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AP World History Syllabus for 2009-2010 Richard Runk [email protected] South Mecklenburg High School 343103 Day One Course introduction Complete information sheets Writing essays: DBQs, Change over Time, Comparative Distribute and discuss text [refer to pg. 15 of syllabus for internet activites] Where will we start? Before History Where will we end? As close to the present day as we can get. Issue Textbook: Bentley, Jerry H. and Herbert F. Ziegler. Traditions and Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past. Boston: McGraw Hill. Homework Read (1) complete outline of chapter Identify terms: Ch. 1 Paleolithic, Neandertal, Homo sapiens, Australopithecus, Neolithic, Homo erectus, Agricultural revolution, slash and burn, Homo sapiens sapiens, CroMagnon [When identifying terms, remember to note the following: Who or What, When, Where, and Why the person or term is significant.] Study Question: What were the most significant positive and negative effects of the agricultural transition on human society? Primary Source Reading: Richard E. Leakey on the Nature of Homo Sapiens Sapiens Day Two Quiz on reading of Ch. 1 Discuss “Before History” Homework: Read chapter (2) ,complete outline of chapter Identify terms: Ch. 2 Hittites, Hammurabi, Phoenicians, Assyrians, Cuneiform, Ziggurats, Sumerians,Monotheism, Polytheism, Mesopotamia, Ur Study Question: Compare and contrast the history of the early Jewish community and the Phoenician culture. How did the Mesopotamians influence each? Primary Source Reading: Hammurabi’s Laws on Family Relationships Israelites’ Relations with Neighboring Peoples Day Three Quiz on reading of Ch. 2 Discuss “Early Societies in Southwest Asia and the IndoEuropean Migrations” Homework: Read (3), complete outline of chapter Identify terms: Ch. 3 Osiris, AmonRe, Akhenaton, Bantu, Hatshepsut, hieroglyphics, Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom, Hyksos, Nile Study Question: How did Egyptian religious beliefs reflect they society, lifestyle, and geographic location? Primary Source Reading: Harkhuf’s Expeditions to Nubia; The Great Hymn to Aten Day Four Quiz on reading of Ch. 3 Discuss “Early African Societies and the Bantu Migrations” Homework: Read (4) complete outline of chapter Identify terms: Ch. 4 Brahmins, Harappa, Kshatriyas, Dravidian, IndoEuropean, Aryans, Caste, Jati,Mohenjo-Daro, Indus River, Ganges River Study Question: Trace the origins of the caste system, making sure to include a discussion of varnu and jati. Primary Source Reading: The Rig Veda on the Origin of the Castes The Chandogya Upanishad on the Nature of Reality Day Five Quiz on reading of Ch. 4 Discuss “Early Societies in South Asia” Homework: Read (5) complete outline of chapter Identify terms: Ch. 5 Mandate of heaven, Yangshao society, Xia dynasty, Shang dynasty, Zhou dynasty, Qin dynasty, Oracle bones, Confucius, Huang He River, Yangzi River Study Questions: What does the term Mandate of Heaven mean? How did it influence political developments in early east Asia? What is the relationship between patriarchy and ancestor worship in early China? Source Primary Reading: Peasant’s Protest; Family Solidarity in Ancient China Day Six Quiz on reading of Ch. 5 Discuss “Early Society in East Asia” Homework: Read (6) complete outline of chapter Identify terms: Ch. 6 Olmec calendar, Mayan calendar, Cha in cult, Aboriginal, Pyramid ύ of the Sun, Lapita, Olmecs, Maya, Teotihuacan, Mesoamerica, Australia Study Questions: What role did human sacrifice play in early American societies? What traditions begun by the Olmecs were later adopted by other Mesoamerican societies? Primary Source Reading: The Popul Vuh on the Creation of the Human Beings, The Voyages of Ru Day Seven Quiz on reading of Ch. 6 Discuss “Early Societies in the Americas and Oceania” Homework: Prepare for Unit One test (70 multiple choice, no essay) Day Eight Unit One test, following the test, work on maps for map quiz on Day Ten Homework: continue