AP World History (8/26)
• Do Now: Yali’s story
• A local politician from New
Guinea (Yali) walks along the
beach with an American
researching birds on his island.
Yali is an inquisitive and
intelligent man, and asks the
researcher many questions. But
there is one question the
researcher struggles to answer.
• “Why is it that you white people
(European descendants)
developed so much cargo
(technology) and brought it to
New Guinea, but we black people
had little cargo of our own?”
AP World History (8/26)
• Objective: Students will
be able to…
– Identify and analyze
possible causes for
global inequalities over
the course of history
• Agenda:
– Do Now
– Yali’s answer stations
– Note taking example
Vocab notes template
• Term example=marker events
• Answer the who, what, when, where, how/why important
for each assigned term (I will not expect you to do every
term the book mentions)
• Marker events are simply key moments that historians
believe changed the course of history. Dates for these
events, like the invention of agriculture, are often hard to
assign because they may have occurred in many places at
about the same time. These events are important because
they serve as key links in the cause/effect chain that help
historians demonstrate growth and change in societies,
pinpoint sources of conflict, or better understand the
inequalities present in the world today.
What does this have to do with
Paleolithic people?
Marker events
• The ability to throw
projectiles
• Led to better success as
hunters (survival as
hunter/gatherers)
• Could this be considered
a marker event?
Why/why not?
• What are other possible
marker events mentioned
in yesterday’s reading?
Which of these MOST transformed human
society and the natural environment?
• The invention of fire
• The Neolithic
(Agricultural)
Revolution
• Development of craft
industries (pottery,
metallurgy, textiles)
• Development of trade
Defend your choice
• Group together by chosen marker
event
• Brainstorm as a group
– What details from the reading
support your argument?
– What prior knowledge of World
History supports your argument?
• All group members write down
ideas/support
• Each group will have three
minutes to share
– All members should participate
in this portion
– Remember to use language
that demonstrates your
analysis
• According to…
• Even though the
document/author says…
• When finished, other groups
may ask questions (3 minutes)
– Check for understanding
– Ask for more evidence/support
• What about…(introduce other
perspective)
• Are you suggesting…
Wrap up
• Is there a clear choice?
Why/why not?
• What does this activity
show us about historical
perspective?
• How might this help us
as we move forward in
AP World History?
Homework for 8/29
• Read pp. 35-50 in Wood
(textbook)
• Term definitions
(remember model)
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Civilization
Cultural Hearths
Theocracy
Hammurabi’s Code
Social Mobility
Patriarchy