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Introduction to Civilizations

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World Religions

Ancient China

World I Midterm

Islamic & Gunpowder Empires

West African Kingdoms

Middle Ages in Europe

Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution

Exploration

Absolutism

Freshman Research Paper

** Items below this line are from the 2011-2012 school year. **

__[|reconsider columbus day]rec__

__[|Columbus, The Indians and Human Progress]__

__[|Rethinking Columbus]__

__[|wordle creator]__

__[|Renaissance Wordle -Green Class]__

__PROTESTANT REFORMATION PAGE__

__[|Renaissance Man]__

__[|History Video Songs]__

__[|95 Thesis Rap]__

__[|art history resources]__

__[|Masters of Illusion Part 1]__ __[|Masters of Illusions Part 2]__

__[|MIddle Ages DBQ]__

__[|Map of Holy Roman Empire]__

__Black Death discussion begins at 26:18. (sharonhs eagles)__ media type="custom" key="15439086"

__ [|gothic v romanesque] __
 * Three clips about Gothic Architecture**

__ [|cathedral] __

__[|Gothic Facade]__

__ Research help for projects and papers: __

__To do research using the pathfinders created by Ms. Collins:__ __1. Go to the Sharon High School Website by clicking the link at the end of these instructions.__ __2. Once you are on the SHS website, go to Eagle Hotspots on the righthand side of the page and choose School Library.__ __3. Once you are on School Library choose Teacher Research Projects / Path Finders from the black list on the left.__ __4. Once you click on that scroll down to Middle Ages/ Renaissance__ __5. To access the data bases from home you will need a Sharon Public Library Card. If you don't have one you can use the yellow hi-lighted number:__ __ 2 1631 00038 6844 (no spaces) __

__[|Research Pathfinders] .__

__To access ABC Clio please click this link: [|ABC Clio]__ __password and login are sharonstudent. Use the database for Ancient and Medieval Eras.__

__[|black Death]__

__[|Sir Guwain part 1]__

__[|part 2]__

__[|part 3]__

__[|Review C]__ __ [|rossword 13.1] __

__[|Review Crossword Rome and Byzantine]__

__Fall of Rome 476__ __Byzantine Empire__ __Justinian__ __Theodora__ __preservation of knowledge__ __Hagia Sophia__ __Justinian Code__ __Great Schism 1054__ __Eastern Orthodox Christianity__ __Constantinople 1453__ __Istanbul__

__[|Swahili Coast]__

__[|Benin]__

__[|Station 3 Link]__

__[|Africa Geography]__

__[|bbc story of africa]__

**Websites for GUNPOWDER EMPIRE RESEARCH**

__**To get to ABC-CLIO click this link. Password and login are :sharonstudent**__ __**[|ABC Clio]**__

__**To get to worldbook online click link below. Login:sharoneagles password : eagles**__ __**[|worldbook online]**__

__[|Gunpowder empires]__ __(to view this article you must use firefox as your browser)__

__[|Ottoman Empire BBC]__

__[|Safavid Empire BBC]__

__[|Mughal Empire BBC]__

__Additional Links about Islamic Empires (pre-exam)__

__[|Islamic Geometry in Art]__

__[|Islam Chronology]__ __[|spread of islam map]__

__Ottoman Empire Podcast__ __[|Ottoman Empire and the West]__

__Japan / Korea__ __[|kabuki theater]__

__[|Crossword Puzzle Maker]__

__[|Mongols Site]__

__[|Mongols]__ __[|Mongols 2/5]__ __[|Mongols 3/5]__ __[|Mongols 4/5]__ __[|Mongols 5/5]__

__[|Footbinding]__

__[|China Borders]__

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__Introduction to Civilizations__

__World Religions__

__[|Islam Empire of Faith]__

__[|Europe in 1500]__

Items below are from the 2012-2013 school year.

