Unit 4 Essay Rubric

Click here for the rubric (based on the one provided during the in-class assessment)

Unit 5

The Unit 5 Syllabus has been posted (click link under syllabi tab above).  We will look at examples of previous Animoto projects later this week.

HW for this weekend

NO NEW READINGS!

Please look at the Civilizations Project assignment and be prepared to start research Monday with your subject.

Look at the Animoto projects shared with you to prepare you for the project.

Unit 4 Essay Rubric

Free Response Question (FRQ) RUBRIC

Ø  Strong, coherent thesis statement in brief introduction.  The thesis is not simply a restatement of the question and includes a clear point of view.

Ø  Good use of evidence in paragraphs to justify point of view with clear topic sentences  (at least 3 paragraphs or more).

Ø  Strong topic sentences and transitions between paragraphs.

Ø  Well-argued essay based on prepared outline.  Structure and argument well-constructed.

Ø  Strong conclusion that does not repeat the introduction/thesis, and ties the essay together with thoughtful synthesis. 

Today's Frame

How did Medieval Europe blend together ingredients from the Roman Empire, German barbarian culture, and the Roman Catholic Church?  And... how did this provide a foundation for what the Western Europeans during this period deemed a "Kingdom of Christ" on Earth- AKA Christendom?

Jerusalem, Istanbul (Constantinople), and Aachen, Germany

Today's Frame

How did the various Islamic empires and caliphates stimulate cultural innovations and provide relative unity throughout the far-flung Muslim world?

Today's Frame

How did Islam emerge as the fastest-growing faith of its time and represent the latest version of monotheism?

Today's Frame

How did Constantinople ("The New Rome") develop into an empire that outlasted the Western Roman Empire by a milennium- all the while creating its own unique culture, law, form of Christianity, etc.?

Images and Artifacts

How do images and artifacts help us understand the past?  How do they function as primary sources to inform us about historical events and societies?

3rd Period HW: Select 1 image from your Activity Points or from the web that 1) You find incredibly compelling  2) You want to learn more about

Then upload that image to your blog and answer the above two prompts

2nd Quarter Activity Points are Posted

Check the Activity Points tab above

Additional Review

Here are all Unit 3 Reading Quizzes for you....

3rd Period Reading Quiz (Rome)

6th Period Reading Quiz (Rome)

3rd Period Reading Quiz (Persia and Greece)

6th period Reading Quiz (Persia and Greece)

Today's Frame

How did Christianity emerge from a persecuted religion to the official state region of the Roman Empire?

Today's Frame

How did Roman culture embrace Greek, Etruscan, and local Latin elements and make contributions in art, literature, architecture, etc.?

ACTIVITY: Using our buckets and with a focus on the Spielvogel reading on Roman culture, break your notes into headings that reflect both the reading content and our buckets and content targets.

AS A GROUP, you will determine how to present this information.

Today's Frame

What conditions led to the end of the Roman Republic and the descent into imperial Rome during the Pax Romana?

Cicero's Rome

Click here for Cicero document

And click here for Cicero questions

Today's Frame

During the late Hellenistic period, how did Rome emerge as the dominant power in the Mediterranean?

What's Up in Greece Today?

Find out in the New York Times article here for more:

Today's Frame

How was Hellenism a cultural and political force in ancient Greece, Egypt, and central Asia?

Today's Frame

Why was the the Athenian Golden Age born of war and extinguished by war (and how did arete and hubris figure into this narrative)?

Today's Frame & Activity

How does Greek art and architecture reflect the philosophical positions of Athenians during the Golden Age? (Consider our "buckets" and the philosophical positions of Golden Age philosophers and politicians (both Greek words).


Here's the link to today's Art & Architecture Activity (3rd Period)
Here's the link for today's Art & Architecture Activity (6th Period)

Today's Frame

How and why does ancient Greek philosophy attempt to explain the world? (please note that the word "philosophy" is Greek in origin... Just like architecture, politics, democracy, etc., etc. (et cetera is Latin in origin)...

Greek Architecture

Classical Greek architecture is alive.  Look at cities and towns around the world and you will see elements everywhere- including in Deerfield and certainly Chicago.  Why do we still embrace an architectural style that is well over 2,000 years old?  What does that say about Greek civilization?  What does that say about us?

Capitals and Columns handout (this will be very useful for us)

This is a photo I took of the Parthenon atop the Acropolis in Athens. Note: the image was actually shot on film and ultimately digitally scanned .

