Wednesday, October 22, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What role did Portugal play in leading the way in the Age of Exploration?
    2. What role did Spain play in trade across the Pacific Ocean?

  2. Finish Crash Course: 15th Century Mariners Video

  3. Unit 4: Chapters 4.1/4.2 Quiz

  4. Chinese and Portuguese Voyages Document Analysis
    Use the documents to answer the questions (Canvas)

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What advancements in ideas helped facilitate the Age of Exploration?
    2. What advancements in technology helped facilitate the Age of Exploration?

  2. Discuss Exploration: Causes and Events

  3. Crash Course: 15th Century Mariners Video

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

  5. Begin work on Unit 4 Homework (Homework--Due the day of the unit test)

Monday, October 20, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. In what ways did land-based empires of 1450-1750 use their military might to expand?
    2. In what ways did land-based empires of 1450-1750 create centralized bureaucracies?

  2. Clip from Cosmos--Standing Up in the Milky Way Episode
    Giordano Bruno and the Catholic Church

  3. Discuss Technological Innovations

  4. Unit 4: Chapter 4.1 Classwork
    Using your knowledge and the provided links, answer the questions (Canvas)

  5. Begin work on Unit 4: Chapter 4.3 Homework (Homework--Due Tuesday, October 28th)

  6. Begin work on Unit 4: Chapter 4.4 Homework (Homework--Due Tuesday, October 28th)

Friday, October 17, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What were the effects of the Scientific Revolution?
    2. What sources of legitimacy did Early Modern Era states have? What were specific examples?

  2. Unit 3 Test

  3. Begin work on Unit 4: Chapter 4.1 Homework (Homework--Due Wednesday, October 22nd)

  4. Begin work on Unit 4: Chapter 4.2 Homework (Homework--Due Wednesday, October 22nd)

Thursday, October 16, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What were the causes and effects of the Thirty Years’ War?
    2. How did Sikhism emerge and evolve?

  2. Finish Discussing Empires: Belief Systems

  3. History 101: The Protestant Reformation Video

  4. Unit 3: Chapters 3.3/3.4 Quiz

  5. Martin Luther Document Analysis
    Use the documents to answer the questions (Canvas)

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

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What were Martin Luther’s criticisms of the Catholic Church?
    2. How was the Reformation in England different from other places?

  2. Scene from Simpsons--Margical History Tour Episode
    Henry VIII parody

  3. Continue Discussing Empires: Belief Systems

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

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How did Peter the Great solve Russia’s “identity crisis”?
    2. In the Mughal Empire, how did the reigns of Akbar and Aurangzeb differ?

  2. Is This the Most Beautiful Building in the World? Video

  3. Discuss Empires: Belief Systems

Monday, October 13, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How did the Manchu establish the Qing Dynasty?
    2. How did England shift from the supremacy of the monarchy to that of Parliament?

  2. Finish Discussing Empires: Administration

  3. The Rise of the Ottoman Empire Video

  4. It's a Church. It's a Mosque. It's Hagia Sophia Video

  5. Unit 3: Chapters 3.1/3.2 Quiz

Friday, October 10, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Why was 1450 a turning point in European history?
    2. How did Ivan the Great establish the modern Russian state?

  2. Finish Discussing European, East Asian, and Gunpowder Empire Expand

  3. The Evolution of the Book Video

  4. Discuss Empires: Administration

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

Thursday, October 9, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What do you think was the most important cultural development from units 1/2?
    2. What do you think was the most important technological development from units 1/2?

  2. Crash Course: Crusades Video

  3. Discuss European, East Asian, and Gunpowder Empires Expand

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

  1. Units 1/2 Document-Based Essay Question Test

Monday, October 6, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    “Marco Polo, a Venetian merchant, wrote about the efficiency and riches of the Yuan dynasty under Kublai Khan, praising Mongol rule as superior to that of Europeans.”
    1. What was Marco Polo’s point of view?
    2. Why might this make his description more or less reliable?

  2. Finish DBQ Practice: The Break Up
    Use the documents to fill out the essay framework

  3. HIPPY Units 1/2 DBQ Documents

Friday, October 3, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    “When Mansa Musa, the ruler of Mali, visited Cairo on his pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324, an Egyptian scribe recorded that Musa distributed so much gold that the value of gold in the city dropped for years.”
    1. What was the likely purpose of recording Musa’s generosity?
    2. Why might this affect how reliable the account is for understanding Mali’s wealth?

  2. Finish Document-Based-Question Essay Workshop

  3. DBQ Practice: The Break Up
    Use the documents to fill out the essay framework

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    “The Yuan dynasty (Mongol rulers of China) issued an edict in the 14th century ordering Chinese farmers to pay taxes in grain and labor. The decree was posted in village marketplaces across northern China.”
    1. Who was the intended audience of this edict?
    2. Why might that affect how we understand the source?

  2. Continue Document-Based-Question Essay Workshop

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