UNIT 2:  Rise of the Western World  (Chapter 2)

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Have read Chapter 2 (Rise of the Western World, pp. 21-23) (up through "From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance") & have watched video (1); How is it that Europe found itself in a position to dominate the New World? (ETC: 35 mins)

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Fantasy Geopolitics; look over maps - North America & Canada (blank)

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Note Check: All About Maps (open notes); watch The Astrolabe (TED Talks); Gifts of the Silk Road, Impact of Printing; The Renaissance

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Introduction to Naviance

Be sure to bring fully charged laptops

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9-11 Remembrance

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No School: Labor Day

Watch Silk Road (TED Talks) (do NOT take notes)

Read Chapter 2 (Rise of the Western World, pp. 23-26) (up through Mercantilism - The Great Motivator); watch video (2); How did the diffusion of goods & technology motivate the Europeans to explore? (ETC: 35 mins)

Read Chapter 2 (Rise of the Western World, pp. 26-27) (up through Portugal and the Five Themes of Geography); watch video (3); Why did Portugal begin the Age of Discovery? (ETC: 30 mins)

Begin watching Guns, Germs & Steel: Conquest (guide) (up to 22:35); look at current events (focus on stories concerning 9/11)

Watch Guns, Germs & Steel: Conquest (guide) (up to 42:00)

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No School:
Rosh Hashana

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Advanced Technology and Mercantilism
; finish watching Guns, Germs & Steel: Conquest; go over Unit 1 Test

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Map Quiz - North America & Canada (blank); The Iberian Impulse (& 5 Themes of Geography); Age of
Discovery; Dawn of Globalization

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Due: answers to Guns, Germs & Steel: Conquest (guide); Conquest of the Americas; Spanish America; Columbian Exchange; Writing Workshop (submit Essay Outline)

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No Class: Freshmen Trip

Happy New Year!

Read Chapter 2 (Rise of the Western World, pp. 27-30) (up though Portugal - The First Global Empire); watch video (4); How did Portugal begin the Age of Discovery, and why didn't they dominate the New World? (ETC: 30 mins); review maps

Read Chapter 2 (Rise of the Western World, pp. 30-31) (Conquest of the Americas); watch video (5); How and why did the Europeans conquer the Americas? (ETC: 30 mins)

Score 2 outlines on Schoology (rubric on Schoology); finish reading Chapter 2 (Rise of the Western World, pp. 31-33); watch video (6); How and why did the Europeans transform the Americas? (ETC: 35 mins)

Read Chapter 3 (The Great Divergence, pp. 35-36); watch video (1) (up though the Rising Tide of Rebellion); What is a nation-state? (ETC: 35 mins); watch Mankind; (optional assignment)

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Due: Extra Vocab (extra credit) & answers to Mankind (optional assignment); Elements of the State; Origins of the Protestant Reformation

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Half Day: Yom Kippur

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No School: Yom Kippur

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The Five Themes of Geography via Germany; The Protestant Reformation

Bring earbuds

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The Catholic Counterreformation; The Thirty Years' War & It's Global Impact; review for test

Read Chapter 3 (The Great Divergence, pp. 36-38); watch video (2) (up through Germany and the Five Themes of Geography); How did the Catholic Curch lose its position in Europe at the expense of nation-states? (ETC: 35 mins)

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No assignment Read Chapter 3 (The Great Divergence, pp. 39-43); video (3); How did Europe transcend into a system of independent states? (ETC: 40 mins) Study for Test

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