Day #

Date

Topics/Key Concepts

1

8/2-8/3

Greetings. Course intro: What is World History and why should we care? HW-Internet scavenger hunt, About Me essay.  Key Concept 1.1, Big Geography, “out of Africa,” Paleolithic characteristics, tools, short History Channel video on fire.  First discovery of farming (Key Concept 1.2)

2

8/6
Monday

Cover class syllabus. Neolithic Revolution and it's consequences. Effect of Pastoralism and Agriculture on land. (short video) Key Concept 1.2. Homework: Read article "The Worst Mistake in History." 

3

8/7
Tuesday

Quiz/discussion on article "The Worst Mistake in History." Continue KC 1.2. Tools (stone to bronze), Surpluses to hierarchies, stratification. The development of patriarchy. (KC 1.2, II, C) "Skipping Stones" --the Causation argument

5

8/8-8/9
WD/TH

Systems of writing (Cuneiform) and their benefits to civilization: Laws (Code of Hammurabi, and Literature.(Epic of Gilgamesh). What is an empire? What makes it difficult to rule? KC 1.3 Harappan civilization, worksheet on historical inferences. KC  1.3

6

8/10
Friday

How to make an argument. Culture and the state: monumental architecture, the rise of belief systems. HW: Read Hammurabi and Moses for Wednesday/Thursday. HW: For Monday, turn in polished essay on causes of the fall of Indus River Valley Civ. Remember topic sentences, evidence, analysis and linking language that demonstrates corroboration of evidence. This must be submitted through ItsLearning.

7

8/13
Monday

Finish content for Period 1. Map exercises on required locations and regions. Review for Friday's Exam.  (1.1, 1.2, 1.3) Vedic Age, Monotheism, Invasions of Jewish state, trade diasporas. All of Period I on AP Worldipedia must be read by tomorrow. 

8
 

8/14
Tuesday

9-10

8/15-8/16
Wed-Thu

Begin Period II 

11

8/17