Lesson Plans for Unit 3 for 2015-2016
Monday
Sep 28
Unit 2 Test
Tuesday
Sep 29
Emergence of Complex
Societies in India and
Southeast Asia
(Pages 160-170, 188-191)
HW: Review
Study Guide 14,
watch Crash
Course video on
Ashoka &
Buddhism from
9:19 until the
end. Pay
attention to
governance &
religion.
Study Guide 15
due Thursday;
Crash Course
Silk Road video
due Thursday
Mauryan & Gupta video
Lecture (Part 1 20 min, Part 2
13 min)
Wednesday
Sep 30
Thursday
Oct 1
Friday
Oct 2
Compare/Contrast 3 Classical
Empires: Roman/Han/
Mauryan-Gupta
Thesis (go over)
Perspective- Rude (groom) vs.
Rude (dad)
Athens/Rome Citizenship
feedback
Classical Empires DBQ
HW: 1) Read
through the
directions on the
accompanying
worksheet
Topics:
Maruyan Empire, Gupta Empire
Malay peoples
Focus:
Compare the emergence of these
societies and compare
collapse to Roman and Han
Empires (2.2, IV)
Compare Buddhist beliefs to
Vedic
Beliefs (2.1, II, A)
Buddhism’s change over time
(2.1, II, A)
Topics:
Impact of the Silk Road
Persian Empires (Achaemenid,
Parthian, Sassanid)
Impact of the Indian Ocean Trade
Trans-Saharan caravans
Focus: Origin factors,
technological
facilitation, exchange of ideas,
etc
(2.3, I-III)
introduction
Week 8
Monday
Oct 5
What do you know about
Islam?
Origins of Islam
(Pages 197-201)
5 Pillars of Islam
(lecture/video lecture)
Tuesday
Oct 6
Rise and Fall of the Caliphate
(Pages 201-208)
Umayyad! It’s the Abbasids!
(Generic DBQ
outline) on the
first page--and
then fill out the
second and third
page, which is
your outline for a
DBQ.
2) In your Ethel
Wood book,
read pages 140158 and do
Study Guide 16,
attached here.
Do not read the
articles or Bulliet
text for this unit.
(At the end of
Ch. 5 in the
Ethel Wood
book on page
157-158, you
should
understand all
the terms you
finished reading
about. Study
Guide 16 terms
are the most
important, but if
you are having
difficulty on
tests, you
should begin to
quiz yourself on
all the terms
HW:
Finish Origins of
Islam lecture
(video)
Study Guide 18A
(no 17) due by
Friday—for
information on
Mid-term
Begin When Asia
Was the World
Ch. 2 & 3
Topics:
Origins of Islam
Fundamentals of Islam
HW:
Depending on
how far
students got in
Topics:
Establishment of the caliphate
Rise of Umayyad
Islamic conquests (3.1, III, A)
Political fragmentation
(And the Umayyad’s set up shop
in Europe!)
Webquest
Wednesday
Oct 7
Rise and Fall of the Caliphate
(Pages 201-208)
Umayyad! It’s the Abbasids!
(And the Umayyad’s set up shop
in Europe!)
Attacks on Islam
Webquest, may
Fall of Umayaad and new
need to do
government form under
some at home
Abbasid
b/c will be due
(3.2, I, B)
Wed at end of
Spread of Trans-Eurasian Trade
class.
(3.1,1, D)
Study Guide
Different government in Muslim
18A
Spain after fall of Abbasids
WAWTW, Ch.
(3.2, I, B)
2/3
Topics:
Finish
Establishment of the caliphate
Webquest; read
Rise of Umayyad
over sample
Islamic conquests (3.1, III, A)
DBQ citation.
Webquest
Thursday
Oct 8
DBQ #1
Begin video
lectures Trade
in Asia (Silk
Rd/Indian
Ocean Maritime
trade), & Africa
& Spread of
Islam to Africa
(pp. 182-188)
Political fragmentation
Attacks on Islam
Fall of Umayaad and new
government form under
Abbasid
(3.2, I, B)
Spread of Trans-Eurasian Trade
(3.1,1, D)
Different government in Muslim
Spain after fall of Abbasids
(3.2, I, B)
Topics:
Impact of Silk Road & Indian Ocean
Trade
Persian Empires (Achaemenid,
Parthian, Sassanid)
Focus: Origins, technological
facilitation, exchange of ideas (2.3,
I-III)
Sahara trade routes
Sub-Saharan Africa
Bantu Migrations
Environmental impact of Bantu
Migrations (3.1, II, B)
New foods-bananas (3.1, IV, A)
Focus: Origin factors,
technological facilitation, exchange
of ideas, etc (2.3, I-III)
How trade routes promoted
growth of African and Asian cities
(Timbuktu, Kilwa, Melaka)
Role of innovations in spread of
trade (3.1,I,B)
Technological adaptations as a
result of environment (3.1, II, A)
Linguistic effects of migration
Friday
Oct 9
Benchmark Quiz (25 points)
Benchmark Questions for 1.1,
1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2,
3.3
Counts as Quiz Grade with AP
curve
HW: Watch
video lecture
on Trade in
Asia: Silk
Road, Indian
Ocean Maritime
System
Bring ear buds (time
permitting)
(Pages 174-182)
Ch. 9, pp. 227237 & watch
video lecture on
Videos on Trade in Eurasia &
Africa, & Early Africa
(Pages 182-188) & Spread of
Islam into Africa
Africa & Spread
of Islam into
Africa
Video lectures
on Edpuzzle
due by 11:59
pm on Oct 14th.
