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FOUNDATIONS UNIT (HONORS) 2013-14
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Learning Target
Major differences in standards of living exist today.
Access to resources is one of the three major reasons why people live
differently today.
Internal cultural differences is one of the three reasons why people live
differently today.
Bennett’s cultural competence scale applies to real life situations.
Religion’s purposes have varied across the span of history.
Comprehending the basic beliefs of Hinduism is vital in understand the
world on a cultural level.
Comprehending the basic beliefs of Buddhism is vital in understand the
world on a cultural level.
Comprehending the basic beliefs of Judaism is vital in understand the
world on a cultural level.
The land of Israel and Palestine is disputed.
Comprehending the basic beliefs of Islam is vital in understand the world
on a cultural level.
Islamic Fundamentalists, representing a tiny minority amount of Muslims,
led the attacks of 9/11.
Comprehending the basic beliefs of Christianity is vital in understand the
world on a cultural level.
The history of Christianity has changed the world’s course of events (1/2).
The history of Christianity has changed the world’s course of events (2/2).
Comprehending the basic beliefs of Agnosticism/Atheism is vital in
understand the world on a cultural level.
The positives and negatives of religions are debated.
The Renaissance ended the Medieval era in Europe and gave birth to new
ideas.
Symbolism in art helps us understand the Renaissance and other
moments in history.
China, despite having the most advanced navy in the world by 1400, failed
to be a significant world power by the end of the Age of Exploration.
Portugal led the way in the European Age of Exploration.
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Christopher Columbus’ voyages opened up the New World to European
expansion.
The Age of Exploration, however controversial involved some extremely
brave individuals.
The Aztecs were the most advanced civilization in the New World.
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The Spanish, despite overwhelming odds, conquered the Aztecs.
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The Spanish conquest of the Aztecs and Incas show how powerless the
natives were in face of disease, superior weaponry.
Despite falling as a world power, Spain’s influence lives on in the New
World in on internal cultural levels.
The Thirty Years’ War ended the fighting between Protestants and
Catholics, and ushered in the era of absolutism in Europe.
The Netherlands became to world hegemonic power in the early 1600s.
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The Dutch, and later the English, dominate economically due to their
advanced finance systems.
By 1700, The Great Britain became the world hegemonic power.
France was the dominant continental power during the age of absolutism,
and the UK became to top world power.
Slavery from the 1400s was more brutal, based on race, and more farreaching than slavery in antiquity.
Gained knowledge enlightens my thinking and applies to the real world.
Gained knowledge enlightens my thinking and applies to the real world.
My gained knowledge enlightens my thinking and applies to real world
situations.
Materials
Graded Work
Human Diff. slides
Human
Differences slides
Culture slides
Receive study guide
“Tiger Mom” with APPARTS (10 pts.)
Culture slides
Religion Overview
slides
Hinduism slides
Culture Review (10 pts.)
Why Religion? (10 pts.)
Buddhism slides
Buddhism vs. Hinduism (10 pts.)
Judaism slides
10 Commandments (10 pts.)
Judaism slides
Islam slides
Research: Israel vs. Palestine (10 pts.)
Islam Review (10 pts.)
Post WWII slides
Rick Steves’ opinion reflection (5 pts.)
Christianity slides
Christianity vs. Judaism (10 pts.)
Christianity slides
Christianity slides
Reading packet
Christianity Review (15 pts.)
Monotheisms Comparison (10 pts.)
Pro/Anti Religion Readings (20 pts.)
Reading packet
Renaissance
slides, textbook
Renaissance Art
slides
Discovery and
Colonialism slides
Discovery and
Colonialism slides
Discovery and
Colonialism slides
Discovery and
Colonialism slides
Discovery and
Colonialism slides
Discovery and
Colonialism slides
Discovery and
Colonialism slides
Discovery and
Colonialism slides
Discovery and
Colonialism slides
Discovery and
Colonialism slides
Discovery and
Colonialism slides
Discovery and
Colonialism slides
Discovery and
Colonialism slides
Discovery and
Colonialism slides
Study guide
Study guide
N/A
Write: Which religion? (10 pts.)
Skill: book assignment - Pg. 42 (10
pts.)
Renaissance Art (10 pts.)
Your Own Internal Culture (15 pts.)
Hinduism Facts and Thoughts (10 pts.)
Pg. 93 OR 97 (10 pts.)
Treat Your Neighbors (15 pts.)
Columbus: good or bad? (10 pts; pg.
109)
Explorer Presentation (15 pts.)
Eng. Empire Questions and answers
(10 pts.)
“Aztec and Spanish Perspectives” (10
pts.)
“Burning Books” (10 pts.)
Las Casas Debate (10 pts.)
Research: Wars by death toll (15 pts; 2
days)
Colonialism Building Blocks (10 pts.)
Skill: Review Test Study Guide (5 pts.)
Colonial Era Review (10 pts.)
Slavery Review (10 pts.)
STUDY
STUDY
EXAM
- Unit feedback, self-reflection
FOUNDATIONS UNIT (HONORS) 2013-14
Purpose of Unit: The purpose of this unit is to give students a “foundation” for modern world history. We will explore how
differences in the access to resources, culture, and historical developments all served as foundations for the modern world.
Power Standards Related to Unit (***SEE STUDY GUIDE FOR MORE DETAILS***):
2. Reason how global expansion and encounter define an era of world history.
8. Analyze and evaluate how technology and ideas have shaped history.
9. Make sense of economic issues and problems that face all countries and how they relate to relations with foreign nations.
10. Reason how individuals and movements shape history and the modern world.
Key Concepts/Vocabulary (***SEE STUDY GUIDE FOR MORE DETAILS***):
Culture, including World Religions (Hinduism, Buddhism (also Taoism, Confucianism), Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Atheism)
Colonialism
Renaissance
Protestant Reformation
Age of Exploration (know China, Portugal, Spain, Netherlands, England, France)
Mercantilism
Slavery
Common Core Literacy Standards Related to Unit:
Reading: Key Ideas and Details
1. Cite textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to the date and origin of the information.
2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas
develop over the course of the text.
Reading: Craft and Structure
6. Compare the point of view of two or more authors for how they treat the same or similar topics, including which details they include
and emphasize in their respective accounts.
Reading: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
7. Integrate quantitative or technical analysis (e.g. charts, research data) with qualitative analysis in print or digital text.
8. Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author’s claims.
9. Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources.
Reading: Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
10. By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend s. studies texts in the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Writing: Text Types and Purposes
1. Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.