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WORLD HISTORY UNIT 2 THE AGE OF ABSOLUTE MONARCHS, EXPLORATION AND ENLIGHTENMENT (1453-1750) This unit will finish the first ideological section of the course. Thus far, we have seen the dominance of the Muslim world over the Christian, as exemplified by the Muslim victories during the Crusades, the taking of Constantinople, and the invasion of the Ottoman Turks which reached as far as Austria & Hungary in Central Europe. We now see European nations organizing politically under powerful absolute monarchs, and beginning to spread their wings by exploring overseas. While the cultural foundations for this “Rise of Europe” lay in the Renaissance and even further back, it is during this period beginning in the 2nd half of the 16th century (1500’s) that we see the rise of Modern European nation-states that we know today as Spain, Portugal, Britain & France. We will examine the rise of these nations and their Monarchs through studies of the monarchs themselves (and their politics), and the exploratory accomplishments of their nations which gave rise to Europe as a global power. We will also study the cultural and scientific achievements of this post-renaissance world, and the impact that these achievements had on other elements of culture (customs & traditions, religion, politics, economics, technology, etc.). LEARNING OBJECTIVES – Exploration and Enlightenment *Note: the L.O.’s get larger and more significant from 1 to 5. 1) Identify the cultural causes of 30 years war, its effects on different elements of culture, and how the war could have been avoided. 2) Identify the fundamental ideas of absolute monarchy and describe how Monarchs we’ve discussed ran their countries (successes and failures). Compare their systems of government to each other, and to our government today. 3) Compare the exploratory accomplishments of the 5 major European Naval powers, and the impact of exploration/colonization on the culture of the colonizers and the places they colonized. 4) Assess the comparative power of the major cultures of the world in 1500, and identify the causes of that change in favor of a shift from Asian domination, to relative equality, to European domination. 5) Identify the major personal contributors to the Scientific Revolution and their contributions. Be able to explain the impact each discovery had on the culture of the time and how the discovery changed culture from that point on. 6) Connect the ideas of different thinkers, philosophers and scientists to one another, and explain the cultural significance of their connections. IN ADDITION TO DAILY LESSONS AND HOMEWORK LISTED ON THE SCHEDULE ON THE BACK SIDE OF THIS PAPER, THERE ARE 3 “Long term” ASSIGNMENTS OF NOTE: 1) There will be a mini-research paper (2 pages) due Friday, October 6th. 2) There will be a mini-group project (poster board) due Tuesday, October 17th. 3) The exam for this unit will be Friday, October 20th TERM LIST Prince Henry Treaty of Tordesillas Vasco de Gama Dutch East India Company British East India Company Sextant Compass Telescope Microscope Enlightenment thinkers from project Caravel West Indies Zeng He Ming Dynasty Manchu Dynasty Christian Missionaries Isolationism Christopher Columbus Ferdinand Magellan Hernando Cortes Montezuma II Francisco Pizarro Atahualpa Mestizo Encomienda Conquistador Smallpox New France New Netherlands Jamestown French & Indian War Pirates Atlantic Slave Trade Triangular Trade Columbian Exchange Commercial Revolution Mercantilism All 6 Monarchs from HW PP. 146-155? CALENDAR Tuesday 9/6 = Intro Absolute Monarchies and concepts of diff. governments. Friday 9/29 = into unit w/L.O.’s HW = monarch research Tuesday 10/10 = Discuss, activity, lecture on 30 years war (L.O. #2). Group work. HW = PLAN 110-119 Thursay 10/12 = Group work on project. HW = plan 119-123, PROJECT WORK Monday 10/2 = Review scantron from previous test, begin content w/ Absolute Monarchies (L.O. #1). Finish monarchy jigsaw & discuss. HW = Outline 5 ?’s for research paper Tuesday 10/3 = (L.O. #2) Rise of Nations, Introduce Atlantic exploration w/map, C + C of nations. HW = PLAN 80-88 Thursay 10/5 = (L.O. #3) Exploration comparison discussion, role play, video. HW = Finish Paper Friday 10/6 = Finish video, more on Friday 10/13 = Work on posters for “Connections” project. Review other content HW = Poster work; AT SOME POINT BEFORE THE EXAM YOU SHOULD READ 133-154; THERE ARE KEY TERMS THERE Monday 10/16 = Finish posters (L.O. #5) HW = Finish posters Tuesday 10/17 = Walk about, worksheet on posters HW = L.O. summaries exploration, Begin group proj. Thursday 10/19= Finish unit, review with HW = summarize the exploration and remaining time foreign interaction of China & Japan p. 89-97 HW = Study for exam Monday 10/9 = Group project work, C+C diff. exploring countries HW = PLAN 102-109 Friday 10/20 = EXAM HW = Have a good weekend