• China's Great Wall

  • Mecca, Saudi Arabia

  • Angkor Wat, Cambodia

  • Trans-Saharan Caravan

  • Indian Ocean Dhow

  • Rome, Italy

  • Moscow, Russia

Day #

Date

Topics/Key Concepts

 

9/2
Monday

Labor Day. No School. 

23

9/3
Tuesday

Class discussion: The impact of China across Asia (Notes: Sinification of Asia

24-25

9/4-9/5-8/22
WD/TH

Review: Students create causation claims for Song China's economic recovery. Begin Topics 1.2 and 1.5. (Note: you might want to review Podcast 2 on Islam) Effects of the spread of Islamic Civilization (Documents for background/contextualization). Students analyze Documents on Islam in groups and formulate CCOT claims. (CCOT Documents for Islam) HW: Create a claim and support it with evidence on Peergrade by Thursday night 11:59 pm.

26

9/6 Friday

Peer-evaluate claims and evidence on Peergrade. Today's topic: Variety of State formation in Africa. HW: Read AMSCO 94-100 on the Americas (go to ItsLearning to get the link). 

27

9/9
Monday

Topic 1.4 Quiz on The Americas. Analyze documents to compare political states in the Americas. HW: AMSCO 84-90.

28

9/10
Tuesday

Finish Americas. Begin Topic 1.3 Southeast Asia. HW: Read "Oats, Peas, and Barley Grow," from Science and Technology in World History (look on ItsLearning).

29-30
 

9/11-9/12
WD/TH


Begin Topic 1.6: Developments in Europe.Review Unit 1

31

9/13
Friday

Personal Progress Check for Unit I