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December 15/16th, 2011

Journal: Write down your own "5 theses" about an institution of your choice, modeled after Luther's 95 Theses

Objective: Describe events of the Reformation and connect the causes and effects of major events

Classwork: We worked in groups to research information about a specific topic, then built a timeline out of the events.

Homework: Study for your midterm! Here are the names to know:

Catal Huyuk

Sumer

Mesopotamia

Hammurabi –

Mohenjo Daro

Xia Dynasty

Zhou Dynasty

Queen Hatshepsut –

Confucius –

Laozi

Shi Huangdi –

Liu Bang

Wu Di –

Alexander the Great –

Chandragupta Maurya –

Ashoka –

Vedas

Hinduism

Phoenicians

Nebuchadnezzar

Cyrus

Royal Road

Solon

Delian League

Peloponnesian War

Punic Wars

Diaspora

Attila the Hun

Chandragupta –

Cyrus the Great –

Pericles, Sophocles, Socrates –

Plato –

Philip II –

Hannibal –

Julius Caesar –

Augustus Caesar -

Constantine –

Paul –

Bantu migration

Ramses II

Olmec

Chavin

Kush

Muhammad –

Abu Bakr –

Ali –

Saladin –

Sundiata –

Ibn Batuta –

Mansa Musa –

Umayyads

Abbasids

Fatimid Dynasty

Sunni Ali –

Ibn Battuta

Great Zimbabwe

Theodora

Justinian –

Cyril and Methodius –

Vladimir I –

Heian Period

Charles Martel –

Charlemagne –

Duke of Normandy (William the Conqueror) –

Pope Urban II –

First Crusade-

Reconquista-

St. Thomas Aquinas –

Pachacuti

Wendi –

Tang Empire

Song Empire

Empress Wu –

Emperor Wuzong –

Marco Polo

Chinggis Khan; aka Genghis Khan –

Yuan Dynasty

Batu –

Khmer Empire

Kubilai Khan –

Clovis

Condordat of Worms

Otto I

Richard the Lionhearted

Magna Carta

Triple Alliance (Aztec)

Quetzalcoatl

Joan of Arc

Renaissance

Donatello

Michelangelo

Leonardo Da Vinci

Niccolo Machiavelli

William Shakespeare

Elizabeth I

Spanish Armada

Peace of Augsburg

Martin Luther

Henry VIII

John Calvin

Council of Trent

Katherina von Bora

December 13/14,2011

Journal: Looking at the images of Renaissance artwork on your desk, write a paragraph about inferences you can make about Renaissance art.

Objective: Explain causes and effects of the Italian and Northern European Renaissance.

Classwork: Renaissance art discussion, lecture notes on Renaissance

Homework: Read Ch 17: 3-4, and fill out your notesheet about potential causes of the Renaissance and Reformation.

*Also, it's never too early to begin your Christmas break assignment!

December 9/12, 2011

Multiple Choice Test!

Begin Ch 17 packet and work on test corrections. They MUST be turned in the class period after the test.

December 7/8, 2011

Journal: NONE.

ESSAY TEST!

Study for the Multiple Choice portion for next time!

December 5/6, 2011

Sorry for the delayed posts!

This day we:

Journal: Write down EVERYTHING you think you know from this unit (to play Last man standing!)

Objective: Wrap things up with a "tie up the loose ends" lecture, discuss the differences between Aztec and Incan economies, and learn about the cultures in Oceania during the post-classical era.

Classwork: Wrap-up lecture

Homework: Prepare possible essay responses for the ESSAY test next time!

December 1/2, 2011

Journal: On your journal space, try to create a spatial map of the world listing the major cultures we've learned about during this unit.

Objective: Compare and contrast the Aztec and the Inca.

Classwork: Discuss Diaz reading, read information on Aztec and Inca, share with the class, and write a modified compare/contrast essay.

Homework: Finish essay. Begin studying for the test!

*If you were absent or for did not get to finish filling out your notes, I have uploaded a copy of my key, in very poor quality (so hopefully you can read it!) :

Aztec vs Inca Notes part 1

Aztec vs Inca Comparative Notes

November 29/30, 2011

Journal: 1. Write down as many 'fallen' civilizations as you can. 2. What leads to their downfall?

Objective: Describe the Mayan civilization and early American civs.

Classwork: Finish "Dirty London" video, then fill in short notes (with ppt) about the Maya. Then work in groups to complete the Decline of the Maya activity.

Homework: Read the rest of chapter 16 and complete the Diaz reading while filling in the inferences chart.