• 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

MON

1/20

MLK Holiday

TU

1/21

Continue with the "New Imperialism." Finish African imperialism (settler colonies) and begin China. Brief Mankind video on Opium Wars. Vocab: Opium Wars, Treaty of Nanjing, extraterritoriality, Taiping Rebellion. In remaining class time student begin to formulate historical claims on imperialism. Students begin their annotations on Topics 6.1 to 6.5, all due Friday.

WED/THURS

1/22-1/23

Review of Historical Claims. Students will do a "cold write" on an LEQ or DBQ prompt today in class.

FR

1/24

Due today: annotations on Topics 6.1 to 6.5. Document review on changes in imperialism: The British and Chinese, the USA and Japan. Introduction to Harkness Discussion: Societies at Crossroads. HW: Podcast Challenges to the Old Order in Russia and the Ottoman Empire

MON

1/27

Industrial Revolution and new patterns of global migration (Begin annotating Topics 6.6 and 6.7) Japan's reaction to US imperialism and its own version of Industrialization Meiji Japan). HW: Podcast Challenges to the Old Order in Asia

TU

1/28

Comparing varieties of industrialization. Documents for today

WED/THU

1/29-1/30

Create thesis and topic sentences from yesterday's document annotations.

FR

1/31

Podcasts #3 and 4 are due today.