- What were the biggest surprises in terms of products' origins?
- What did this exercise reveal about the extent of connections across the Atlantic World between 1500 and 1800?
- Timbuktu and Tenochtitlan did not survive the coming of the modern era. How does the story of these commodities help us understand an important feature of the "modern world"?
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These questions are just a GUIDE for the types of information that fall under each category.
Social Organization
Political Structure
Economy
Religion & Philosophy
Technology & Innovation
Arts & Architecture
Complete an analytical historical paragraph from the following topic sentence:
Click here for the RUBRIC used to evaluate your paragraph. [Note: The lightened categories will NOT be assessed.] Watch an episode (or a scene) of a current television show that features family life in America and complete a brief written analysis:
As a class, we will research the history of the Turnabout Dance and analyze it as historians and social scientists, focusing on the theme of gender roles. Use these questions to guide your research:
The quiz on Buddhism (Thursday 1/21/16) will have 2 components (both of which will be multiple choice)
Understanding Historical Content:
Analyzing Primary Sources:
Based on your understanding of the Analects, how would a person practicing Confucianism answer each of the following questions? Explain your answer by referring to one of the selections.
In your small group, share:
For today's task, you are going to be creative and artsy! Imagine that you are part of an artistic team that has been commissioned to design a decorative panel that will be prominently displayed inside a new ziggurat (Mesopotamia) or pyramid (Egypt). Your decorative panel will be the focal point of the main space. Here are the guidelines you should follow:
Within these bounds, feel free to express your own creativity. We will have an evaluation of the various decorative panels at a later time. "Annotate" your poster with post-it notes indicating what your symbols represent and WHICH SOURCE provides that information. Read and annotate for Wednesday's class.
As you read the excerpt about the flood from the Epic of Gilgamesh, carefully annotate for the following as you read:
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