Week of November 4th

Tuesday, Nov 6

• Read: Strayer 433-437; Reilly 673-676
• Lecture: Trading-Post Empires
• Workshop: Intro to change-over-time essay

Thursday, Nov 8

• Read: Reilly 686-695
• Lecture: Family, Gender & Women's history
• Workshop: discuss Reilly
• Due: CCOT essay intro/outline 

CCOT Essay prompt:

• Describe and explain changes and continuities associated with Spain's role in the global economy between 1450 and 1700.

Week of October 28

*Post-Sandy Update*
Due to the school closure on Tuesday, we will move the exam to Thursday and begin the next unit on Tuesday of the following week. Updated schedule below:

Tuesday, Oct. 30

• no school, Hurricane Sandy

Thursday, Nov. 1

• Exam 2

Tuesday, Nov. 6

• Read: Strayer 433-437
• Lecture: Trading Post Empire
• Workshop: Colonial Economies

Week of October 21

Monday, Oct 22

• Read: Strayer 422-424; Reilly 631-636
• Lecture: Chinese Empire
• Workshop: Discuss Reilly

Wednesday, Oct 24

• Read: Strayer 424-425; Reilly 640-643
• Lecture: Mughal Empire
• Workshop: State & Religion comparison

Friday, Oct 26

• Read: Strayer 425-429; Reilly 644-649
• Lecture: Ottoman Empire
• Workshop: Exam Preparation
• Due: 2nd comparative essay *optional - 3 pages max*
• Compare and contrast the relationship between the state and religion in at least two of the following four imperial contexts: Spanish America, Mughal India, Ottoman Europe, China

*Our next exam will be Tuesday, October 30*

Week of October 14

Great job to everyone on the first unit. I was very pleased with the exam scores, and especially the amount of preparation everyone displayed through their notebooks. Hopefully you now have a sense of the rhythm of the course and what it takes to be successful. As we move into the next unit we will be using two new texts. Those will take some getting used to and should think about adjusting your note-taking strategies as we discussed in class.

Tuesday

• Read: Strayer 409-415
• Lecture: The Plantation Economy
• Workshop: Race in Spanish America

Thursday

• Read: Strayer 415-421
• Lecture: Sugar, Furs & Slaves
• Workshop: Patterns of Global Commerce

Week of October 7

**no school Monday**

Wedesday, Oct 10

• Read: Strayer 403-406, Reilly 559-567
• Lecture: Age of Exploration
• Workshop: exam recap - MC strategies

Friday, Oct 11

• Read: Strayer 406-409, Reilly 568-578
• Lecture: Colonialism in Spanish America
• Workshop: discuss Reilly
• Due: correct 3 MC questions - include:
• one bullet point paraphrasing what the question is asking
• one bullet point for each distracter explaining why it is wrong
• one bullet point for the correct answer, explaining why it is the best answer

Week of September 30

This will be a short week due to the class trip on Friday. It also marks the end of our first unit of study on ancient history review. Beginning next week we will enter the Modern Period.

Monday

• Read: none
• Lecture: miscellaneous end of unit items
• Workshop: Review Session
• Due: completed review sheet

Wednesday

• Exam 1

Friday

• no class - class trip

Week of September 23

We are approaching the end of our first unit. Keep building those study skills and habits and I think you will be pleased to find out how helpful they are when it comes to test time. Looking past this week, please keep in mind that we will have our first exam on Wednesday, October 3.

Monday, Sept 24

• Read: 138-148
• Lecture: Europe in the Middle Ages
• Workshop: Comparative Essay
• Due: Comparative Essay draft

Thursday, Sept 27

• Read:148-154
• Lecture: The Far East
• Workshop: Exam prep
• Due: Comparative Essay