working on maps Day Nine Discuss Unit One test and find global connections Begin working on DBQs Homework: complete DBQ Read (7) complete outline of chapter Identify terms: Ch. 7 Marathon, Satrapy, Zarathustra, Darius, Zoroastrianism, Cyrus, Xerxes, Alexander of Macedon, Persia, Macedonia, Anatolia Study Question: In what ways did Darius and his successors, promote communication and commerce throughout the empire? Primary Source Reading: Zarathustra on Good and Evil Day Ten Map quiz and quiz on reading of Ch. 7 Begin discussion of Unit Two“ The Formation of Classical Societies, 500 B.C.E. to 500 C.E. with Ch. 7 “The Empires of Persia” Homework: Read (8) complete outline of chapter Identify terms: Ch. 8 Confucianism, Dao/Daoism, Legalism, Wuwei, Classic of Filial Piety, Mencius, Laozi, Qin Shihuangdi, Han Wudi, Chang’an, Han empire Study Question: What were the most significant technological developments during this period of Chinese history? Primary Source Reading: Confucius on Good Government, Laozi on Living in Harmony with Dao Day Eleven Quiz on Ch. 8 Discuss “The Unification of China” Watch video on China Homework: Read (9) complete outline of chapter Identify terms: Ch. 9 Jati, Jainism, Buddhism/Buddha, Bhagavad Gita , Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka, Chandra Gupta, Chandra Gupta II, Siddharta Gautama, Hindu Study Questions: What was the popular appeal of Buddhism? How does it compare and contrast to Hinduism? Primary Source Reading: Ashoka as a Teacher of Humility and Equality according to the Ashokavadana Caste Duties according to the Bhagavad Gita Day Twelve Continue discussion of China Discuss “State, Society, and the Quest for Salvation in India” Day Thirteen Quiz on Ch. 9 Continue discussion of India Homework: Read (10) complete outline of chapter Identify terms: Ch. 10 Knossos, Aristotle, Socrates, Alexander, Polis, Plato, Epicureans, Persian Wars, Peloponnesian War, Antigonid empire, Ptolemaic empire, Seleucid empire Study Questions: Compare and contrast Sparta and Athens. Trace the development of Greek philosophical thought from Socrates through the Hellenistic philosophers. Primary Source Reading: Socrates’ View of Death Day Fourteen Begin discussion of “Mediterranean Society: The Greek Phase” Homework: continue with reading and IDs Study for quiz on Ch. 10 Day Fifteen Quiz on Ch. 10 Continue discussion of Ancient Greece Homework: Read (11) complete outline of chapter Identify terms: Ch. 11 Plebeians, Patricians, Pax romana, Latifundia, Stoicism, Judaism, Christianity, Etruscans, Carthaginians, Julius Caesar, Augustus Caesar, Tiberius Gracchus Study Question: What was the appeal of the early Christian teachings? What sorts of people were most attracted to it? Primary Source Reading: Jesus’ Moral and Ethical Teachings Day Sixteen Begin discussion of “Mediterranean Society: The Roman Phase” Homework: continue with reading and IDs Study for quiz on Ch. 11 Day Seventeen Quiz on Ch. 11 Continue discussion of the Roman Empire Homework: Read (12) complete outline of chapter Identify terms: Ch. 12 Theodosius, Council of Nicaea, Chang’an, Diocletian, Edict of Milan, Manichaeism/Mani, Constantine, Silk Roads, Bubonic plague, Attila the Hun Study Question: How did China’s culture change after the decline of the Han dynasty? Primary Source Reading: St.Cyprian on Epidemic Disease in the Roman Empire Day Eighteen Quiz on Ch. 12 Discuss “CrossCultural Exchanges on the Silk Roads” Discuss essay writing: Introduce the Comparative Essay: Discuss the major similarities and differences between the collapses of TWO of the following empires: Rome Han Gupta Homework: study for test on Unit Two: The Formation of Classical Societies, 500 B.C.E. to 500 C.E. Test: 40 Multiple Choice and Comparative Essay Day Nineteen Test on Unit Two: Ch. 7-12 and Comparative essay Day Twenty Discuss Unit Two test and find global connections Discuss results of Comparative essay Homework: Read (13) outline chapter and study for quiz Identify terms: Ch 13 Justinian, Leo