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Kelli Padgett
ROBERT E. LEE HIGH SCHOOL
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Welcome to Miss Padgett's

AP World History Page

2011-2012

All work from 1st Semester has been removed.

Monday 2/6/12 (A Day)

Warm-Up:  Analyzing Art from the Black Plague

Quiz:  Chaper 14 Part 1

Classwork:  Renaissance Notes (including slides on art)

The Renaissance

 

 

·         Universities & Scholasticism

o   Universities dedicated to the study of law, medicine & THEOLOGY increased.

§  Most were operated by the Catholic Church

o   Scholasticism was an attempt to reconcile the beliefs of Christian Europe with the teaching of pre-Christian Greek Philosophers (i.e. Aristotle)

 

§  Humanism -

o   Humanists were interested in the rediscovery of Greco-Roman civilization

§  Studied the humanities - Grammar, rhetoric, poetry, history, & ethics

o   Interest in Humanism led to new styles of art – using themes / ideas from the Greco-Roman world

§  Philosophy & Mythology

§  Architecture and Statue Design

 

§  Growth of Secularism - not related to religion

o   The Catholic Church is STILL important and powerful but it is not “all that”

o   This led to new styles of art

§  Portraits of people that were not religious figures OR royalty

§  Other Renaissance Art Characteristics:  Perspective / Vanishing Point

§  Northern Renaissance Art

o   Focused more on religion than Italian Renaissance

o   Artists less advanced in perspective

o   Use of symbolism

 

Homework:  Read pg 368-373: Read about the growth of monarchs and take Cornell notes on the following.

1) What impact did the Great Western Schism have on papal authority and why (be detailed!!)?

2) How did the Hundred Year War mark a turning point with regards to military technology?

3) How were the “new monarchies” in France and England distinct (different) from the earlier predecessors in the Middle Ages?  Would you say that the power of the monarch was greater or less than before?  Explain / Support  your response.

4) How did Christian religious zeal impact Spain and Portugal during the Late Middle Ages?

 

Thursday 2/2/12 (A Day) & Friday 2/3/12 (B Day)

Warm Up:  Short Response - Explain the changes that occurred in cities, trade, and the environment in Western Europe during the Middle Ages.

 

Graded Discussion:  Based on homework from previos class - see syllabus for make up procedures.

 

Mini-Lesson: Introduce the Black Death:  Causes and Spread - view video & take notes

http://youtu.be/m670SKUTvNU

Classwork: Read pg 353 – 354 to determine the effects of the Black Death.

Tuesday 1/31/12 (A Day) & Wednesday 2/1/12 (B Day)

Warm-Up:  Brainstorming – besides increased birthrate – what factors (environmental, political, etc) may have led an increase in European population in the 12th century.

Mini-Lesson #1: Review of Social & Labor System of Western Europe

·         Serfdom

·         Fruits of Labor go to Lord

·         Male / Female working

·         Reasons for population increase:

o   Temperature warmed up

§  Fewer deaths

o   Fewer diseases

Classwork #1: Students will read pg 353 & write down the different ways the European population increased their food production capacity.

Mini-Lesson #2:  Introduce the mines and mills technology of Western Europe

·         Techniques

·         Tools etc created

Classwork #2: Students will read 355-356 & write down the negative effects on the environment.

**Students will infer what the positive  effects would be  on the labor force** 

Homework:  Read pg 356-364 and take Cornell notes based on the following focus questions 

·         Explain the role Italian city-states played in the Mediterranean trade

·         Explain the role the northern European cities played in trade

·         Explain what industries were developed and changed as a result of this increased trade

·         Explain the relationship between guilds and government.

Inference – why were Gothic cathedrals so important to medieval towns?

Friday 1/27/12 (A Day) & Monday 1/30/12 (B Day)

Warm-Up:  Complete Ibn Battuta PSD reading (#1-4 on pg 448-452 of The Human Record)

Assessment:  Graded Discussion based on part 2 of chapter 13

Mini-Lesson:  AP Regions introduction – how regions are determined & why they are important in AP

Classwork:  Students will use a chart to begin filling in countries / empires we have studied and match them to their correct AP region

Homework:  Students will complete revisions from writing assignments

 

Wednesday January 25, 2012 (A Day) & Thursday January 26, 2012 (B Day)

Quiz:  Chapter 13

In-Class ReadingThe Human Record pg 448-452 answer analysis questions 1-4 

Homework: Students should complete make up / revisions of work from 3rd quarter

Monday January 23, 2012 (A Day) & Tuesday January 24, 2012 (B Day)

"A Day" students participated in the 1,000,000 Minute Reading Initiative by the State of Florida.

Graded Discussion:  Questions based on chapter 13 part 1 (see syllabus addendum)

Class Notes:  Indian Ocean Trade

·         No 1 government was  in charge; it was tied together by monetary interests

·         Traded in luxury & food items

o   Gold from East Africa (and inland Africa)

o   Horses and other goods from Arabian Peninsula (and parts of Middle East, Mediterranean & Eastern Europe)

·         Ocean trade picked up after the collapse of the Mongol Empire

o   WHY??

·         2 main “legs” of the journey…from Africa to Arabia to India / from India to China to SE Asia

o   The dhow carried goods between Africa and India

o   The  junk carried goods between China & India

Classwork / Homework: complete reading chapter 13 & take Cornell notes.  Students were given specific information to look for in the 1st section - they should use that as a guide for the remainder of the chapter.

·         Explain how the city of Kilwa benefitted from trade; give specifics

·         Explain where the trade goods from Kilwa came from

·         Explain how the civilization of Great Zimbabwe benefitted from trade; give specifics

o   Explain why Great Zimbabwe lost its prestige

 

Wednesday January 18, 2012 (A Day) & Thursday January 19, 2012 (B Day)

Semester 2 Syllabus Addendum given to students to be signed & returned

DBQ's returned.  Students were given notes as well as samples to read to help improve their own essays.  REVISIONS ARE EXPECTED AND SHOULD BE TURNED IN ASAP.

Friday January 13, 2012 (A Day) & Tuesday January 17, 2012 (B DAY)

In class timed writing:  Mongol DBQ

  • any student who did not write the DBQ must do so during tutoring in order to receive credit.

Homework:  Read chapter 13 part 1 (pg 325-338) - take Cornell Notes based on chapter preview

(1st / 3rd received this assignment on Wednesday 1/18/12)














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