Today's Frame

How did geography affect the development of ancient Greek civilization?

Today's Frame

How was Zoroastrianism an integral part of Persian civilization, and how did it influence other religions, particularly monotheistic faiths in the ancient Middle East?

Today's Frame

How and why did the Persians (Achaemenids) create the world’s first multinational, multiethnic, multireligious, and multilingual empire?

Today's China Meets Ancient China...

New York Times Editorial 10/11/14
The opinion piece discusses how the current Communist leadership is returning to "Legalist" and "Confucianist" classics in order to provide alternative models to Western political and economic models.

Reading Quiz Questions, Presentations, Socrative Review Questions

are available here for 3rd and 6th periods for you to prepare for the unit test.

3rd period Reading Quiz questions

6th period Reading Quiz questions

Feel free to check out the other section's quiz (questions)!

Also...  here are the GoogleSlides presentations for last week:

3rd period presentations

6th period presentations

Finally: 

3rd period Socrative questions (unit test review)
6th period Socrative questions (unit test review)

Buddhism readings

(2 of them) are links in your section syllabus

China and Iraq Today: Why they still matter

We're studying their ancient origins, but these nations are still hotspots...

Live feed of Hong Kong

Ancient China video link is available in the syllabi- check your section syllabus

3 Chinese Philosophies

Click here for the digital handout

HOMEWORK

Remember that homework Reading Notes must be organized thematically, and cannot include complete sentences.  For full credit, you must 1) "merge" class notes with the actual Reading Notes doc. so that it correseponds with the material being covered and contextualized further in class.   2) Organize the "merged" document later (possibly at night) so that it is not repetitive and that frames/targets are clearly shown.  Our curriculum is being shaped and learned continuously, and homework, class notes, class discussions, and lectures should not be considered "final products" to be turned in; instead they should always be considered works in progress- just like you and me- and the rest of humanity.

HW for Friday

Well... there is no new reading following the Unit 1 Test.  But, I higly encourage you to spend some time looking over Activity Points that have been posted to this site under the "Activity Points" tab.  We will discuss them briefly in class on Friday.  They will be due Tues., 10/28 to turnitin.com (more on that later)...

Unit 1 Test Prep/Review

3rd period and 6th periods' testing times will be regular full periods (3rd will be 56 mins. rather than 57, which is negligible).

Please check your Gmail for student-created Review Sheet Templates.  Once you open it, be sure to go to "File" and then "Make a Copy"; that way you can write on it and "merge" it with your own notes from class.  Remember not to cram!  45 mins. or an hour of studying over a few days is much better than cramming for 4 hours the night before...

New for this Weekend...

The HW for this weekend is "Condensed Notes"- See the syllabi as this is not Reading Notes.  Have a great weekend!

A few more resources...

The Time-Life video on ancient Mesopotamia from Tuesday's class is available here (we made it through 31 minutes out of 50 minutes today).  Please finish the video for next class.

The Hebrews Reading for Tuesday night: Click here for excerpts

Note-taking/Outlining Fundamentals

What Bentley calls "Early Complex Societies"...

Other historians, like Ferguson call "civililization"  So... be sure to compare your notes from Friday's class on the "ingredients of civilization" with your homework from earlier this week called "Early Complex Societies".  They're both tackling the same problem...

Epic of Gilgamesh Excerpt

Click here for "The Flood", from Gilgamesh

Short Writing Assignment Due Monday 9/8

Here's the link to the "Understanding Civilizations" (paragraph) writing assignment

Tuesday class reading ("The Clash of Civilizations") AND Hammurabi's Code Excerpts

Please click here to access our PDF for today's class:

Please click here for a copy of Hammurabi's Code (the link is also availabale on your section syllabus)

Weekend Readings

Your two short weekend readings are PDFs which I shared with you and can be accessed with directions on your section's syllabus.  Have a great long weekend!

Locating your HW Calendar...

Please click on the tab just above this post called "Unit Syllabi" that is associated with your section (class period).  Once you click there, there is currently only one syllabus there- the Unit 1 Syllabus.  Click on that (it's a link) and then scroll down to see the unit calendar, which includes homework assignments and a range of other materials (I'm still posting most).  Beware of getting ahead as I often tweak future assignments based on where we are as a class.  Good luck!

Welcome to Honors World History!

Please be sure to drag all homework to be shared as GoogleDocs into the shared folder with your name on it that has been created by "GoogleDocs Owner".  This will enable our app called "Hapara" to work.