January 2017
Three Big Eras Comic Sketch
12 points
DUE January 11th
Three Big Eras (handout)
Differences across time: How do you spend your time? What do you eat? How long do you live? (Shemilt handout)
Big Ideas
Is it important to have a coherent story of World history? What has changed and what has stayed the same throughout human?
Slides from January 9th (click for link or download file on the right)
The Three Big Eras, explained
The Agrarian Era
To what degree has more interconnection been a good or bad thing for society ?
Why does agriculture appear in different parts of the world at about the same time?
Increased interconnectedness across Afro-Eurasia w/ Silk Road
Helpful videos about the Silk Road[s]
TEd-Ed video "Connecting the Ancient world Through Trade"
Crash Course History on Silk Road video
To what degree were the networks of exchange, known as the Silk Road[s], a good or bad thing for society?
Slides from January 12th
The expansion of the early Islamic Empire Inquiry (632 CE-732 CE)
Why was the expansion of the early Islamic empire so successful? What role did Dar al-Islam (the Islamic world) play in the networks of exchange in Afro-Eurasia?
Documents, Graphic Organizer and Exit Ticket for expansion of Islam inquiry
DUE January 17th
Travels of Ibn Battuta: A historical thinking lesson
What was the Muslim world like in the 1320s? What can we infer about the level of interconnection in Dar al-Islam in the 14th century, based on Ibn Battuta's travelogue? What are the limitations of any single source?
Travels of Ibn Battuta: A historical thinking lesson
Ibn Battuta Documents and Exit Ticket
DUE January 17th
Ibn Battuta Graphic Organizer Answer Key
Characteristics of the Modern Era
What are the characteristics of the Modern Era? To what degree have the changes of the Modern era been a positive or negative force?
Study guide for Unit Test #1
Extra Credit DUE January 24th
What do different world maps reveal and distort? How are timelines "maps of time"? What is revealed and obscured when we frame the past in different ways?
The Paradox of Our Times
Evaluating claims: Distinguishing between evidence-based claims and rhetorical arguments
To what degree has the technological progress of the modern era resulted in progress of humanity?
Global History of a Commodity project
Assignment description and rubric
40 points DUE February 2nd
Global History of Cotton: An example of a biography of a commodity