Welcome to World History to the 16th Century - CHW3M
General Research Resources Glebe Library
Summative Tasks:
#1 World Legacies Research Essay
#2 Interview:
1) What are the greatest achievements and mistakes of ancient civilizations?
2) What are the skills of history, and how did you learn them? My Skills Inventory
2014
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September 1
Labour Day No School
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2 Determine our Class Rules
Assemble the Concept Map
Homework: What are your top ten historical events in world history?
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3 Complete Questionnaire to determine class plan
Groups agree on a top ten events/people before 1500 CE.
How did you decide? Determine Significance Criteria
Homework: Journal - My questions about ancient history |
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Historical Thinking Concepts - Review from grade 10 - posters
Choose an artifact or primary source document - analyze using the HTC concepts in groups
Create a "museum" exhibit of your artifacts and HTC explanations
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5 Museum walk around 2 Stickies - suggest alternate HTC, ask a question Journal: What did you learn about Historical Thinking? What is a question you have about it? What did you learn about Ancient History? What is a question that you have about it?
Homework: Watch the videos, bring a device Monday Introduction to archaeology Watch the video - cool job What would be challenging and rewarding about being an archaeologist?
Work with your group to Answer the Questions |
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September 8
Meet in Library, bring a device if you have one
Introduce EasyBib Begin working on the assignment Does Ancient History Ever Change?
Are your sources any good? |
9 Use EasyBib and
GoogleDocs to begin working on the paragraph assignment: Does Ancient History Ever Change?
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10 Does Ancient History Ever Change?
Optional (if done early) Watch
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11 Assignment DUE:Does ancient history ever change?
Stone Age
Crash Course - Rise of agriculture
Homework: What is the question, thesis, evidence and one question you have based on the video
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12 Discuss homework - Rise of Agriculture
Lecture - Living in the Stone Age
The Oldest Enigma of Humanity - New theory to explain the Paleolithic cave paintings
Journal: Why is it important to ask questions and interpret evidence? |
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September 15
Finish Living in the Stone Age lecture
Groups - Which innovation of the stone age was most significant?
Why is this civilization significant?
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16 Mesopotamia Lecture - Mesopotamia
Watch the Epic of Gilgamesh in graphic animation.
Homework: Watch an episode of Dragon's Den if you haven't seen it before
Decide which invention you will pitch and begin research |
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Research and prepare for the Mesopotamian Dragon's Den
BYO device for research!
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18 Mesopotamian Dragon's Den
Pitch your Mesopotamian invention to the Dragons for everlasting fame and glory
Journal: What was the most significant innovation of Mesopotamia? Reflect on what made your pitch successful or unsuccessful. What would you do differently? |
19 Egypt
Start Egypt - Who was the Greatest Pharaoh?
How do you decide? March Madness!
Criteria for Greatness |
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September 22
Find your Pharaoh Lab 107 Choose your top 5 for tomorrow
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Class determines Criteria for Success
Quiz Game! Could you become a citizen of ancient Egypt? |
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Research using Easybib - notes from 3 sources
Lab 214 |
25 Class determines Criteria for Success
Begin preparing your persuasive arguments
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26 Research Goal - all done research by end period |
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September 29
Prepare arguments |
September 30
Peer Review Day:Instructions |
October 1
Tournament Begins Today!
Sudden Death Tournament Vote based on Success Criteria and Greatness Criteria |
2 Rounds 2 and 3
March Madness FINAL ROUND |
3 All research and reflections due today
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October 6 Ottawa Swordplay - Guest Speaker Craig Shackleton on using primary source evidence.
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Class Timeline - Presenting and voting on significance - Compose a tweet for your person/event/development.
Use significance criteria hashtag eg. #revealsthepast.
Class votes on most significant events. |
8 Finish voting on the most significant events of Unit 1
The Classical World
Unit Assignment:
Crash Course Persians and Greeks What is the Question, Thesis and Evidence?
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Discuss Crash Course Persians and Greeks in small groups
Compare to Horrible Histories
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10PD Dayno school |
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October 13
Thanksgiving - No School |
14 Criteria for a good presentation/video
Watch History Teachers Greek videos (especially Crete) and Horrible Histories (esp. woman festival)
Discuss and analyze - is there a question, thesis and evidence? Which Historical Thinking Concept are they using?
Criteria for a good inquiry question |
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Greece - generate research questions - write down 3 in your journal - what makes them good questions?
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Rome Crash Courses:
Begin Timeline of Greece and Rome
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17 Complete timeline of Greece and Rome
Rome Crash Course: Judaism to Constantine
Speed Dating to develop a variety of inquiry questions. |
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October 20
Develop your topics and questions for the Classical Studies Conference
- Use a Historical Thinking Concept approach - Criteria for a good research question
Enter your question in the spreadsheet
Homework: Preliminary research. Set up your project on Easybib and share with me and group members
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21 Second Floor computer cart
Edit your question in the spreadsheet as needed.
