AP WH Homework
I. Technological and Environmental Transformations (Foundations)—8000 B.C.E—600 BCE
Note: For readings listed, you need to have the pages read when you arrive to class the following day—homework from the previous night. So if it is assigned as HW on Tuesday, you should have it read before arriving on Wednesday. For each reading, you are encouraged to take Cornell Notes for the pages assigned. Each blue subsection can be turned into a question and answered from the text—this part is not a requirement but rather a note taking suggestion to help you with the reading
Week #1 Sept. 2-4
9/2—pattern introduction/ Guns, Germs & Steel—book patterns, summer ? discussion
syllabus
HW—read Preface pp. xxviii-xxx; Ch. 1 2-3, 17-27;
9/3— 5 Themes--Lecture
Lecture—Key Concepts 1.1 Big Geography & 1.2 Neolithic Revolution
HW—read Ch. 2--pp 31-45, 46-52 (skim), 52-56 Unit Vocab (PDF) Vocab Directions
9/4—GGS work due, Summer E.C. Movie write ups due.
Folder Day #1
HW—Quiz Tuesday on Ch. 1-2—review your notes
HW—Themes chart Ch. 2 (Mesopotamia, Hebrews), Ch. 3 (Egypt, Bantus), Ch. 4 (Harappan, Aryans)—Format of chart PDF Version Due Thursday 9/10
Week #2 9/7-9/11 Ch. 3-6.
9/7— No School--Labor Day
9/8— GGS quiz—one question answered in detail Syllabus signed--due
Quiz—ch. 1-2 reading (vocab, general details)—relax—open book, with a partner, & notes
HW— Ch. 3 59-84
9/9—Activity—Key Concept 1.3 Development & Interactions of Early Agricultural, Pastoral & Urban Societies--Compound Bows/Iron (Weapons); Chariots/Horseback Riding (transportation); Work on Vocabulary Ch. 3-6
HW—Ch. 4 p. 87-105
9/10—Activity—KC 1.3--Ziggurats/Pyramids (architecture & urban planning)
HW—Ch. 5 p. 109-130
Geography activities—regions, migrations
Theme Chart Due
9/11—HW—Ch. 6 p. 133-154
HW—create essay outline ch. 1-6—will work on this in class and bring outline to class on 9/15—essay written in class. Essay question prompt: Compare and contrast the Encounters (trade, communication, warfare, etc) experienced during the early Foundations Unit (8000 BCE-1000BCE) of any two of Mesopotamia, Egypt, China (Shang & Zhou), the Mayans, Australia.
Format: Specific (Word)/ Specific (PDF);
Thesis statement assistance (link to someone else’s page that has created this)
Week #3 9/14-9/18
9/14 Quiz—Ch. 1/6; Some vocab from Ch. 3-6 & you should know Neolithic Era, Written Languages, River Valley civilizations, Mesopotamia, India, Bantu, Mesoamerican peoples, Egypt, China (Shang & Zhou), Mayans, Australia—When, who interacted with, major accomplishments. Vocab assignment 3-6 Due
9/15— Compare & Contrast 2 societies above—3 paragraphs— essay outline due/write 3 paragraphs
9/16--Unit II