III, Caesaropapism, Hagia Sophia, Arianism, Iconoclasm, Eastern Orthodox Church, Crusades, Saljuqs, Ottomans Study Question: What was the relationship between the Byzantines and the Slavic people, including the Russians? Primary Source Reading: The Wealth and Commerce of the Byzantine Empire Anna Comnena on the Suppression of Bogomil Heretics Day Twentyone Quiz on Ch. 13 Begin discussion of Unit Three – “The Postclassical Era, 500 to 1000 C.E.” with Ch. 13 “The Commonwealth of Byzantium” Homework: Read (14) – outline chapter and study for quiz Identify terms: Ch 14 Muhammad, Abu Bakr, Omar Khayyam, Dar alIslam, Mecca, Quran, Five Pillars of Islam, Umayyed, Abbasid, Shia, Sufis, Hajj Study Question: What were the fundamental tenets of Islam? Primary Source Reading: The Quran on Allah and His Expectations of Humankind Benjamin of Tuleda on the Caliph’s Court at Baghdad Day Twentytwo Quiz on Ch. 14 Discuss “The Expansive Realm of Islam” Homework: Read (15) – outline chapter and study for quiz Identify terms: Ch 15 Xuanzang, Sui Yangdi, Grand Canal, Equalfield system, Bureaucracy of merit, Middle Kingdom, foot binding, NeoConfucianism, Nara Japan, Tale of Genji, Shogun, Kamakura, Samurai Study Question: Trace the development of Buddhism in China and how it interacted with Daoism and Confucianism. Primary Source Reading: The Arab Merchant Suleiman on Business Practices in Tang China Day Twentythree Quiz on Ch. 15 Discuss “The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia” Day Twentyfour Quiz on Stories from a Ming Collection Discuss Stories from a Ming Collection following quiz Homework: Read (16) – outline chapter and study for quiz Identify terms: Ch 16 Sultanate of Delhi, Chola kingdom, monsoons, Kingdom of Axum, caste system, Funan, Srivijaya, Angkor, Melaka Study Question: How did the seasonal monsoons affect the trade of the Indian Ocean? Primary Source Reading: Cosmas Indicopleutses on Trade in Southern India Day Twentyfive Quiz on Ch. 16 Discuss “India and the Indian Ocean Basin” Homework: Read (17) – outline chapter and study for quiz Identify terms: Ch 17, Clovis, Charles Martel, Charlemagne, Gregory of Tours, Otto I, Pope Gregory I, Holy Roman Empire, Manor, Serf, papacy, Monasticism Study Question: What was the role of Roman Christianity in early medieval Europe? How did it shape the society? Primary Source Reading: Life on an Early Medieval Manor Day Twentysix Quiz on Ch. 17 Discuss “The Foundations of Christian Society in Western Europe” [have students work in groups on posters of feudal manors if time] Introduce Changeovertime (Change and Continuities) Essay: Choose one of the following regions and discuss the changes and continuities in technology and how they affected complex institutions (e.g. cultural, military, political) during the period 8000 B.C.E. to 600 C.E.: China, Mediterranean, Africa, India. Homework: study for test on Unit Three 40 Multiple Choice and ChangeoverTime Essay Day Twentyseven Test on Unit Three with Change and Continuities Essay Day Twentyeight Discuss Unit Three test and global connections Discuss Changeovertime essay Homework: Read (18) – outline chapter and study for quiz Identify terms: Ch 18 Chinggis Khan, Khubilai Khan, Tamerlane, Osman, Sultan Mehmed II, Shamans, Khan, Saljuq Turks, Golden Horde, Ottoman Turks Study Question: Through what means did the Mongols integrate Eurasian cultures? Primary Source Reading: Marco Polo on Mongol Military Tactics Day Twentynine Quiz on Ch. 18 Begin discussion of Unit Four “An Age of CrossCultural Interaction, 1000 to 1500 C.E.” beginning with Ch. 18 “Nomadic Empires and Eurasian Integration” Homework: Read (19) – outline chapter and study for quiz Identify terms: Ch 19 Sundiata, Mansa Musa, Ibn Battuta, Kinbased society, Camels, Kingdom of Ghana, Mali empire, Great Zimbabwe, Diviners, Axum Study Question: Discuss the history of slavery in Africa. How did the developments in the slave trade from 1000 to 1500 set the stage for the Atlantic slave trade to come? Primary Source