GENERAL+STUFF

Unit 1: Foundations unit--> BIG HISTORY and GEOGRAPHY--> David Christian- [|Maps of Time] and Carl Sagan- [|Cosmos Calendar]

Make sure that you read the COURSE KEY CONCEPTS for language specific terms (example---> CORE/FOUNDATIONAL civilizations for River Valley/Ancient Civs)

Moses and Monotheism--Freud

PEDAGOGY IDEAS:


 * Speed Dating? Interesting way to cover important dates/ review content
 * Feudalism: Japan, Europe, Ottoman
 * Comparative on East Asian responses to Western Aggression
 * Post Info/PPT/PDF on website
 * Scavenger Hunts:
 * Game Show format: $100,000 Pyramid (questions, images); Chain Reaction; Lingo
 * White Boards:
 * SmartBoard: collaborative graphic organizers
 * Laminated GROUP size Graphic organizers
 * Fly-swat game---swat the answer (eras, regions, cultures, religions etc)
 * SPEED THINKING: put an image/source up....give them a set amount of time to come up with a coherent thought
 * [|Trita Parsi]
 * Art:
 * RUSSIA AND OTTOMAN (China): How do you handle a multi-ethnic society?
 * Central Asia before and after the fall of Communist Russia
 * HISTORICAL FICTION PROJECT: The Janissary Tree, The Secret Fan
 * Books in a Bag: bag with artifacts that relate to the book; decorate the bag; present or write a paper
 * Borders/Sea of Japan vs East Sea

__**READING THE ESSAYS FROM 2010**__


 * always 3 groups
 * use the language of the prompt
 * make sure periodization is really strong in students minds
 * Take ANALYSIS seriously
 * MUST BE DIRECT COMPARISONS
 * CCOT must reference time: TIME IS THE VARIABLE---> COMAPARE THE THING TO ITSELF OVER TIME (WHAT IS THE BIG THINKG THAT HAPPENS THAT CREATES OPPORTUNITY FOR CHANGE)
 * Use a RELATIVE TIMELINE...each dot on the timeline is a change (identify the change---> what did that bring---> Cause/Effect; then bracket what didn't change as a result of the change or what continuity was created as a result