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World Cultures & Geography
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Week 1: August 14th - 18th, 2023
*Monday: No School
*Tuesday: No School
*Wednesday: No School
*Thursday: Go over classroom rules and Syllabus and pass out books if time permits
*Friday: Take a practice Test over general World Cultures and Geography.
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Week 2: August 20th - 25th, 2023
*Monday-Tuesday: Read Chapter 1 - Lesson 1 in Class after grading Pre-Test.
Be sure to discuss these Questions in class:
What are hominids?
What are Homo Sapiens?
What is the Out of Africa Theory?
When was the Paleolithic Age?
Describe what the Paleolithic Culture was like for humans?
When was the Ice Age?
Describe what I might see when looking at Paleolithic Art?
Assignment: In One Paragraph explain why is Fire considered the greatest invention by humans. Due Wednesday.
Chapter 1 Worksheets to be handed out and finished by Tuesday.
*Wednesday-Friday & Monday: Read Chapter 1 Lesson 2 in Class.
Be sure to discuss these Questions in class:
What was the Neolithic Revolution and when did it happen?
What is Systematic Agriculture?
When was the Mesolithic Age?
What are the 4 animals people domesticated between 8,000-5,000 BC
By 6000 BC In China, what two animals were also domesticated?
What Foods from around the world were cultivated during this Neolithic Revolution?
What is an Artisan?
How did the Neolithic Revolution change the world?
When was the Copper Age?
When was the Bronze Age?
Why did people like Bronze better than Copper?
What 4 areas are the main River Valley Civilizations of the Neolithic Age?
What is Culture?
What is Civilization?
What do you think the first wars were started over?
What role did Priest play in early civilization?
Assignment: Get into 2 groups and explain to me what is your culture today here in Morgan County and in Meredosia, Illinois?
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Week 3: August 28th - September 1st, 2023
*Monday: Finish reading and discussing Chapter 1 Lesson 2 in Class.
Be sure to discuss these Questions in class:
What was the Neolithic Revolution and when did it happen?
What is Systematic Agriculture?
When was the Mesolithic Age?
What are the 4 animals people domesticated between 8,000-5,000 BC
By 6000 BC In China, what two animals were also domesticated?
What Foods from around the world were cultivated during this Neolithic Revolution?
What is an Artisan?
How did the Neolithic Revolution change the world?
When was the Copper Age?
When was the Bronze Age?
Why did people like Bronze better than Copper?
What 4 areas are the main River Valley Civilizations of the Neolithic Age?
What is Culture?
What is Civilization?
What do you think the first wars were started over?
What role did Priest play in early civilization?
Assignment: Get into 2 groups and explain to me what is your culture today here in Morgan County and in Meredosia, Illinois?
*Tuesday-Wednesday:
Read the Cultures and give time to finish if need be. Then read Chapter 1 Lesson 3 in Class (Mesopotamia)
Be sure to discuss these Questions in class:
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Why did this area have fertile soil with such little rainfall throughout the year?
What 3 peoples/civilizations prospered the most in Mesopotamia?
What is a city/state?
How did Sumerians protect their cities?
What was the largest Sumerian city?
What were there buildings built out of?
What is Polytheistic?
What does a Ziggurat look like and what is it used for?
What is a Theocracy?
What did the Sumerians barter with and for what things?
What were the 3 main social groups in Sumeria?
What groups made up the Commoners?
What percent of the people were farmers?
What were slaves used for?
What is Cuneiform?
What is a Scribe?
Why did Scribe's become important people in Sumerian Society?
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh about?
What inventions do we owe thanks to the Sumerian's for?
*Thursday: Review for Chapter 1 Test.
*Friday: Test over Chapter 1.
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Week 4: September 5th - 8th, 2023
*Monday: No School - Labor Day
*Tuesday: Reacd Chapter 2 Lesson 1 in class and discuss key
*Wednesday: Quiz over Chapter 2 Lesson 1.
*Thursday-Friday: Watch a Documentary on Mummification and it's mysteries.