Reading: Sundiata and the Reconstruction of Niani Ibn Battuta on Muslim Society at Mogadishu Day Thirty Quiz on Ch. 19 Discuss “States and Societies of SubSaharan Africa” Homework: Read (20) pgs. 51743 – outline chapter and study for quiz Identify terms: Ch 20 Pope Gregory VII, Henry IV, St. Thomas Aquinas, Investiture controversy, Guilds, Scholasticism, Relics, Waldensians, Reconquista, Crusades Study Question: Where and how did Europe expand during the high middle ages? Primary Source Reading: Francesco Balducci Pegolatti on Trade between Europe and China; Thomas of Celano on St. Francis of Assisi Day Thirtyone Quiz on Ch. 20 Discuss “Western Europe during the High Middle Ages” Homework: Read (21) pgs.– outline chapter and study for quiz Identify terms: Ch 21 Tenochtitlan, Itzcóatl, Teotihuacan, Mexica, Pueblo, Navajo, Iroquois, Quipu, Ali’I nui, Australian aborigines Study Question: What are some of the distinctive features of Inca society and religión? Primary Source Reading: Mexica Expectations of Boys and Girls Day Thirtytwo Quiz on Ch. 21 Discuss “Worlds Apart: The Americas and Oceania” Homework: Read (22) – outline chapter Identify terms: Ch 22 Sharia, Bubonic plague, Renaissance, Ibn Battuta, Marco Polo, Khubilai Khan, Hongwu, Ming dynasty, Desiderius Erasmus, Francesco Petrarca, Vasco da Gama Study Question: What were the social and economic outcomes of the plague? Primary Source Reading: Ibn Batuta on Customs in the Mali Empire John of Montecorvino on His Mission in China Day Thirtythree Discuss “Reaching Out: CrossCultural Interactions” Homework: study for quiz on Ch. 22 Day Thirtyfour Quiz on Ch. 22 Discuss the Renaissance Show video of Renaissance Art Homework: study for test on Unit Four 40 Multiple choice and DBQ essay Day Thirtyfive Test on Unit Four with DBQ essay Day Thirtysix Discuss Unit Four test and global connections Discuss DBQ essay Assign groups for review activities Groups should prepare review by centuries and regions of the world Day Thirtyseven Work in groups Day Thirtyeight Work in groups Day Thirtynine Work in groups Day Forty Group presentations as review for semester exam Day Fortyone Group presentations as review for semester exam Day Fortytwo Group presentations as review for semester exam Day Fortythree review for semester exam Day Fortyfour Semester exams Homework: Read (23) – outline chapter and study for quiz Identify terms: Ch 23 Reconquista, Lateen sails, Astrolabe, Magnetic compass, Vasco da Gama, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Bartolomeu Dias, James Cook,Francis Drake Study Question: Examine the nature of the Columbian exchange. Compare it to other trading systems covered earlier in the class. Primary Source Reading: Christopher Columbus’s First Impressions of American Peoples; Afonso d’Alboquerqu Seizes Hormuz Day Fortyfive Quiz on Ch. 23 Begin discussion of Unit Five “The Origins of Global Interdependence, 1500-1800 with Ch. 23 “Transoceanic Encounters and Global Connections” Homework: Read (24)– outline chapter Identify terms: Ch. 24 The Council of Trent, Society of Jesus/St. Ignatius Loyola, Thirty Years’ War, Peace of Westphalia, Scientific Revolution/ Nicolaus Copernicus; Johannes Kepler; Galileo Galilei; Isaac Newton, Enlightenment/ John Locke; Baron de Montesquieu; Voltaire, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Charles V, Louis XIV Study Questions: Who were the leading thinkers of the Enlightenment? What role did Martin Luther play in the Protestant Reformation? Primary Source Reading: Adam Smith on the Capitalist Market Day Fortysix Discuss Ch. 24 “The Transformation of Europe” Discuss the Protestant Reformation Homework: study for quiz on Ch. 24, Continue studying terms for Ch. 24 Day Fortyseven Quiz on Ch. 24 Discuss Scientific Rev. and the Enlightenment Homework: Read (25) – outline chapter and study for quiz Identify terms: Ch 25 Conquistador, Treaty of Tordesillas, Mulattoes, Peninsulares, Hernán Cortés, Motecuzoma II, Francisco Pizarro, Jamestown, indentured servants, viceroys