Friday, August 29, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How did the Turkic peoples influence politics in Dar al Islam?
    2. What would be the long term impact of Islam in Spain and India?

  2. Finish Short-Answer Question Workshop

  3. Review Unit 1: Chapter 1.1 SPICE-T Chart from Unit 1 Homework

  4. Unit 1: Chapters 1.1/1.2 Quiz

Thursday, August 28, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How were merchants viewed in the Song Dynasty?
    2. How did the civil service exam system create a hopefully efficient government?

  2. Finish Discussing Developments in East Asia

  3. Discuss Developments in Dar al Islam

  4. Short-Answer Question Workshop

  5. Study for Tomorrow's Quiz (Homework)

  6. Begin work on Unit 1: Chapter 1.6 Homework (Homework--Due Tuesday, September 9th)

  7. Begin work on Unit 1: Chapter 1.7 Homework (Homework--Due Tuesday, September 9th)

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Of everything that you have learned during Unit 0, what was the most interesting?
    2. What was the most confusing?

  2. Discuss Developments in East Asia

  3. Begin work on Unit 1: Chapter 1.3 Homework (Homework--Due Friday, September 5th)

  4. Begin work on Unit 1: Chapter 1.4 Homework (Homework--Due Friday, September 5th)

  5. Begin work on Unit 1: Chapter 1.5 Homework (Homework--Due Friday, September 5th)

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

  1. Finish Discussing Classical Era Belief Systems

  2. Unit 0 Test

  3. Begin work on Unit 1 Homework (Homework--Due the day of the unit test)

Monday, August 25, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How did Islam view Judaism and Christianity?

  2. Continue Discussing Classical Era Belief Systems

  3. Begin work on Unit 1: Chapter 1.1 Homework (Homework--Due Friday, August 29th)

  4. Begin work on Unit 1: Chapter 1.2 Homework (Homework--Due Friday, August 29th)

Friday, August 22, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the long-term legacy of Greek philosophy?
    2. How did Christianity go from an illegal, underground religion to the dominant religion around the Mediterranean?

  2. Finish Discussing Classical Era Belief Systems

  3. Discuss Post Classical Belief Systems

  4. Finish Work and Study for Monday's Test (Homework)

Thursday, August 21, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the Daoist answer for bringing order to China?
    2. How was Buddhism both similar to and different from Hinduism?

  2. Continue Discussing Classical Era Belief Systems

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the Legalist answer for bringing order to China?
    2. What was the Confucian answer for bringing order to China?

  2. Sign up for Albert.io

  3. Continue Discussing Classical Era Religions

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How did Zoroastrianism influence other religions?
    2. How was Judaism’s relationship with its god different from other religions?

  2. Finish Discussing Foundations Era Belief Systems

  3. Discuss Classical Era Belief Systems

Monday, August 18, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What are three things you hope to learn in this class?
    2. What are you most concerned about this class?

  2. Discuss Foundations Era Belief Systems