Set up your project on Easybib and share with me and group members
Resources: Greece Crash Courses: Greece: Lectures
Rome Crash Courses: Empire or Republic?Terms/viewing guide Rome:Lectures
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22 Second Floor computer cart
Edit the spreadsheet as needed.
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Peer Review Day - Bring in your (mostly) completed work
Second Floor computer cart
Edit the spreadsheet as needed.
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Last day to revise/prepare |
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October 27
Classical Studies Conference Day 1
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29 Library Find a book for the Non-Fiction Book Report
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Asian Civilizations
Explore sources - find something interesting in the print resoures |
31 Readings: Exploring Sources about Ancient Asia |
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November 3
Finish Exploring Sources about Ancient Asia |
4 Read your book Assessment Tracking and Mid-Term Reflection
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5 Watch Crash Course: Indus Valley
Identify the thesis, evidence and subtopics |
6 Watch Crash Course: Buddha and Ashoka |
7 Good Friday No School |
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November 10
Easter Monday No School |
11 Ancient ChinaWatch Crash Course Confucianism
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12 The Mongols Crash Course
Questions - sticky note activity |
13 Put your questions in the spreadsheet
Goal: Complete Step 1 of the Ancient Asia Photo Essay |
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Goal: Complete Step 2 of the Ancient Asia Photo Essay
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November 17
Goal: Complete Step 3 of the Ancient Asia Photo Essay |
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Goal: Complete Step 4 of the Ancient Asia Photo Essay |
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Finish working on the Ancient Asia Photo Essay
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Presentations of the Ancient Asia Photo Essay |
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Presentations of the Ancient Asia Photo Essay
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November 24 Finish presentations Complete reflections in journal |
25 Add to timeline - events for Ancient Asia
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26 Read chapter on African Kingdoms
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27 African Kingdoms |
28 Finish African Kingdoms jigsaw
Non-Fiction Book Club Discussions Choose 2 questions to discuss
Journal: 2 things I learned about African Kingdoms, 1 research question
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December 1 Islam and Medieval
Intro to Summative #1 - Leaders and Legacies
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2 Islam and Medieval
Your questions
The Dark Ages Lectures - Byzantines and Western Europe
HW: Examine slides Western Europe in the High Middle Ages Lecture and take notes
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3 Islam and Medieval
The Rise of Islam Question: Why So Popular?
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4 Islam and Medieval
Finish Islam Jigsaw
Medieval Lives - The Peasant - What is the stereotype? What is the evidence?
Begin planning for Medieval Feast |
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Medieval Feast Plan check Begin Summative
World History Speed Dating!
Brainstorm research questions for the each civilization |
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December 8
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What does this tell us about Medieval Society? What can we learn from these builders?
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10 Work on Summative
Set up Easybib and enter Research Question and subtopics
Begin research - using notecards Netbooks in class |
11 Work on Summative
Use notecards - should have 2-3 done minimum today
Library
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12 Book Report DUE
Work on Summative
Netbooks in class
Notecards from 5-6 sources today |
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December 15 Work on Summative
Netbooks in class
All research (notecards) done today (6-8 sources)
Organize outline |
16 Work on Summative
Lab 215
Write essay |
17 Work on Summative
Library - for printing! |
18 Summative #1 Essay Due Printed on paper with title page, bibliography, appendices and a staple!
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American Civilizations: Maya, Inca, Aztecs
Mayan Civilization Questions: What can we learn from ancient peoples? How do we know what we know about the past?
Video: Cracking the Mayan Code (PBS, 56 minutes)
Examine The Mayan Jaguar - add to your thinksheet
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December 22 Holidays |
Holidays | Holidays | Holidays | Holidays |
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December 29 Holidays |
Holidays | Holidays | Holidays | Holidays |
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January 5 Aztec Civilization Questions: What can we learn from ancient peoples? How do we know what we know about the past?
add to yourthinksheet
Video: In Search of History - The Aztec Empire (History Channel, 42 minutes) Ms Collishaw's Travel Blog
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6 Inca Civilization Questions: What can we learn from ancient peoples? How do we know what we know about the past?
add to yourthinksheet
Video: Macchu Picchu: Road to the Sky (Discovery, 45 minutes)
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Work on either a) Research Essay
Share research with me on Easybib. Use notecards to take notes
Laptop cart
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Work on either a) Research Essay
Share research on Easybib
Laptop Cart
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Field Trip Aviation museum D-Day ceremony with Ms. Pannell-Barrett and Ms. Thibault
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January 12
Work on either a) Research Essay
Share research on Easybib
Laptop Cart
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Giant World Timeline Bring colourful markers!
Secondary summative date - you know who you are!
Medieval Feast preparations |
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Prepare for Medieval Feast
Laptop Cart |
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Prepare for Feast
Laptop cart |
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Medieval Feast
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January 19
Prepare for Interviews
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22 Summative #2 Interviews |
23 Last Day of Classes Summative #2 Interviews |
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January 26 Period 1 Exams
Summative #2 Interviews
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27 Period 2 Exams |
28 Period 3 Exams |
29 Period 4 exams |
30 Last Day of Exams |