Study Question: Examine the social structure of colonial life in North America. How was it different from the social structure of life in South America? Primary Source Reading: First Impressions of Spanish Forces Captain James Cook on the Hawaiians Day Fortyeight Quiz on Ch. 25 Discuss “New Worlds: The Americas and Oceania” Homework: Read (26)– outline chapter and study for quiz Identify terms: Ch 26 Songhay, Bantu, Kongo, Ndongo, Fulani, Asante, Dahomey, Sunni Ali, Afonso I, Oloudah Equiano, Dona Beatriz, Cape Town Study Question: How was Africa influenced by European contact during this period? What were the social implications of this interaction? Primary Source Reading: King Afonso I Protests Slave Trading in the Kingdom of Kongo; Olaudah Equiano on the Middle Passage Day Fortynine Quiz on Ch. 26 Discuss “Africa and the Atlantic World” Homework: Read (27)– outline chapter and study for quiz Identify terms: Ch 27 Ming dynasty, Qing dynasty, “Eightlegged essays”, Footbinding, Daimyo, “Native learning”, “Floating world”, Kabuki, Hongwu, Yongle, Qianlong Study Question: Examine the role of women during the Ming and Qing dynasties. How was footbinding representative of the changing social and gender worlds of China? Primary Source Reading: Qianlong on Chinese Trade with England Day Fifty Quiz on Ch. 27 Discuss “Tradition and Change in East Asia” Discuss Japanese culture (e.g. theatre, art, Haiku poetry) Homework: Read (28) – outline chapter and study for quiz Identify terms: Ch 28 Mughals, Twelver Shiism, Safavids, Ottomans, Sikhs, Osman Bey, Mehmed II, Suleyman the Magnificent, Shah Ismail, Safi alDin, Akbar, Aya Sofya Study Question: What factors led to the decline and eventual collapse of the Islamic states? Primary Source Reading: Ghislain de Busbecq’s Concerns about the Ottoman Empire Day Fiftyone Quiz on Ch. 28 Discuss “The Islamic Empires” Homework: Read (29) – outline chapter and study for quiz Identify terms: Ch 29 Cossacks, “third Rome”, Boyars, Pugachev’s rebellion, Charter of the Nobility, Ivan IV the Terrible, Peter I the Great, Mikhail Romanov, Catherine II the Great, Emilian Pugachev Study Question: Examine the westernization of Russia under Peter the Great. How did this movement transform Russia? Primary Source Reading: Peter the Great and the Founding of St. Petersburg Day Fiftytwo Quiz on Ch. 29 Discuss “The Russian Empire in Europe and Asia” Homework: study for test on Unit Five 40 Multiple choice and Comparative essay Day Fiftythree Unit Five test with Comparative essay Day Fiftyfour Discuss Unit Five test and global connections Discuss Comparative essay Homework: Read (30) – outline chapter Identify terms: Ch 30 popular sovereignty, The Social Contract, French Revolution, “liberty, equality, and fraternity”, Zionism, Congress of Vienna, John Locke, Napoleon Bonaparte, The Concordat of 1802, Louverture, Simón Bolivar, John Stuart Mill Study Question: Why was Napoleon successful and why did he eventually fail? Was he a child of the Englightenment? Primary Source Reading: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen Day Fiftyfive Begin discussion of Unit Six “An Age of Revolution, Industry, and Empire, 1750-1914” with Ch. 30 “Revolutions and National States in the Atlantic World” Discuss “Popular Sovereignty and Political Upheaval” (French Rev.) Homework: study for quiz on Ch. 30 Day Fiftysix Quiz on Ch. 30 Discuss “Impact of Rev. and Nation Building” (Latin American Rev., Unification of Germany and Italy, and Zionism) Homework: Read (31) – outline chapter Identify terms: Ch 31 Calico Acts, puttingout system, Luddites, Utopian socialism, Manifesto of the Communist Party /Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, James Watt, George Stephenson, Henry Bessemer, Eli Whitney, Robert Owen Study Question: In what ways were families transformed by the process of industrialization? Primary Source Reading: Thomas Malthus on Population Marx and Engels on Bourgeoisie and Proletarians Day Fiftyseven Discuss “The Making of Industrial