Monday, September 30, 2024

  1. Document-Based-Question Essay Workshop

  2. Begin work on Unit 3: Chapter 3.3 Homework (Homework--Due Wednesday, October 16th)

  3. Begin work on Unit 3: Chapter 3.4 Homework (Homework--Due Wednesday, October 16th)

Friday, September 27, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Europe will be on the rise at the end of the Post-Classical Era. Why?
    2. China will be on the decline at the end of the Post-Classical Era. Why?

  2. Unit 2 Test

  3. Begin work on Unit 3: Chapter 3.1 Homework (Homework--Due Friday, October 11th)

  4. Begin work on Unit 3: Chapter 3.2 Homework (Homework--Due Friday, October 11th)

Thursday, September 26, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What were the similarities among the various networks of exchange from 1200-1450?
    2. What were the differences among the various networks of exchange from 1200-1450?

  2. Crash Course: Russia, the Kievan Rus, and the Mongols Video

  3. Unit 2: Chapters 2.5/2.6/2.7 Quiz

  4. Finish Ibn Battuta Document Analysis
    Use the documents to answer the questions (Canvas)

  5. Finish Work and Study for Tomorrow's Test (Homework)

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. By the end of the Post-Classical Era, two important trading cities had declined. What cities and why?
    2. What were agricultural effects of these Post-Classical exchange networks?

  2. Finish Analyzing Primary Sources: HIPPY Practice
    Use the sources to complete the analysis worksheet (Canvas)

  3. Ibn Battuta Document Analysis
    Use the documents to answer the questions (Canvas)

  4. Finish Work and Study for Tomorrow's Quiz (Homework)
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Tuesday, September 24, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the effect of the publishing of Marco Polo’s book?
    2. What was the effect of John of Montecorvino’s missionary efforts in China?

  2. Discuss the Environmental Consequences of Connectivity

  3. Analyzing Primary Sources: HIPPY Practice
    Use the sources to complete the analysis worksheet (Canvas)

Monday, September 23, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What role did technology play in the expansion of Trans-Saharan trade?
    2. What was the importance of Mansa Musa for Mali?

  2. Discuss the Cultural Consequences of Connectivity

  3. Analyzing Primary Sources
    Review HIPPY analysis

Friday, September 20, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What role did India itself play within Indian Ocean trade?
    2. What changed for trade in Southeast Asia by the end of the Post Classical Era?

  2. Crash Course: Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa Video

  3. Unit 2: Chapters 2.3/2.4 Quiz

  4. Mansa Musa Document Analysis
    Use the documents to answer the questions (Canvas)

Thursday, September 19, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What role did the environment play in the expansion of Indian Ocean trade?
    2. What role did naval technology play in the expansion of Indian Ocean trade?

  2. Finish Discussing the Exchange in the Indian Ocean

  3. Crash Course: Indian Ocean Trade Video

  4. Discuss Trans-Saharan Trade Routes

  5. Finish Work and Study for Tomorrow's Quiz (Homework)

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What positives were brought to Eurasia by the Mongols?
    2. What negatives were brought to Eurasia by the Mongols?

  2. Review Comparing Mongol Khanates Venn Diagram

  3. Unit 2: Chapters 2.1/2.2 SAQ Quiz

  4. Discuss the Exchange in the Indian Ocean

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What changes were brought to China under Mongol rule?
    2. What was the long-term impact of the Mongols on Russia?

  2. Crash Course: Mongols Video

  3. Unit 2: Chapters 2.1/2.2 Quiz

  4. Comparing Mongol Khanates Venn Diagram

  5. Begin work on Unit 2: Chapter 2.5 Homework (Homework--Due Thursday, September 26th)

  6. Begin work on Unit 2: Chapter 2.6 Homework (Homework--Due Thursday, September 26th)

  7. Begin work on Unit 2: Chapter 2.7 Homework (Homework--Due Thursday, September 26th)

Monday, September 16, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What positive and negative things were transmitted across the Silk Roads?
    2. How did Chinggis Khan rise to power?

  2. Review Unit 1: Chapters 1.3/1.4/1.5 SAQ

  3. Finish Discussing the Mongol Empire and the Modern World

  4. Finish Work and Study for Tomorrow's Quiz (Homework)

Friday, September 13, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What is “scarcity” and how does it affect the price of goods?
    2. What role did pastoral peoples play on the Silk Roads?

  2. Finish Discussing the Silk Roads

  3. Crash Course: Silk Road Video

  4. Discuss the Mongol Empire and the Modern World

  5. Begin work on Unit 2: Chapter 2.3 Homework (Homework--Due Friday, September 20th)

  6. Begin work on Unit 2: Chapter 2.4 Homework (Homework--Due Friday, September 20th)

Thursday, September 12, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What were the main trading networks during the Post-Classical Era?
    2. How did large empires during the era help to facilitate an increase in trade?

  2. Review Unit 1: Chapters 1.3/1.4/1.5 Quiz

  3. Crash Course: Crusades Video

  4. Discuss the Silk Roads

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

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

  2. World History Benchmark #1

  3. Begin work on Unit 2 Homework (Homework--Due the day of the unit test)

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What role did religion play in state-building during the Post-Classical Era?
    2. What role did trade play in state-building during the Post-Classical Era?

  2. Unit 1 Test

  3. Review Documents for Tomorrow's World History Benchmark #1 (Homework)

  4. Begin work on Unit 2: Chapter 2.1 Homework (Homework--Due Tuesday, September 17th)

  5. Begin work on Unit 2: Chapter 2.2 Homework (Homework--Due Tuesday, September 17th)

Monday, September 9, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What were the causes of the Crusades?
    2. What were the causes of the Crusades?

  2. Finish Discussing Developments in Europe

  3. Finish Crash Course: Renaissance Video

  4. Unit 1: Chapters 1.6/1.7 Quiz

  5. Finish Work and Study for Tomorrow's Test (Homework)

Friday, September 6, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How did Christianity affect Axum?
    2. How did trade impact Zimbabwe and the Swahili coast?

  2. Discuss Developments in Europe

  3. Finish Work and Study for Monday's Quiz (Homework)

Thursday, September 5, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How did the Inca govern their empire?
    2. How did the Bantu migration affect Subequatorial Africa?

  2. Finish Discussing Developments in Africa

  3. Unit 1: Chapters 1.3/1.4/1.5 Quiz

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Why isn’t there much known about the collapse of the Ancestral Pueblo and Mississippian peoples?
    2. What was the importance of human sacrifice for the Aztecs?

  2. Finish Discussing Developments in the Americas

  3. Review SAQ Practice

  4. History Summarized: The Maya, Aztec, and Inca Video

  5. Discuss Developments in Africa

  6. Finish Work and Study for Tomorrow's Quiz (Homework)

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How did the belief systems and practices of South and Southeast Asia change over time?
    2. How did the states of South and Southeast Asia maintain power over time?

  2. Discuss Developments in the Americas

  3. SAQ Practice
    Use the sources to answer the questions