WORLD HISTORY SEMINAR –Calendar
AUGUST 2015
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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UNIT I – “Do the cultural benefits of a sedentary lifestyle outweigh the costs?”
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Intro to class
Types of sources
Agricultural Revolution
Intro to Seminar procedures & Essay planning
[HW: HL, pp.2-23 skip pages Historical Writing
8 Characteristics of a
practice
Unit I Essay –DUE
10-17]
[HW: “The Birth of Religion”] Civilization
Mini-Seminar – Agricultural [HW: HL pp. 60-80]
–Seminar questions
[HW: Diamond, “The Worst Revolution
Mistake”] – Seminar questions
SEPTEMBER 2015
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
UNIT II – “How does geography affect cultural institutions?”
[Aug 30]
[Aug 31]
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Paleolithic PERSIA chart
Note-taking
[HW: HL, pp. 60-80]
Ancient Egypt DBQ – “Gift of Nubia Webquest
the Nile?”
[HW: HL, pp. 32-38]
[HW: HL, pp. 81-85]
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Nubia Quiz
Egypt & Nubia comparison
[HW: review HL, pp. 32-38]
Sumerian Civilization DBQ
UNIT II
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[HW: HL, pp. 45-49]
UNIT III
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NO SCHOOL
Epic of Gilgamesh analysis
Comparison w/Biblical
narratives
[HW: HL, pp. 39-44, 50-55]
Document Analysis - Imperial Peer review of essay outlines
Systems in Mesopotamia
Unit II Essay
[HW: prep for Unit II essay]
[HW: HL, pp. 93-97]
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UNIT III – “How do cultural factors, especially political and social systems, affect state stability?”
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Hinduism & Buddhism
comparison
[HW: HL, pp. 233-241]
Caste System
Ancient China
[HW: HL, pp. 108-113]
Chinese Thought Brochure
[HW: HL, pp. 223-232]
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Indus Valley webquest
Unit II Essay –DUE
[HW: HL, pp. 98-107]
UNIT IV
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Mauryan and Gupta Empires
Greece Webquest – City-states
comparison, Minoans and
Myceneans
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{Early Release Day}
UNIT IV – How do internal and external factors contribute to the rise and fall of empires?
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Athens/Sparta DBQ
[HW: prep for seminar]
Seminar – Cultural factors
Athens/Sparta DBQ due at the and state stability
end of class to turn in box
[HW: HL, pp. 127-132]
[HW: Prep for seminar]
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Greek Achievements
[HW: HL, pp. 134 – 140]
Persian Wars
Peloponnesian Wars
[HW: HL, pp. 140-141, PW
article]
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UNIT IV – “How do internal and external factors contribute to the rise and fall of empires?”
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Alexander the Great DVD
Romulus and Remus
Rape of Lucretia
[HW: HL, pp. 142-148, 150155]
Punic Wars – Gain/Loss
Gracchi Brothers
Greek Quiz
[HW: HL, pp. 163-169, Livy
1.4 – 1.10, 1.57 – 1.60]
Roman Republic
What the Roman’s know DVD
[HW: HL, pp. 171-176]
{Early Release Day}
[OCT 1]
[OCT 2]
[OCT 3]
OCTOBER 2015
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
UNIT IV – “How do internal and external factors contribute to the rise and fall of empires?”
[SEPT 27]
[SEPT 28]
[SEPT 29]
[SEPT 30]
UNIT IV
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2
Rome’s shift to empire
[HW: HL, pp. 177-187]
Imperial Roman Culture;
Christianity
[HW: start prepping for Unit
IV essay, catch up on reading]
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UNIT V
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The Barbarians, Webquest
[HW: HL, pp. 188-191]
[HW: prep for seminar]
WSFCS 6 week benchmark
Seminar – Do internal or
external factors contribute
more to the rise and fall of
empires?
*Outline essay
Byzantine Empire Videos
Byzantine Empire PPT
[HW: HL, pp. 257-274]
Unit IV Essay –DUE
Intro to Middle Ages
Medieval Era video/PPT
[HW: HL, pp. 361-365, 373376]
Fall of the Roman Empire
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UNIT V- “To what extent do changes in political systems affect culture at large?”
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Pwr of Church (392-395)
Pwr structure/readings
Middle – crusades PPT
[HW: HL, pp. 378-386,
pp. 347-360]
Conflicts (419-423)
Black Death
[HW: HL, pp. 387-391, 403418]
Islam – Beliefs & Practices,
rise of Islamic dynasties
[HW: HL, pp. 309-315]
Mongol DBI
Chinese Golden Age
[HW: HL, pp. 322-333]
DBQ
[HW: HL, pp. 316-321]
UNIT V
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{Early Release Day}
UNIT VI – “How do power dynamics affect cross-cultural encounters?”