Society” (Industrial Rev. in Britain) Homework: study for quiz on Ch. 31 Day Fiftyeight Quiz on Ch. 31 Discuss “Global Effects of Industrialization” Homework: Read (32)– outline chapter and study for quiz Identify terms: Ch 32 Manifest destiny, Louisiana Purchase, Trail of Tears, Little Big Horn, Wounded Knee, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Caudillos, Fatt Hing Chin Study Question: How did the status of women vary between Canada, the U. S., and Latin America? Primary Source Reading: Ponciano Arriaga Calls for Land Reform The Meaning for Freedom for an ExSlave Day Fiftynine Quiz on Ch. 32 Discuss “The Americas in the Age of Independence” Homework: Read (33) – outline chapter and study for quiz Identify terms: Ch 33 Taiping Rebellion, capitulations, Young Ottomans, Young Turks, Crimean War, zemstvos, RussoJapanese War, Revolution of 1905, Duma, Opium War, Treaty of Nanjing, Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists, Tokugawa, bakufu, Meiji Restoration Study Question: Examine the Meiji Restoration. What were its guiding principles? Primary Source Reading: Proclamation of the Young Turks Letter of Lin Zexu to Queen Victoria Day Sixty Quiz on Ch. 33 Discuss “Societies at Crossroads” Homework: Read (34)– outline chapter and study for quiz Identify terms: Ch 34 Imperialism, White Man’s Burden, Sepoy uprising, Boers, Berlin Conference, Social Darwinism, Maji Maji rebellion, Spanish-American War, Sino-Japanese War, Cecil Rhodes, Herbert Spencer, Rhodesia, Suez Canal, French Indochina, Congo Study Question: What were the legacies of nineteenth century Imperialism? What was anticolonialism? In what ways is the world shaped today by the actions of nineteenth century imperialists? Primary Source Reading: Rudyard Kipling on the White Man’s Burden, Lord Lugard Justifies Imperialism and Indirect Rule in Africa Day Sixtyone Quiz on Ch. 34 Discuss “The Building of Global Empires” Homework: study for test on Unit Six : Change and Continuities Essay with 40 Multiple Choice Day Sixtytwo Unit Six test with Change and Continuities Essay Homework: Read (35) – outline chapter Identify terms: Ch 35 Self determination, Pan-Slavism, Triple Alliance, Triple Entente, Schlieffen plan, Black Hand, February Revolution, October Revolution, Bolsheviks, Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Treaty of Versailles, Fourteen Points, League of Nations, Nicholas II, Wilfred Owen, Woodrow Wilson, Austria-Hungary Study Question: Examine the concept of total war. How was World War I different from earlier wars? How important was the home front? Primary Source Reading: Dulce et decorum est; State and Revolution Day Sixtythree Begin discussion of Unit Seven “Contemporary Global Realignments, 1914 to the Present” with Ch. 35 “The Great War: The World in Upheaval” (Causes of the war and the actual war) Homework: study for quiz on Ch. 35 Day Sixtyfour Quiz on Ch. 35 Continue discussion with Russian Rev. and Treaty of Versailles Homework: Read (36)– outline chapter and study for quiz Identify terms: Ch 36 Psychoanalysis, Black Thursday, Great Depression, New Deal, New Economic Policy, Bauhaus, Five Year Plans, fascism, Weimar Republic, National Socialist German Workers’ Party, Nuremberg Laws, Chinese Communist Party, The Long March, John Maynard Keynes, Sigmund Freud, Walter Gropius, V. I. Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Paul von Hindenburg, Mohandas Gandhi, Jiang Jieshi, Mao Zeodong, Sun Yat-sen Study Question: Examine the political movement known as fascism. What were its main tenets? Compare fascism to democracy and communism. Primary Source Reading: Mein Kampf; Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan Day Sixtyfive Quiz on Ch. 36 Discuss “An Age of Anxiety” (particularly: Great Depression, Fascism, and the Chinese Rev.) Homework: Read (37)– outline chapter Identify terms: Ch 37 Mukden incident, Rape of Nanjing, Asia for Asians, Tripartitie Pact, Appeasement, Yalta Conference, United Nations, Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, Vichy