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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Week of September 15th

Sept. 17/18
  • Reading: Packet 116-130
  • Presentation: Religions in the Ancient World
  • Workshop: AP comparative essay
  • Assignment: Comparative Chart
    • create a three-column chart comparing methods of political control in Han China, Maurya/Gupta India and Imperial Rome
    • remember, the more info you put into the chart, the more material you will have at your fingertips to write our first comparative essay
    • bring a clean copy of this to hand in
Sept. 19/20
  • Reading: Packet 132-138
  • Presentation: Rise of Islam
  • Workshop: AP essay construction
  • Due: Comparative Chart
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Week of September 8

Sept. 9/10
  • Reading: Strayer xli-xliv (prologue)
  • Presentation: Big History & Periodization
  • Workshop: notebooks & note-taking
  • Discussion: summer assignment
Sept. 11/12
  • Reading: review packet 90-103
  • Presentation: Subsistence Patterns
  • Workshop: intro. to AP exam
  • Due: notes from review packet
Sept. 13/16
  • Reading: packet 104-116
  • Presentation: Early Civilizations
  • Workshop: the art of comparison
  • Discussion: field trip
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