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Week 5: September 11th - 15th, 2023
*Monday: Watch 9/11 World News Reports and Discuss the impact it had on the world, including the pending war at that time.
*Tuesday: Continue watching the Documentary on Tutankhamun.
Homework:
Type a 1 page paper and explain to one of you classmates not in this class what you learned about Egyptian Mummification and the Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
Due Friday
*Wednesday: Read and Discuss Chapter 2 Lesson 1 from the Old Kingdom until the end of the lesson. Take Notes
*Thursday: Read the Article on Egyptian Gods. Pick one and explain in one paragraph why this would be your Egyptian God.
*Friday: Work on Worksheets because of early out.
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Week 6: September 18th - 22nd, 2023
*Monday: Work on your Egyptian Curse in Hieroglyphs.
*Tuesday: Continue working on your Egyptian Curse in Hieroglyphs.
*Wednesday: Homecoming Games
*Thursday: Continue working on your Egyptian Curse in Hieroglyphs.
*Friday: Continue working on your Egyptian Curse in Hieroglyphs.
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Week 7: September 25th - 29th, 2023
*Monday: Work on your Egyptian Curse in Hieroglyphs.
*Tuesday: Continue working on your Egyptian Curse in Hieroglyphs.
*Wednesday: Continue working on your Egyptian Curse in Hieroglyphs.
*Thursday: Continue working on your Egyptian Curse in Hieroglyphs.
*Friday: Continue working on your Egyptian Curse in Hieroglyphs.
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Week 8: October 2nd - 5th, 2023
*Monday: Work on your Egyptian Curse in Hieroglyphs.
*Tuesday: Read Chapter 2 Section 2 in class and discuss the Phoenicians, Israelites, Assyrians.
Questions:
1. What is a Pastoral Nomad?
2. What reason might Pastoral Nomads attack civilizations?
3. What 5 Languages make up the Indo-European Languages?
4. The Hittites were the first Indo-European group to do what?
5. Who destroyed the Hittite Empire?
6. Where is the Phoenician Kingdom located?
7. What are the 3 main city's/ports of the Phoenician Empire?
8. What important goods did the Phoenicians use to trade with other places?
9. What is the Phoenicians most famous colony?
10. How many letters was the Phoenician Alphabet?
11. Where did the Israelites come from?
12. What happened when they went to Egypt?
13. Who led them to safety?
14. What King united the tribes creating Israel?
15. What is Israel's capital?
16. Under this King Israel reached it's height in power?
17. What two empires did Israel break up into?
18. What two outside empires defeated and controlled Israel.
19. What is monotheistic mean?
20. What religion did the Jews believe in.
21. Where did the Minoans live?
22. What time period did the Minoans Flourish?
23. What King are the Minoans names after?
24. What city/palace was the main epicenter in Minoan?
25. How complex was their society?
26. What possibly ended the thriving cultures of the Minoan?
*Wednesday-Thursday: Read and Discuss Chapter 2 Lesson 3 the Indus Valley.
*Friday: No School
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Week 9: October 10th - 13th, 2023
*Monday: No School - Columbus Day
*Tuesday-Wednesday: Review over Chapter 2. Then start reading Chapter 2 Lesson 4 the Rise of China.
Questions:
1. How old is China?
2. How many ethnic groups?
3. What are China's major rivers?
4. What percent of China's land is suitable for farming?
5. What has played a huge role in China's development?
6. When does the Traditional Civilization of China come about according to historians?
7. What is an aristocracy?
8. When was the Shang Dynasty and Under the Shang dynasty what were most wars fought for?
9. What was the capital city of the Shang Dynasty?
10. Who were the warlords?
11. What can we tell about the death of these Kings through discovery of their tombs?
12. Explain the Dynastic Cycle?
13. What did priest use to consult the gods?
14. When was the Zhou Dynasty?
15. What was the Mandate of Heaven?
16. What is the Dao?
17. When did the dynasties of China die out?
18. In 403 B.C. there is a civil war in China, what was the Civil War of China called?
19. When does the Qin Dynasty start?
20. What is Filial Piety?
*Thursday: Review
*Friday: Test over Chapter 2
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