecture - Notes: Unit 2 - Eurasian Empires - Greece & Persia
Notes: Unit 2 - Eurasian Empires - Greece & Persia
Notes: Unit 2 - Eurasian Empires - Greece & Persia
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| Battle of Marathon - Greeks vs. Persia - Decisive Greek victory. Persian forces driven from Greece for 10 years. |
How to "WHAP" the Comparative FRQ
Notes: How to WHAP the Comparative FRQ
I'll post a YouTube video on this tomorrow night.
I'll post a YouTube video on this tomorrow night.
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| Yeah, it's like that with take home FRQ essays, too! |
Agenda: Week of Sep 16 - Sep 20, 2013
Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 1 - First Humans, Farmers, & Civilizations
& Unit 2 - Eurasian Empires, 500 BCE - 500 CE
WEEK AT A GLANCE:& Unit 2 - Eurasian Empires, 500 BCE - 500 CE
MON: Reading Check Quiz Chapter 3; Work with documents from Unit 1
TUE: How to write the FRQ; Comparing... Paleolithic & Neolithic; Mesopotamia & Egypt; San & Chumash; Early China & Early India; Quick Review terms for Test
WED/THU: TEST UNIT 1; Introduce Unit 2; Present Rock Art Projects
FRI: FRQ is due in class already written (black ink, hand written)
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| Yeah, it's kinda like that. |
Monday, Sep 16, 2013
Quote: "I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival." - Kurt Vonnegut
Learning Targets:
★To establish the relationship between the First Civilizations and the Agricultural Revolution
★To contrast civilizations with other forms of human communities
★To explore when, where, and how the First Civilizations arose in human history
★To explore how the emergence of civilizations transformed how humans lived and how their societies were structured
★To show the various ways in which civilizations differed from one another
★To explore the outcomes of the emergence of civilizations, both positive and negative, for humankind
Essential Questions:
1. What distinguished civilizations from other forms of human community?
2. How does the use of the term “civilization” by historians differ from that of popular usage? How do you use the term?
3. “Civilizations were held together largely by force.” Do you agree with this assessment, or were there other mechanisms of integration as well?
4. In the development of the First Civilizations, what was gained for humankind, and what was lost?
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Pick up document packet from front. This will be due right after the quiz. Prep for Reading Check Quiz Chapter 3. Remember to have your hand written notes (especially the terms and definitions from the Target Sheet).
2. READING CHECK QUIZ - Chapter 3 - First Civilizations
3. Analyze documents from Unit 1. Due at the end of the period.
Assignment:
Unit 1 FRQ is due on Friday.
Begin to study the notes, YouTube lectures, Target Sheets, and information at this link for Unit 1. Test over Unit 1 is Wed/Thu.
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| And they will probably last a little longer... |
Tuesday, Sep 17, 2013
Quote: "No matter how closely you examine the water, glucose, and electrolyte salts in the human brain, you can't find the point where these molecules became conscious." - Deepak Chopra
Learning Targets:
★To establish the relationship between the First Civilizations and the Agricultural Revolution
★To contrast civilizations with other forms of human communities
★To explore when, where, and how the First Civilizations arose in human history
★To explore how the emergence of civilizations transformed how humans lived and how their societies were structured
★To show the various ways in which civilizations differed from one another
★To explore the outcomes of the emergence of civilizations, both positive and negative, for humankind
Essential Questions:
1. What distinguished civilizations from other forms of human community?
2. How does the use of the term “civilization” by historians differ from that of popular usage? How do you use the term?
3. “Civilizations were held together largely by force.” Do you agree with this assessment, or were there other mechanisms of integration as well?
4. In the development of the First Civilizations, what was gained for humankind, and what was lost?
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: In what ways did Egypt and Mesopotamia differ from one another? (Also: How were the Indian and Chinese river valley civilizations similar/different?)
2. Notes & Discussion: How to write the Comparative FRQ.
Assignment:
Unit 1 FRQ is due on Friday.
Begin to study the notes, YouTube lectures, Target Sheets, and information at this link for Unit 1. Test over Unit 1 is Wed/Thu.
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| Eurasian Empires is the topic of Chapter 4. "Use the force, young ones." |
Wednesday, Sep 18, 2013 & Thursday, Sep 19, 2013
Quote: "Everything we do, every thought we've ever had, is produced by the human brain. But exactly how it operates remains one of the biggest unsolved mysteries, and it seems the more we probe its secrets, the more surprises we find." - Neil deGrasse Tyson
★To establish the relationship between the First Civilizations and the Agricultural Revolution
★To contrast civilizations with other forms of human communities
★To explore when, where, and how the First Civilizations arose in human history
★To explore how the emergence of civilizations transformed how humans lived and how their societies were structured
★To show the various ways in which civilizations differed from one another
★To explore the outcomes of the emergence of civilizations, both positive and negative, for humankind
Essential Questions:
1. What distinguished civilizations from other forms of human community?
2. How does the use of the term “civilization” by historians differ from that of popular usage? How do you use the term?
3. “Civilizations were held together largely by force.” Do you agree with this assessment, or were there other mechanisms of integration as well?
4. In the development of the First Civilizations, what was gained for humankind, and what was lost?
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep for Unit 1 TEST. You will have 1/2 the period for the test. No extra time.
2. Document Study Chapter 4: After the test, pick up the Chapter 4 Documents, read & annotate.
3. Introduction to Unit 2 & Chapter 4 - Eurasian Empire. What is Empire?
4. Unit 1 FRQ: Discuss any questions that students may have regarding the FRQ due on Friday over Unit 1.
Assignment:
Unit 1 FRQ is due on Friday.
Begin to study the notes, YouTube lectures, Target Sheets, and information at this link for Unit 1. Quiz over Chapter 4 is Monday.
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| "Occupy Dock Bay" - The Stormtroopers unionize. There goes the empire! |
Friday, Sep 20, 2013
Quote: "Science is nothing but perception." - Plato
Learning Targets:
★ Define the characteristics of imperial systems in the classical era and analyze why empires developed in some regions but not in others.
★ Compare the important similarities and differences between imperial systems and the reasons behind them
★ Explain the significance that classical empires have for us today, such as, representative government, military power, etc.
★ Evaluate the “greatness” of the Roman Empire and China’s Han Dynasty and determine if their destructive and oppressive features outweighed their impressive advances.
Essential Questions:
1. What common features can you identify in the empires described in this chapter?
2. In what ways did these empires differ from one another? What accounts for those differences?
3. Are you more impressed with the “greatness” of empires or with their destructive and oppressive features? Why?
4. Do you think that the classical empires hold “lessons” for the present, or are contemporary circumstances sufficiently unique as to render the distant past irrelevant?
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prepare your FRQ to be handed to Mr. Duez. Unit 1 FRQ
2. Chapter 4 Documents: Cooperative teams - discuss the Chapter 4 documents.
3. Crash Course World History #4 - Persians & Greeks
Assignment:
Begin to study the notes, YouTube lectures, Target Sheets, and information at this link for Unit 1. Quiz over Chapter 4 is Monday.
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