AP World Unit 1/2 Calendar/ HOMEWORK Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies 600 BCE- 600 CE Big Question: What is an empire, and how were Classical Era empires different from Ancient era empires? 9/15 9/16 Chapter 3 The Mediterranean and Middle East, 2000-500 BCE How to Write for AP World (Essay tips, including the Rubric) Wrap up/review Era #1, 8,000-600 BCE Name 5s Must Know Dates Change Analysis Chart, Era #1 Common Thesis Mistakes CLUB DAY Review Unit 1 Test Debrief: What worked vs. didn t work for Unit 1 Test? Notes on Assyrian Empire Crash Course: Bronze Age The Cosmopolitan Middle East 1700-1100 BCE 70-76 NOTE: WE HAVE ALREADY COVERED PORTIONS OF THIS IN NOTES. Western Asia New Kingdom Egypt Commerce and Communication The Assyrian Empire: 911-612 BCE Pages 80-83 God and King Conquest and Control Assyrian society and Culture PRIMARY RESOURCE: Video : Crash Course: Bronze Age Iron Age Babylonia Assyria Hittites Akhenaten Hatshepsut Ramesses II Hyksos Neo-Assyrian Empire Mass deportation Library of Ashurbanipal DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: 1. How did a cosmopolitan civilization develop in the Middle East during the Late Bronze Age, and what forms did it take? 2. What civilizations emerged in the Aegean world, and what relationship did the have to the older civilizations to the east? 3. How did the Assyrian Empire rise to power and eventually dominate most of the ancient Middle East? 4. Complete Chart on Assyrian Empire (See attached) Notes on the Phoenicians Video 9/17 Essay Work Phonecia and the Mediterranean, 1200-500 pgs. 90-98 The Phoenician City-States (See chart for notes) Expansion into the Mediterranean Phoenicians Carthage
Carthage s Commercial Empire War and Religion Failure and Transformation, 750-550 BCE DISCUSSION QUESTION: 1. Why were the Phoenicians significant in this era? 2. How did the Phoenicians use trade and commerce to gain an important place in the Mediterranean World? 3. Between 750 and 550 BCE, how did changing political structures transform the ancient Middle East? 9/18 9/21 9/22 CHAPTERS 4, 5, 6 Greece, Iran, Rome, Han, India ROUGH DRAFT ESSAY DUE Peer Editing Discuss What IS an Empire? Peter Winn: Subjects View of Empires Introduction of Unit 2 View WHFUAs Big Era #4 ppt Project intro Read your assigned pages See Project Handout Empire Final Copy of Essay Due Project Introduction / In Class research with text / Group Work Persia 108-116, 124-130 Cyrus Cambyses Darius and his Administration Persepolis Satrap/Satrapy Xerxes Persian Wars Zorastrianism Zarathustra Qanat DISCUSSION QUESTION: 1. Who are the Persians? 2. How was Cyrus able to conquer such a large territory? 3. What did Cambyses accomplish? 4. How did each of the following allow for the efficient and effective administration of the Achaemenid Empire under Darius: Persepolis, Satraps/Satrapies, Taxes coins, laws, road/communication. 5. Describe how each of the following contributed to the decline and fall of the Achaemenid empire: Xerxes, Persian Wars, Alexander of Macedon. 6. What allowed for increased trade in this region? 7. Describe the Zorastrian faith 8. Why did Zorastrianism decline? How has it been influential? Computer Lab Research
9/24 9/25 Greece Read pages: 76-80, 116-124, 124-130 Minoans Mycenaeans Polis Sparta Helot Pericles Persian Wars Marathon & Salamis Deliean League Peloponnesian War Alexander of Macedon Aristotle Phalanx Athens Solon 1. What contributions did the Minoan and Mycenaean societies make to the Greeks? 2. How was the political organization of the Greeks different than Persia, China and India? 3. Compare and Contrast Sparta and Athens 4. What caused the Persian Wars? What was the outcome? What long-term effects did the Persian Wars have on Greece? 5. Why do you think alexander was such a great leader? 6. How did he conquer so much in such a short period of time? 7. What was the lasting legacy of the empire of Alexander? Group Work Rome Republic: 142-147 Roman Republic Consuls Patricians Plebians 1. What is a republic 2. How was the government of Rome organized? 3. How did they address class tensions in the government? 4. How did they treat the people of the lands they conquered? 5. Why were the Punic wars fought? What were the effects of the wars? 6. Why did Rome transition from a Republic to an Empire? Group Work MID TERM Carthage Punic Wars Latifundia Julius Caesar Augustus Caesar Imperial Rome: 147-156 166-167 Pax Romana Roman Roads Roman Law Slavery 1. How did the expansion of the empire affect the rural regions of Europe? Spartacus Stoicism Judaism Christianity
9/28 9/29 2. What was the Pax Romana? 3. Why is the Roman Empire Known for its roads? 4. Describe the influence of Roman Law. 5. How did the Romans promote trade during the time of the Empire? 6. What was the role of slavery in Roman society? 7. Why were Jews persecuted during Roman Times? 8. Describe the foundation of Christianity. Why was it appealing? Essay s returned~ Look at what you did correctly and What you need to work on. Final work on Project. Qin/Han: 157-167 Qin Dynasty Qin Shihuangdi Han Dynasty Confucian Education System Xiongnu Yellow Turban Uprising Han Wudi Liu Bang 1. Why is Qin Shi Huangdi significant? 2. Why was there resistance to his rule? 3. Why did Qin burn books and persecute scholars? 4. How did he enhance unity in China? 5. Why did the people of western China Build walls? 6. What were the important accomplishments of Han Wudi? 7. Why did the Xiongnu pose such a challenge to the Han Dynasty? 8. What important industries helped expand the Chinese economy? Explain 9. Explain the origins of social tensions in the Han Dynasty. 10. How did the Yellow Turban Uprising affect the Han Dynasty? (Look it up, it is not in the text) Gallery Walk Mauryan/ Gupta Pages 174-190 Jainism Aryans Dravidians Vedas/Vedic Age Caste System Varna Jati Siddhartha Gautama Indra Upanishads Brahman Samsara Karma Dharma Moksha 1. Who were the Aryans? Describe their society. 2. What are the vedas and Why are they important? 3. What is the Caste System? How did it emerge in India? How did the Caste system change over time?
10/1 10/2 4. Describe the early Aryan Religion. 5. Describe the teaching of the Upanishads, including: Brahman, samsara, karma, moksha, Dharma) Empire Comparison Empire Essay