Homework 10/31

1)  Create a Venn Diagram on the Venn Diagram app to Compare/Contrast the collapse of the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire. You have to email it if you want to save it, so Screenshot it and post it to your blog.

2)  Add the spread of religions into your Trans-Regional Map.

Homework 10/30

Homework: Finish reading chapter 12 (Fall of Han and Rome)

-Start map activity..use the silk road map in your book to label the silk road and the Indian Ocean trade routes.  Use different colors to differentiate.

Rome Pocket Maps and HW for the Weekend

On one side your card, show both the Roman Republic (pg 263) and the Roman Empire (pg268) .  Other things you should have are

-Rome
- Tiber River
- Roman Roads (Empire Map)
- Major Regions: Britain, Iberia, Mauritania, Egypt, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Armenia, Anatolia, Macedon

-Post a picture of your map on your blog, and tag it 'pocket maps'

HW:  pgs 287-294 (until 'Cultural and Biological Exchanges')

Additional Study Material

Test on Thursday..here are some things I've found on the 'net that could help

Key Concepts Explained

Interesting resource..

I've recently come across a review website designed to help students on the AP Calc, AP US, and AP WH exams called getafive.com.  I think it may be helpful to many of you so it might be worth taking a look around.  I've created a class page you can log into and access video lessons, take review quizzes about content, take a diagnostic quiz thing to see your APWH strengths and weaknesses, as well as take a practice exam.  

The code to enter the Period 4 group is 7429AFE.  It is free to sign up.  

Even if you don't take part in all the extras, there are three videos about the Comparative essay you should check out! 

Plan for the rest of the week...

Class 10/17:  Notes on the Rise of the Roman Empire and Roman Society

Homework 10/17:  Read the sections about each religion/philosophy YOU wrote about in your essay. Complete outline/venn diagram for the religions/philosophies (ex/ Daoism/Buddhism or Zoroastrianism/Hinduism).   Make sure you have read the rest of CH 11.  Study for the test!  

Class 10/18:  Outlining the essay/essay format for optimum scores.  Most people need help on this so we will spend the class going over your venn diagrams, outlining the essay together.  

Homework 10/18:  You will get your essays back today, and if you would like to rewrite it over the weekend you can - this is not a required rewrite. See below for a reminded about the essay rewrite policy.  Over the weekend, read the orange section on pg _________ and post an answer to the question in italics.  Study for the test!  

Class 10/21:  Essay rewrites Due. Rise of Judaism/Christianity

Homework:  Continue studying for the upcoming test!  

Class 10/22: Video 'From Jesus to Christ' & Review 

Homework: C/C Essay on Political systems/state building in cultures in ch 7-11 tomorrow!  

Class 10/23:  Essay and Review 

Homework: Study!

Class 10/24: Test on Chapter 7-11

Comparative Walkthrough 

**Rewrite Policy (Term One - per course perspectus)**

Re-writes must be completed on your own, typed, within 3 school days of our meeting, and the final mark of the essay will be an averaged grade from the first and second submissions. In order to be considered, your re-write MUST be accompanied by the original, scored essay.  Submissions without the original, scored essays will not be graded.

Classical Era Class Notes

Although some are already posted, here are the class notes for the entire Classical Unit (Persia - Greece; I'll add Rome here after)

Persia - CH7
China - CH8
India - CH9
Greece - CH10
Rome - CH11

Homework 10/15 (and a fair warning)

Welcome to Rome (the place of perpetual daylight)!  Tonight, please read pgs 259-271.  Pgs 259-265 we've already gone over in class, so you can skim these!

HEADS UP - Rome is the last section we will cover in this unit.  Be aware that at the end of units come end of unit tests..which will most likely be sometime in the first part of next week.  This is your warning - do not put off studying til the last minute.  We will review in class before the test and I will stay after for extra help the day before, and I will give you the actual date when I have a better idea of specifics.  The test will cover Persia, China (Qin and Han), India (Mauryan and Gupta), Greece, and Rome.

Plan for the rest of the week...

We will begin working on a class project, titled 'Classical Thinkers Go to Starbucks'..because who doesn't love classical thinkers AND a nice cup of java?

The assignment is written up HERE

Your group assignments are listed HERE

The reading for the assignment is linked up HERE

**Edit:  The rubric for the assignment is linked up HERE

Tonight, read your section of the reading. You will have all class period on Thursday to meet in groups and create a game plan.  Someone in your group should make a GoogleDoc to work from and share it with me and your group members (has to be done from a desktop/laptop).  Tomorrow in class you should decide which philosopher everyone is going to be (one from each of the four regions, no more than two from the same region) and you will get your topic.  Then you can start your dialogue.

Your Thinkers go to Starbucks project is due Tuesday, October 15.

Friday in class we will write a comparison essay.  It will cover the regions we have talked about in class (Persia to Greece) and will focus on the religions/philosophies of the regions.  Remember, you will need to know similarities and differences between each religion/philosophy.

Helpful Handout: I found this online..it's a fairly comprehensive and provides links to other helpful resources.  For the essay Friday, you do not  need to know about the Roman religion or Christianity.

Cave's are spooky..

For tonight's homework we are going to run head first into the 'cave' and read about people who make their way out of 'the cave'.  Perhaps you can tell that the 'cave' is not really a cave, but a metaphor for something else.

Read the first chapter from Plato's 'The Republic' - The Allegory of the Cave and we will talk about it tomorrow! It's a tricky read (and long) but mull it over in your mind a bit and see if you can figure it out :)

Homework 10/7

For homework tonight, watch the following clips about Alexander the Great.  Adding up all the individual parts is about 45 of viewing time.  If you have 4 hours, you can totally watch the whole thing, although I hope you have something more productive you could be doing for three hours of your time.  After watching the clips, post your response to the following statement on your blog:

"Does Alexander the Great deserve to be called 'the Great'?  Why or why not? 

In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great (Part Two)

2:00 - 8:00 -  In Iraq, on the plane with the Brits
28:26 - 34:00ish - Persepolis burns
43:53 - 47:40 - death of Darius

In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great (Part Three - Across the Hindu Kush)
Opens in Kabul, which shows the state of the city before the US invasion (not pretty).  They then go to the equivalent of the MFA in Kabul, kind of sad.
7:00 - 11:00 - good look at the terrain, once again, car trouble
18:37 - 23:00 - Woods finds the root plant and tries to eat it, not troubled by the gunfire
36:30 - 38:30  - Bessus captured, the formation of Alexandria
45:00 - 47:30 - Cleutis' Death
52:00 - 57:30 - Marry Roxanne - declaration of worship as a god, Persian style. Assassination attempt, and falling out with Calisthenes

In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great (Part Four - To the ends of the Earth)
32:30 - 36:30 on the wall
46:00 - 48:30 - the march begins, water dumping incident
50:00 - 55:00 - the Death of Alexander

In Class and Homework 10/3

Unfortunately, I will not be in class today (boooo- yes, I totally agree).

I would like you to spend your class time reading this article, Greece and India - Identity in Caste and Territorial Societies .

Once you have read the article, post your answers to THESE questions onto your blog.  Work on this in class and finish it for homework tonight.  Additionally, finish reading the rest of the ch10 (pg 247-255).

Homework 10/2

For tonight, read pages 237-245 continuing in Greece (it's still the word.)

Homework 10/1 - Greece is the word..

For homework tonight, read the beginning of the section on Greece, pgs 231-237.