Unit 4 - January 2014

January 6/7

• Reading: none
• Presentation: Review of Enlightenment Political Ideals
• Workshop: DBQ writing recap

January 8/9

• Reading: Strayer 500-504; Reilly #129
• Presentation: American Independence
• Workshop: "Revolution" or "Independence Movement" debate
• Due: 2-paragraph Response
• Summarize the concepts of "popular sovereignty" and the "social contract" and explain their origins as Enlightenment political ideals.

January 10/13

• Reading: Strayer 504-507; Reilly #130
• Presentation: French Revolution
• Workshop: Seminar on Political Documents

January 14/15

• Reading: Strayer 507-510; Reilly #132
• Presentation: Haitian Revolution
• Workshop: Egalite for All video

January 16/17

• Reading: Strayer 510-513; Reilly #133
• Presentation: Spanish American Revolutions
• Workshop: Exam prep

January 21/22

• Reading: none
• Presentation: Review/Summary
• Workshop: Exam Review Q&A
• Due: Review Sheet

January 23/24

• Exam 4

Unit 4

December 2/3

• Reading: Strayer 462-467
• Discussion: Protestant Reformation
• Workshop: Assign DBQ #2

December 4/9

• Reading: Strayer 467-472
• Discussion: Catholic Counter-Reformation & Missionary Activity
• Workshop: discuss DBQ docs
• Due: DBQ annotations

December 10/11

• Reading: Reilly 649-657
• Discussion: Luther & Williams
• Workshop: DBQ
• Due: DBQ groups, PoVs & Additional Doc.

December 12/13

• Reading: Strayer 477-482
• Discussion: Scientific Revolution
• Workshop: DBQ 
• Due: DBQ thesis & outline

December 16/17

• Reading: Strayer 482-486
• Discussion: Enlightenment
• Workshop: Review & Planning for Unit test 4
• Due: DBQ #2

December 18/19

• Reading: none
• Discussion: Preview of Atlantic Revolutions
• Workshop: Review
• Due: Notebook Check

December 20

• holiday celebrations

Unit 3

Oct. 31/Nov. 1

• Reading: Strayer 433-437
• Discussion: Portuguese in Asia
• Activity: Intro to DBQ

November 4/5

• Reading: Reilly 673-676
• Discussion: Trading Post Empire
• Activity: DBQ Grouping
• Due: annotate DBQ packet

November 6/7

• Reading: Strayer 437-442
• Discussion: Spanish, Dutch & French in the Indian Ocean
• Activity: DBQ Intro
• Due: Paragraph on Grouping

November 8/12

• Reading: Strayer 442-445
• Discussion: Silver Trade
• Activity: DBQ writing
• Due: DBQ introduction

November 13/14

• Reading: Strayer 445-448
• Discussion: Fur Trade
• Activity: Mapping Exercise
• Due: DBQ essay

November 15/18

• Reading: Strayer 449-455
• Discussion: Slave Trade
• Activity: Understanding Slavery

November 19/20

• Reading: Reilly 616-623
• Discussion: Equiano Reading
• Activity: Exam Prep
• Due: Review Sheet

November 21/22

• Exam 3

Next Three Weeks

Here is a plan for the next several weeks. This takes us through the completion of our second unit and the first marking period.

October 15/16

• Reading: Strayer 417-422
• Presentation: Russian Empire
• Workshop: Intro to DBQ

October 17/18

• Reading: Strayer 422-424; Reilly 628-636
• Presentation: Qing Dynasty China
• Workshop: Reilly Source Analysis

October 21/22

• Reading: Strayer 424-425; Reilly 640-643
• Presentation: Mughal India
• Workshop: Reilly Source Analysis

October 23/24

• Reading: Strayer 425-429; Reilly 644-649
• Presentation: Ottoman Empire
• Workshop: Reilly Source Analysis
• Due: notebook check

October 25/28

• Reading: none
• Presentation: Comparing the Role of Religion in 16th Century Empires
• Workshop: exam review
• Due: completed review sheet

October 29/30

• Exam 2

Week of October 6

October 8/9

• Reading: Reilly 583-602
• Presentation: Contact & Exchange
• Discussion: Historical Perspectives in the Conquest of Mexico
• Due: empty notebook with 4 dividers

October 10/11

• Reading: Strayer 409-417
• Presentation: Conquest & Colonization
• Workshop: Race in Latin America
• Due: 3 written Point-of-View Analyses of Reilly Sources
• 1-3 sentences each
• 1 analysis for each source
• 1 each of:
• Evaluation of Reliability
• Position in Society
• Tone Analysis

Week of September 29th

Sept. 30/Oct.1

• Reading: none
• Presentation: Multiple choice testing strategies
• Workshop: exam prep
• Due: completed notebook and review sheet

Oct. 2/3

• Exam 1

Oct. 4/7

• Reading: Strayer 369-378
• Presentation: Fifteenth Century Exploration
• Discussion: Comparing Europe and China
• Workshop: Mapping the Ocean

Week of September 22nd

Sept. 23/24

• Reading: review packet 138-148
• Presentation: Europe in the Middle Ages
• Discussion: LeMoyne Field Trip
• Workshop: Comparative Essay

Sept. 25/26

• Reading: review packet 148-154
• Presentation: The Far East
• Discussion: LeMoyne Field Trip
• Workshop: Exam Preparation
• Due: Comparative Essay 
• Analyze similarities and differences in methods of political control in TWO of the following empires in the Classical period.
• Han China (206 BCE - 220 CE)
• Maurya/Gupta India (320 BCE - 550 CE)
• Imperial Rome (31 BCE - 476 CE)

NOTE - Our first unit exam will be next week, October 2/3