Day

Date

Topics/Key Concepts

M

10/22

Quiz on Amsco CH 7. Byzantine influences on Kievan Rus and the slavs. In class group analysis of Byzantine documents using this analysis sheet. Using doc analysis, complete Historical Theme chart (copy the link to your own Google drive, then submit link in ItLearning.) 

T

10/23

(Sophomore meeting with counselor dept today) For HW read about how Empires drew new people groups into trade. 

W/TH

10/24-10/25

F

Complete body DBQ paragraphs with topic topic sentences that frame the argument. 

M

10/29

Varieties of Political Structures in Period 3: Feudal systems, synthesized states. Key Concept 3.2.I.B and C. 

T

10/30

Networks of trade in Period 3: Indian Ocean and revival of Silk Roads. HW: Read and annotate the article Southernization for tomorrow. 

W/TH

10/31-11/1

FR

11/2

Day

Date

Topics/Key Concepts

M

10/8

Substitute today (Model UN Conference) To remind yourself of our Contextualization activity, watch THIS VIDEO that was made from the best of your submissions. Using the DBQ we've been working with, write out the introductory paragraph with contextualization and thesis, and then two body paragraphs that support your thesis' claims. Be sure to incorporate the Sourcing practice we did last week. You may update your previous sourcing attempts but you may not copy the contextualization or thesis word for word from the Rome Wars video above. 

TU

10/9

Contextualization: Add contextualization element to Spread of Roman Military DBQ. Complete mapping exercise and compose questions for Harkness Discussion. Text for Thurs/Fri block this week. Europe's Economic Recovery. You will compare Europe's economic recovery with that of China (you learned China in the podcast)

WED

10/10 

PSAT Testing on Wednesday for all Sophomore. HW: Read AP Worldipedia KC 3.2. HW: Print THIS article for class tomorrow.

THURS/Fri

10/13

Substitute today. Print the article for today. Read AP Worldidpedia 3.2.I.B-Feudalism. Watch this video on Feudalism. 

M

10/15

Read Key concept 3.1 by today. Class discussion on the recovery of Western Europe. Terms: feudalism, manors, Crusades and technological/cultural transferals. HW: Listen to Mongol Podcast by block day.

TU

10/16

Mankind, Disk 2: Plague. Questions for Analysis: 1) What accounts for the remarkable rise of the Mongol Empire? 2) How did the Mongol Empire contribute to both the rise of urban centers and the decline of urban centers in the period 600 to 1450? 

WED/THUR

10/17-10/18

(Complete content on Western Europe; systems of labor-towns and guilds) Mongol Podcast quiz. The Mongols in World History. All the Khan's Men (Reading). In-class Document Analysis exercise today. HW for Monday: Read and annotate all of chapter 7 (pp. 131-140) in AMSCO book. Know questions at the end of the chapter.

FR

10/19

NO SCHOOL 

Day

Date

Topics/Key Concepts

M

11/6

Brief sourcing practice: Documents on Justinian. Intro to Aztec system of sacrifices. Comparison of Aztec and Ican political systems. Analyzing Secondary Sources.

T

11/7

Work in Groups on Thematic Questions for Period III Exam

W/TH

11/8-11/9

In-class exam review, Timeline on Period III, Review Activity

F

In-class exam review, Maps and connections in Period III

M

11/13

Due today: Ibn Battuta and Marco Polo: The Merchant and the Pilgrim. 

T

11/14

Practice MC questions and SAQs on Period III

W/TH

11/15-11/16

Period III Exam

F

11/17