UNIT
1: Foundations of Civilization and Formation of Global Cultures (12,000 B.C.E. to 1100 C.E.); Chapters 1 & 2
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| 8/16 | 17 | 18
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| Think about "What is the greatest invention in human history?" | "How
to people live together successfully?"
| Read 4-7 (through Animal Domestication); start guide2 (optional); watch video2 (optional); "Why do people farm?" | |||||||
| 23 Life in Catal Huyuk (optional reading); The Ascent of Woman: Ep.1 (4:12-9:12) (optional reading on possible origins of gender inequality); Stilt Village, Cambodia (2019); What's Your Sign?; watch start of video2
| 24 | 25 Watch video3 & discuss Diffusion; Dawn of Urbanization
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| Read
7-9; finish guide2; start guide3 (always optional); "Why do people move, and why do people settle?" | Read
9-12; finish guide3; watch video3 (optional); "Why do cities form?" | Read 12-14; start guide4; "What does it mean to be "civilized"?
| Read
14-16; finish
guide4; watch video4;"What
were the positive characteristics of the First Civilizations?" | Read
Ch 2: 25-28; guide5; watch video6; "How did Ancient Persia and Greece contrast politically and culturally?"; Due: Guides 2-4; Ch1 Study Guide (optional; by Sun 8/29 @ 11:59PM via Canvas) | |||||
| 30 Early Classical Era; Collision of Persia and Greece; start video6; Debate Preparation | 31 Greece and Western Culture; finish video5; Allegory of the Cave | 9/1 Checkpoint (G5); Debate Preparation | 2 Ancient Rome; Phoenicia; video6; Debate Preparation | 3 Debate: Athens vs. Sparta | |||||
| Read 28-30; finish guide5; watch video5; "How did Greece become the foundation of Western Culture?" | Prepare
for Checkpoint | Read
30-31; start guide6; "How do powerful states maintain their authority over their multicultural societies?" | Prepare for Debate | Read 31-34; finish guide6; "How did Imperial China dominate East Asia?" | | ||||
| 6 No School: Labor Day | 7 No School: Rosh Hashanah | 8 Imperial China; watch video7 | 9 Diffusion of Major Faiths: Hinduism & Buddhism; watch video8 | 10 9/11 Remembrance; CNN Remembers | |||||
| Read
34-37; guide7; "How did Hinduism and Buddhism diffuse from their hearths?" | Read News on 9/11 | Read 37-40; guide8; "How did the Judaeo-Christian tradition become instrumental in Western culture?" | |||||||
| 13 Checkpoint (G7); Judaism; Christianity; Foundation of the Judaeo-Christian Tradition | 14 The Collapse of Empires; Byzantium | 15 The Birth of Islam | 16 No School: Yom Kippur | 17 Timeline; SBQ Practice | |||||
| Read 40-42; finish guide8; "Why do empires fall?" | Read 42-44; start guide9; "How did the spread of Islam challenge Christendom?" | | Read 44-46; guide9; "How did Europe and the Americas fare in the Post-Classical Era?"; study for Test; Optional Assignments Due Monday (upload on Canvas by 11:59PM) | ||||||
| 20 Europe and the Americas on the Margins; watch video9; Test Review | 21 Unit 1 Test: Formation of Global Cultures; Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs) & Stimulus-Based Questions (SBQs) | 22 The Magic of Markets (Trading Game) | 23 Networks of Exchange; Fundamental Motivations of Trade | 24 DBQ Practice; go over APPS | |||||
| Study for Test; Optional Assignments Due Monday (upload on Canvas by 11:59PM) | Read Ch 3: 49-50; guide1; Networks of Exchange; Fundamental Motivations of Trade | Read 50-53; finish guide1 |