Optional Food
Assignment for
Speed Dating at
the (Islamic)
Golden Age
Café
Week 9
Monday
Oct 12
Fall Break
Tuesday
OCT 13
Fall Break/ Teacher Workday
In preparation
for “Speed
(3.1, II, C)
Role of innovations in spread of
trade (3.1,I,B)
Topics:
Sahara trade routes
Sub-Saharan Africa
Bantu Migrations
Environmental impact of Bantu
Migrations (3.1, II, B)
New foods-bananas (3.1, IV, A)
Focus: Origin factors,
technological
facilitation, exchange of ideas,
etc
(2.3, I-III)
How trade routes promoted
growth
African and Asian cities
(Timbuktu, Kilwa, Melaka)
Role of innovations in spread of
trade (3.1,I,B)
Technological adaptations as a
result of environment (3.1, II, A)
Linguistic effects of migration
(3.1, II, C)
Role of innovations in spread of
trade (3.1,I,B)
Wednesday
OCT 14
Thursday
OCT 15
PSAT
Due by tonight all video
uploaded on EdPuzzle.
Islamic Civilization
Speeding Dating (Scientists) at
The Golden Age Café
Bring in Optional Assignment
(Food Day for the Café!)
(Pages 208-216)
Dark Ages Video
Friday
OCT 16
Dating at the
Golden Age
Café : Islamic
Civilization,”
Readings:
Rediscovering
Arabic Science
(much will be
review),
Muslim
Agricultural
Revolution,
(helpful for
Optional Food
Assignment)
The Earth and
Its Peoples (p.
202-216)
Spread of Islam
into Africa on
Quia until Oct
18 at 11:59
HW: finish Ch. 2
& 3 in When Asia
Was the World
Begin Study
Guide
19A(Woods)
for Christian
Europe (pp.
159-174) Quia
due on 10/18 at
11:59pm
HW: Africa Map
Readings
accompanying
Study Guide 19A
Collapse of
Trans-Eurasian
Trade,
Topics:
Women and slaves in Islam
Centrist Islam
Influence of Greek and Indian
mathematics on Muslim
scholars
(3.1, III, E)
New foods-Muslim Agricultural
Revolution (3.1, IV, A)
Synthesis of Persian traditions
(3.2, I, C)
Medieval
Europe,
Readings:
Byzantium,
Medieval
Feudalism, The
F Word-The
Problem with
Feudalism, The
Earth and Its
Peoples (p.
219-227, 234237)
HW:
Byzantine
Empire on
Edpuzzle
(Handout on
website)
https://www.yo
utube.com/watc
h?v=_qK5rg1EQ
6Q
Crash Course
World History
#18:
“International
Commerce,
Snorkeling
Camels, and
Indian Ocean
Trade” (10:15
minutes)
http://www.you
tube.com/watch
?v=a6XtBLDmPA
0&list=PLBDA2E
52FB1EF80C9
on
Edpuzzle.com
Week 10
Study Guide
Islamic Civilization
Monday
OCT 19
Tuesday
OCT 20
Wednesday
OCT 21
And Open Note/Open book
Questions on Ch. 2 (“Caliphs
Caravans) & Ch. 3
(“Philosopher & Physician”) in
When Asia Was the World
Collapse of Trans-Eurasian
Trade and Medieval Europe
(Pages 219-223)
Medieval Europe
(Pages 223-227, 234-237)
& Conflict in the Holy Land
20A
Medieval
Europe,
Readings: The
Crusades,
Impacts of the
Crusades, The
Earth and Its
Peoples (p.
237-240) SG
20 Quia due
on 10/20.
HW:
Medieval Europe
Map
Crash Course
World History
#14: “The Dark
Ages….How
Dark were they
really?” (12:08)
http://www.you
tube.com/watch
?v=QV7CanyzhZ
g on
Edpuzzle.com
(due by
Wednesday
night)
HW:
Study Guide 21
& begin
Viking/Russia
lecture on
EdPuzzle. Quia
on lecture & SG
21 due Oct 22 by
11:59 pm
Topics:
Spread of Trans-Eurasian Trade
(3.1,1, D)
Emerging new state forms (3.2, I,
A)
Free peasant revolt (3.3, III, C)
Topics:
Structure of feudalism
Changes in labor: serfdom
Technology and trade
How commercial growth was
facilitated by the Hanseatic
League
(3.1,I,C)
City-state governments in Italy
(3.2, I, B)
Rise of England and France
Topics:
Structure of feudalism
Changes in labor: serfdom
Technology and trade
How commercial growth was
facilitated by the Hanseatic
League
(3.1,I,C)
City-state governments in Italy
(3.2, I, B)
Rise of England and France
Viking/Russia lecture Topics:
Vikings
Technological adaptations as a
result
of environment (3.1, II, A)
Rise of Kievan state
How trade routes promoted
growth
of Russian cities (Novgorod,
Kiev)
Thursday
OCT 22
Friday
Oct 23
Week 11
Monday
Oct 26
Tuesday
Oct 27
Trade Simulation Day Activity
For each trade route, should
have technological adaptations
as a result of the environment.
HW: Barbarians: Vikings (50
min.)
Review &
Conflict in the Holy Land
(Pages 237-240)
Unit 3 Test
Topics:
Vikings
Technological adaptations as a
result
of environment (3.1, II, A)
Rise of Kievan state
How trade routes promoted
growth
of Russian cities (Novgorod,
Kiev)
Topics:
Vikings
Technological adaptations as a
result
of environment (3.1, II, A)
Rise of Kievan state
How trade routes promoted
growth
of Russian cities (Novgorod,
Kiev)
Reasons for Crusades
Impact of Crusades
Compare accounts of Ibn al-Athir
and
Baldric of Dol