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African Kingdom GO pages
Unit V Essay – To what
extent do changes in political 295-301
systems affect culture at
large?
[HW: Mali]
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Trading States of East Africa
Zimbabwe
[HW: Zimbabwe]
African Kingdom DBQ
Maya, Aztec, Inca Comparison
PERSIA
24
[HW: HL, pp. 199-215]
UNIT VI – “How do power dynamics affect cross-cultural encounters?”
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NO SCHOOL
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Ancient America DBQ
God, Gold, Glory
Explorers
Transatlantic slave trade
reading
[HW: Slave Narrative, HL, pp
488-491]
The Columbian Exchange;
Nunn & Qian article
[HW: finish article; HL, pp.
476-485] 2
[HW: HL, pp. 437-448]
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NOVEMBER 2015
Sunday
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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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Columbian Exchange
DBQ
The Renaissance
The Reformation
[HW: HL, pp. 469-475]
Unit VI Seminar – “How do Unit VI Essay
power dynamics affect cross- [HW: HL, pp. 535-544]
cultural encounters?”
[HW: Reformation RAFT]
[HW: Catch up on
reading; seminar
questions]
Reading Quiz
[HW: HL, pp. 449-460 with
worksheet]
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Saturday
7
UNIT VI – “How do power dynamics affect cross-cultural encounters?”
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Absolutism
English Civil War
NO SCHOOL
[HW: HL, pp. 545-557]
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1450-1800 Quiz
Scientific Revolution
[HW: HL, pp. 574-579 and
Anatomy of a Revolution
article]
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the Enlightenment
[HW: HL, pp. 580-585]
UNIT VII – “Which cultural factors play the biggest part in causing revolutions?”
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American Revolution
French Revolution
[HW: HL, pp. 593-607]
Anatomy of a Revolution DBI
[HW: HL, pp. 608-619 turn in
seminar questions tomorrow]
Napoleon
Russian Revolution
Catch up/Reading Day
Unit VII Seminar – “Which
cultural factors play the
biggest part in causing
revolutions?”
[HW: HL, pp. 640-651]
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UNIT VII – “Which cultural factors play the biggest part in causing revolutions?”
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Industrial Revolution DBQ
[HW: HL, pp. 713-727, prep
for essay]
UNIT VII
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Unit VII Essay
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NO SCHOOL
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NO SCHOOL
27
NO SCHOOL
28
[HW: HL, pp. 741-753]
UNIT VIII – “How do ideologies and cultural systems cause conflict?”
30
Unification of Germany
and Italy Timeline –
Comparison
[HW: HL, pp. 779-788 and
Berlin Conference]
[DEC 1]
[DEC 2]
[DEC 3]
[DEC 4]
[DEC 5]
DECEMBER 2015
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
UNIT VIII – “How do ideologies and cultural systems cause conflict?”
[NOV 29]
[NOV 30]
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Imperialism readings and
First World War
video
European Colonization chart [HW: HL, pp. 794-799, 807[HW: Causes of WWI chart 811]
and reading]
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Treaty of Versailles
Cause and effects of
reading
WWI on WWII DBQ
Treaty and depression GO [HW: HL, pp. 818-827]
Rise of dictators reading
and chart
[HW: HL, pp. 807-811]
UNIT VIII – “How do ideologies and cultural systems cause conflict?”
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Second World War
Atomic bomb mini-Q
[HW: Korea reunification
readings and 3 seminar
questions]
Origins of the Cold War
Smith/Marx comparison
[HW: HL, pp. 854-863]
the Cold War – DBI and
RAFT
[HW: HL, pp. 876-887]
Communist China
Should Korea be
[HW: HL, pp. 937-947]
reunified seminar –
summer fellows lesson
plan
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HW: HL, pp. 909-919]
UNIT VIII
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Postcolonial Africa
[HW: HL, pp. 925-929
Indian Independence
Global Independence DBQ
[HW: Seminar Questions]
Globalization Gallery Walk
The World Is flat
[HW: HL, pp. 949-959]
Religious Tensions
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REVIEW
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NO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL
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NO SCHOOL
REVIEW
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[NO SCHOOL]
NO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL
[JAN 1]
NO SCHOOL
[JAN 2]
JANUARY 2016
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
REVIEW
[DEC 27]
[DEC 28]
[DEC 29]
[DEC 30]
[DEC 31]
NO SCHOOL
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2
NO SCHOOL
REVIEW
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5
Review/practice CR questions REVIEW
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Final Exams
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Final Exams
9
Seminar
UNIT VIII – “How do
ideologies and cultural
systems cause conflict?”
ABC Review
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Exams (you are
done)
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Exams (you are
done)
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Exams (you are
done)
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Exams (you are
done)
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END OF 1ST
SEMESTER
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