Introduction to Ancient Civilization __** Day One (Sept. 2012) **__ __Essential Question: How does the World look to me? __ __ Goal: Create a freehand map of the world from memory __ __ Agenda:- Draw a map of the world freehand and from memory. Start with the continents, and from there, fill in nations, states, oceans and seas, geographic features and anything else that comes to mind. This is not a test. You will be evaluated on what you have done. Do not collaborate with your neighbors. The point of this activity is to see how you see the world from memory. __

__Essential Question: Why do our maps look different? __ __ Goals: Define ethnocentrism and understand how it influences the way we understand, evaluate and interact with history and the world around us? __ __ Agenda: __ __ o. odds and ends (website, etc.) __ __ 1. evaluate maps __ __ 2. group discussion of maps __ __ 3. ethnocentrism __ __ 4. Sterotyping Reading - Begin together, finish for homework __ __ 5. summarizer: random analogy: How is ethnocentrism like an orange? __
 * Day Two: Sept 2012 **

__Essential Questions: __ __How does my identity shape my world view? __ __How do civilizations develop and advance? __ __Goals: __ __Create and analyze personal identity map __ __identify and discuss the factors that create and advance civilizations __ __ Agenda: __ __ O. Arrange desks in pods of 4 - 1 pod of 2. __ __ 1. in pairs share sentences from homework that you chose and discuss with your neighbor why you chose that sentence __
 * Day Three (Sept 2012) **

__ 2. Os Gemeos __ __ [|Os Gemeos Subject of Controversy] __

__ 3. create personal identity map __ __ 4. What did it take to create this?????? GREATS __

__ 5. Period One only - because we have lunch block - Economics Model __

__Essential Questions: __ __1. How does the Economic Model explain the development and advancement of civilization? __ __ Goals: __ __ 1. Identify and explain the 4 circles of the economic model __ __ 2. Create a "most important thing" and journal entry to demonstrate understanding of economic model (blue and yellow only) __
 * Day Four (Sept 2012) **

__ Agenda: __ __ 0.popsicle pods / distribute textbooks __ __ 1. economic model __

__ 2. journal entries (pd 4 - green will do this on Monday) __ __ 4.homework: click here to get to homework page: World History One Homework __

__Essential Question: __ __1. What characteristics of Sumerian Civilization prove that it was advanced? __ __ Goals: Read text about Sumerian Civilizations and create GREATS chart with specific evidence of advanced civilization __ __ Agenda: __ __ o. Hammurabi Code Homework: click here to get to homework page: World History One Homework __ __ 1. collect homework __ __ 1a: GREEN ONLY: Understanding Check Economic Model __ __ 2. silent sustained reading __ __ 3. GREATS chart together __
 * Day Five (Sept 2012) **

__Essential Questions: __ __What do the laws of a socety tell us about its values? __ __How do the laws of Hammurabi's Code allow them to stay in the circle of adancements? __ __<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">How does Jared Diamond's theory of "geographic luck" explain why some societies are more successful than others.? <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">(green only on Day 6) __ __ Goals: __ __ Evaluate and discuss Hammurabi's Code to draw conclusion about a civilizations organization and values __ __ View Guns Germs and Steel, complete and discuss viewing guide in order to understand the theory of geographic luck. (green only) __ __Agenda:__ __0. odds and ends __ __1.(study guide, homework, how to study)__ __2. Hammurabi's Code discussion__ __3. Guns, Germs and Steel__
 * Day Six (Sept 2012)**

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Essential Questions: <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">How does Jared Diamond's theory of "geographic luck" explain why some societies are more successful than others.? Goals/ Agenda View Guns Germs and Steel, complete and discuss viewing guide in order to understand the theory of geographic luck. • To watch G,G & S at home click the link below. We watched the first episode: Out of Eden. [|Guns, Germs and Steel] Viewing guide for "Guns, Germs and Steel
 * Day Seven (Sept 2012)**__

This guide is from 2011-2012 and will be updated before we take a test for the 2012-2013 year.

Timeline docs
 * 1) <span style="color: #451670; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;">Document 1
 * 2) <span style="color: #451670; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;">Document 2
 * 3) <span style="color: #451670; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;">Document 3
 * 4) Document 4
 * 5) Document 5
 * 6) Document 6