UNIT 2: Increasing Interactions: Commerce and Clashes (1100 C.E. to 1450 C.E.); Chapters 3 & 4


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9/27
The Magic of Markets: Interactive Trading Exercise

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The Motivations of Trade; watch video1 (first 3:45 minutes only); instructions on Bumper Sticker Mini-Project

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The Silk Roads; watch video2introduce APPS; DBQ Documents

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Checkpoint (G1); Sea Roads; Technologies; Indian Ocean Trade; watch video2; Astrolabe; work on Bumper Sticker Mini-Project

10/01
Half Day; work on APPS

Read Chapter 3, 49-50; guide1; Networks of Exchange; "What are the fundamental motivations of trade?" Read 50-53 (The Silk Roads); finish guide1

Read 53-55 (up to Impact of the Sea Roads in Southeast Asia); guide2

Read 55-57; guide2


Work on APPS

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Sea Roads; Southeast Asia and East Africa; watch video2; work on APPS



5
The Sand Roads; watch video2; watch Mansa Musa; work on APPS

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The American Trade Networks; work on Bumper Sticker Mini-Project


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The American Trade Networks; work on Bumper Sticker Mini-Project

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Developments in Dar al-Islam; work on Bumper Sticker Mini-Project


Read 58-59 (up to Diffusion and Commerce in the Americas); start guide3 Read 59-60; guide3; due APPS (on Canvas by 11:59PM)

Read 60-62; guide3

Read 65-66; guide4


Read 66-68; guide4

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Spread and Impact of Islam; work on Bumper Sticker Mini-Project


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Western Christendom;
work on Bumper Sticker Mini-Project

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PSAT



14
The Crusading Tradition; writing Workshop: Introductions for DBQs (and LEQs); Introduction Instructions; DBQ Introduction Assignment

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Work on DBQ Introduction Assignment




Read 68-71 (up to The Crusading Tradition); guide5
Due: Bumper Sticker Mini-Project (on Canvas by 11:59PM)


Read 71-73; finish guide5

Read 73-76 (up to Chinese Minimal Impact on the Nomadic North); guide6


Read 76-79 (up to China's Direct Influence in Korea and Vietnam); finish guide6


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No School: Teacher Work Day


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The Ascension of China; watch video3; work on DBQ Introduction Assignment


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China, Nomads, and Buddhism; watch video3; work on DBQ Introduction Assignment


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Contrasting Chinese Influence in Korea, Vietnam, and Japan; work on DBQ Introduction Assignment

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The Mongol Moment; work on DBQ Introduction Assignment; introduce MongolMUN




Read 79-80; finish guide6

Read 81-83 (up to Mongol Conquest and Expansion); start guide7 Read 83-86 (up to Comparing Mongol Encounters);  guide7

Due: DBQ Introduction Assignment (on Canvas by Sunday @ 11:59PM)

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Mongol Expansion and Conquest; work on MongolMUN

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Pokekhan; Contrasting Mongol Impact on China, Russia, and Persia; watch video6
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The Black Death and Collapse of the Mongols; Kahoot! Competition
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Checkpoint (G7); work on MongolMUN
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Work on MongolMUN; turn in MongolMUN Individual Rough Draft
Read 86-88; finish guide7

Read 88-89; guide8; review for Kahoot! Competition Work on MongolMUN Work on MongolMUN Guides 1-8 due (on Sun by 11:59PM)
11/1
Final preparation for MongolMUN
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Begin MongolMUN
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MongolMUN
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Watch part of Mankind: Episode 7 (optional assignment
5
No School: Teacher Work Day
Prepare for MongolMUN; Position Paper and Map due on Canvas by 11:59PM

Read Ch. 5: 95-97; guide1; (always optional)

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