UNIT
1: Foundations of Civilization and Formation of Global Cultures (12,000 B.C.E. to 1100 C.E.); Chapters 1 & 2
| M | T | W | Th | F |
| 8/16 | 17 | 18
| 19
| 20 |
| Think about "What is the greatest invention in human history?" | "How
to people live together successfully?"
| Read 4-6 (through Seed Crops); start guide2 (optional); watch video2 (optional); "Why do people farm?" | ||
| 23 Life in Catal Huyuk (optional reading); The Ascent of Woman: Ep.1 (4:12-9:12) (optional reading on possible origins of gender inequality); Stilt Village, Cambodia (2019); What's Your Sign?; watch start of video2
| 24 | 25 Checkpoint (G2); finish video2; Language Activity, Extensive Subsistence Agriculture; Inside a Mongolian Yurt
| 26
| 27
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| Read
6-7 (through Adaptation to Place); finish guide2 (always optional); "Why do people move, and why do people settle?" | Read
7-9 (through Extensive Subsistence Agriculture); start guide3; "Why do people move, and why do people settle?" | Read 9-12 (through the Birth of Urbanization); finish guide3; watch video3; "Why do cities form?"
| Read
12-14 (through Negative Characteristics of the First Civilizations); start
guide4; "What
does it mean to be "civilized"? | Read
14-16; finish
guide4; watch video4;"What
were the positive characteristics of the First Civilizations?" |
| 30 Finish watching video4; discuss Positives of Civilizations; stimulus-based question (SBQ) practice (Hammurabi's Code; Mesopotamia and Egypt) | 31 Early Classical Era; the Persian Empire; start video6 | 9/1 Collision of Persia and Greece; start video5; Debate Preparation | 2 Checkpoint (G5); Greece and Western Culture; finish video6; Allegory of the Cave; Debate Preparation | 3 Debate: Athens vs. Sparta |
| Read
Ch 2: 25-27; guide5; watch video6; "Why did new civilizations emerge?"; Due: Guides 2-4 (optional; by 11:59PM via Canvas) | Read
Ch 2: 27-28; guide5; watch video5; "How did Ancient Persia and Greece contrast politically and culturally?" | Read
28-30; finish guide5; watch video5; "How did Greece become the foundation of Western Culture?" | Prepare
for Debate | Read
30-31; start guide6; "How do powerful states maintain their authority over their multicultural societies?" |
| 6 No School: Labor Day | 7 No School: Rosh Hashanah | 8 Ancient Rome; Phoenicia; video6 | 9 Imperial China; watch video7; introduce Religion Investigation and World Religion Infographic | 10 9/11 Remembrance; CNN Remembers |
| Read
31-34; finish guide6; "How did Imperial China dominate East Asia?" | Work on Religion Investigation (Hinduism: 34-35); "How did Hinduism diffuse from its hearth?"; read news on 9/11 | |||
| 13 Work on Religion Investigation | 14 Diffusion of Major Faiths: Hinduism & Buddhism; watch video8; work on Religion Investigation | 15 Checkpoint (Hinduism & Buddhism); Judaism; Christianity; Foundation of the Judaeo-Christian Tradition | 16 No School: Yom Kippur | 17 Work on Religion Investigation |
| Work
on Religion Investigation (Buddhism: 35-37); "How did Buddhism diffuse from its hearth?" | Work
on Religion Investigation (Judaism & Christianity: 37-40); "How
did the Judaeo-Christian tradition become instrumental in Western culture?" | | Have
read 40-42; guide7; "Why do empires fall?" | |
| 20 The Collapse of Empires; Byzantium; work on World Religion Infographic | 21 The Birth of Islam | 22 Work on World Religion Infographic | 23 SBQ Practice; work on World Religion Infographic | 24 Work on Infographic (upload on Canvas by 11:59PM); Guides (optional; upload on Canvas by 11:59PM) |
| Work on Religion Investigation (Islam: 42-44); "How did the spread of Islam challenge Christendom?" | Due: Religion Investigation (upload on Canvas by 11:59PM) | Work on World Religion Infographic | Work on World Religion Infographic | Read Ch 3: 49-50; guide1; Networks of Exchange; Fundamental Motivations of Trade (optional for the weekend) |