World History I
Day 1: September
nd
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3
• Preview
• Where are you right now? Do you belong here? Did you pick up all the papers
on the table as you walked in?
• If you answered NO to any of these questions, please se me….Mr. Hotaling 
• Warm Up
• What do you think you will learn about in World History I this year?
• How did you come up with your answer?
• Agenda
• Class Introduction
• Class Expectations Treasure Hunt!
• Class Expectations Review
Day 2: September
th
4
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5
• Review
• What is the quote found on the class web page?
• Warm Up
• If the Columbus “sailed the ocean blue” in the 15th century and MC Hammer
“couldn’t touch this” in the 20th century, what century do we live in right
now?
• Agenda
• Distribute Quizstar Login Info
• Begin working on Introductory Tasks on www.hotalingwhi.wikispaces.com
• Write your answers to the questions in your Interactive Notebook.
• Write your answers to the PURPOSE PROMPTS on the BIG PAPER around the room.
• Discuss Introductory Tasks (Purpose Prompts)
Day 3: September
th
8
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9
• Review:
• What are some skills a history degree could help you develop in the 21st century?
• Warm Up: “The problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but
that they are incomplete.” – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• 1. Agree/Disagree?
• 2. What is your evidence?
• Agenda:
• Take WHI Pretest
• Watch Topic 1.1 Lecture and Set Up Notebooks
• Intro Topic 1.1 Classwork
• Exit Ticket:
• What fact will you take from today’s lecture?
Day 4: September
th
10
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11
• Review
• What do BC and AD stand for?
• Warm Up
• How would you describe the time period we live in now to someone visiting
from 3000 years in the future?
• Agenda
• Topic 1.1 Classwork
• Watch Topic 1.2 Lecture
• Topic 1.2 Classwork
Day 5: September
th
12
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15
• Review
• What are the 5 major Eras historians use to organize time?
• Warm Up: Watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2_6cqa2cP4
• What “time” did humans first appear on Earth?
• How long has all of human civilization taken according to the 24hr clock in the vicdeo?
• Agenda
• Topic 1.3 Lecture
• Topic 1.3 Classwork (GRADED)
• When finished you can:
• Watch 1.4 Lecture (Lecture check on this information NEXT CLASS!)
• Take 1st Quiz on Quizstar (QUIZ OPEN NOW UNTIL NEXT THURSDAY)
Day 6: September
th
16
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17
• Lecture Review
• Where and when did Homo Sapiens first develop?
• Warm Up
• Look at the “Seeking Our Origins” poster and answer the following questions:
• How many years between Australopithecus and discovery of fire? Discovery of fire and
1st cities? 1st cities and now?
• Agenda
• Review Topic 1.1-1.3
• Topic 1.4 Classwork in groups of 4
• When finished:
• Take Unit 1 Quiz 1 online
• Watch Topic 1.5 lecture
Day 7: September
th
18
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19
• Lecture Review
• What tools do archaeologist use to determine the age of artifacts?
• Warm Up
• http://youtu.be/gW-0by_hZYI Trace the path of human migration.
• Agenda
• Which is more important?: controlling fire or the ability to farm?
• Topic 1.5 Classwork
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Part I: Individually
Part II: Class
Part III: Class
Part IV: Individually
• When finished:
• Take Unit 1 Quiz 1 online
• Performance Task next class
• If you haven’t taken the quiz by next class, you must do remediation and then take the quiz
Sticky Note Reading - Who were the Nacarima?
• First reading: LISTEN AND READ ALONG…
• Red – place the red sticky note on the body ritual you think is most interesting.
• Blue – place the blue sticky note on the body ritual that is most unusual.
• Green – place the green sticky note on the body ritual that is most familiar.
• Part III
• Sketch what you think one of the body rituals looks like in your notebook.
• Second reading: work with a partner
• As you re-read the article using the “Key to Helping You Re-Read” write what the actual
body ritual was for each color sticky note and put them in your notebook.
• Part IV
• Answer the question: Who were the Nacarima?
• Was your sketch of the body ritual in Part III accurate?
• How did the description in the article affect your perception?
Day 8:September
nd
22
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23
• Review
• What type of material did humans make tools out of in both the Paleolithic and
Neolithic Eras?
• Warm Up: http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/index.php#/en/00.xml
• What could an archaeologist tell about the individuals who created these images?
How?
• Agenda
• Catal Huyuk, Jericho, and Stonehenge
• Performance Task: Part 1 and 2
• If you haven’t taken Quiz 1.1, you will do remediation, then take Quiz 1.1
• NEXT CLASS
• Performance Task: Part 3
• Writing Prompt
Day 9:September
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24
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25
• Review
• What are 3 things you learned this unit? 2 vocabulary words? 1 question?
• Warm Up
• How do you construct a paragraph?
• Agenda
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Study notes (Hotaling will check)
Writing Prompt (Test Grade)
Take1.2 Quiz (Closed after today)
Watch 2.1 Lecture
Day 10: September
th
26
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29
• Lecture Review
• What is the definition of civilization?
• Warm Up
• Which would you choose, freedom or safety?
• Agenda
• Crash Course Civilization http://youtu.be/wyzi9GNZFMU
• Classwork 2.1
• Lecture 2.2
Day 11: September
th
30
– October
st
1
• Lecture Review
• Where is Mesopotamia?
• Warm Up
• Watch these videos http://youtu.be/by6wDe0X4Lg and http://youtu.be/Ki8S5I83Ccc
• Write 3 facts from each video.
• What is different about these videos?
• Agenda
• L.A.R.G.E. Cities (help remembering characteristics of civilization)
• Classwork 2.2 (GRADED)
• Finished early
• Watch Lecture 2.3
• Attempt Quiz 2.1
Day 12: October
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3
• Lecture Check
• List 3 developments of Mesopotamian civilization.
• Warm Up
• Watch the video http://youtu.be/jAMRTGv82Zo
• Which four Americans would you choose to put into a song like this about
Northern Americans?
• Agenda
• How does the geography of Mesopotamia impact it’s development?
• Classwork 2.3
• Finished Early
• Take Quiz 2.1
• Watch Lecture 2.4
Day 13 – October
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6
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7
• Lecture Check
• Where is Egypt?
• Warm Up
• Watch this video http://youtu.be/Z3Wvw6BivVI Is this video a Primary or Secondary
source?
• Identify 1 primary source shown in the video that an archaeologist would study and 1
primary source a historian would study.
• Agenda
• How does the geography of Egypt impact it’s development? Compare to Mesopotamia.
• Complete Classwork 2.4
• Finished Early
• Watch Lecture 2.5
• Take Quiz 2.1 (CLOSES TODAY!!)