Government, Neville Chamberlain Study Question: Examine the Final Solution. How long had antiSemitism been a problem? Discuss Hitler’s role in the Final Solution. Primary Source Reading: A Hiroshima Maiden’s Tale, We Will Never Speak about It in Public Day Sixtysix Discuss “New Conflagrations: World War II” (Origins of WWII and the War) Homework: study for quiz on Ch. 37 Day Sixtyseven Quiz on Ch. 37 cont. discussion of WWII (the Holocaust, origins of Cold War) Homework: Read (38)– outline chapter Identify terms: Ch 38 Perestroika, Glasnost, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Warsaw Treaty Organization, The Cold War, Solidarity, Ho Chi Minh, Kim Il Sung, Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin Study Question: Discuss the origins of the cold war. What were the fundamental differences between the Soviet Union and the United States? Primary Source Reading: Nikita Khrushchev on the Capitalist Iron Curtain Day Sixtyeight Review day Day Sixtynine Discuss “The Bipolar World” (Cold War, the Establishment of the People’s Republic of China, and the Vietnam War) Homework: study for quiz on Ch. 38 Day Seventy Quiz on Ch. 38 cont. discussion with Collapse of the Soviet Union and end of Cold War Homework: Read (39) – outline chapter Identify terms: Ch 39 Taliban, Apartheid, Tiananmen Square, Mao Zedong, Juan Perón, Kwame Nkrumah, Nelson Mandela, Anwar Sadat, Yasser Arafat,Yitzhak Rabin Study Question: Examine the important economic factors that influenced the second half of the twentieth century. Discuss the importance of economic alliances such as OPEC and GATT. Primary Source Reading: Kwame Nkrumah on African Unity, Ayatollah Khomeini’s “Message to the Pilgrims” Day Seventyone Discuss “The Retreat from Empire” (Asian independence) Homework: study for quiz on Ch. 39 Day Seventytwo Quiz on Ch. 39 cont. discussion with African independence and creation of Israel Homework: Read (40) – outline chapter and study for quiz Identify terms: Ch 40 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Onechild family rule, Al Qaeda, Global warming, Greenpeace, United Nations, Osama bin Laden, World Trade Organization, Americanization, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Study Question: Examine concepts such as Americanization and McDonaldization. How influential is the U. S. in the world today? Why are some countries frightened by this influence? Primary Source Reading: Silent Spring Day Seventythree Quiz on Ch. 40 Discuss “A World Without Borders” Homework: study for test on Unit Seven 40 multiple choice and DBQ essay Day Seventyfour Test on Unit Seven with DBQ essay AP Exam week is the next week. We will have review sessions outside of class time. Following the AP Exam: Teachers may want to assign historical novels to the students to read, write a short book review, and present their impressions of the novels to the class. Some suggestions of novels are: Gabriela, Clove, and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado “On a bright spring day in 1925, Gabriela arrives from the poverty stricken backwoods of Brazil to a seaside port of Ilhéus, where she attracts the attention of Nacib, a café owner who is in desperate need of a new cook.” introduction to book A Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks “Describes the 17thcentury plague that is carried from London to a small Derbyshire village by an itinerant tailor.” Amazon. com A Tomb for Boris Davidovich by Danilo Kiš “A portrait of a country and a people in turmoil, of how communism both creates and devours its sons.” Publishers Weekly The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini “The novel follows the story of Amir, the privileged son of a wealthy businessman in Kabul, and Hassan, the son of Amir’s father’s servant.” –Amazon.com List of Internet Assignments: Teachers should use the Traditions and Encounters student website to access these assignments. Assignments are typically analyses of primary and secondary source writings.