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2014 Days and Plans

Days one and two of this unit will happen before exams.

Day One: What happened to Islam after the death of Muhammed and Why? Timemaps 10.2 Review Sunni/Shi'ite Radiolab podcast starts 5:30 [|radio Lab Sunni/Shiite] (story begins about 5:30)

Day Two: Why did Islam spread so quickly? DBQ paragraph practice using expansion of Islam docs and strategies on World I Midyear Exam

Day Three: A DAY 12345 M Pass Back Exams

Day Four 61234 T 1& 4 Golden Age Assignment 11.3 Notes

Day Five 56123 W 1: Awakening

Day Six 45612 TH 4: Awakening (DBQ for homework) 1: DBQ (in class)

Day Seven 34561 F 1/31

1 & 4 Golden Age Assignment work period

Day Eight 23456 Monday 2/3 Gunpowder intro 4

Day Nine 12345 Tuesday 2/4 Gunpowder intro 4 gunpowder work 1

Day Ten 61234 Wednesday 2/5 Gunpowder work 1 &4

Day 11 56123 Thursday 2/6 Gunpowder Work 1

Day 12 45612 Friday 2/7 Gunpowder Movie

Day 13 34561 Monday 2/10 - Gunpowder portfolio due intro annotated

Day 14 23456 Tuesday 2/11 annotated bib work 4

Day 15 12345 annotated bib work 1 and 4 Wednesday 2/12

Day 16 61234 Thursday 2/13 annotated bib work 1

Day 17 56123 Friday 2/14 Islamic Art

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Day 12 - Gunpowder Quiz

Day 11- Gunpowder Synthesis


 * Piazza || Locke || Lappen || Werner || Milley || Gray || Saab || Goldfarb ||  ||
 * Clarke || Cancian || Goodman || Singh || Arnold || Shrago || Zmoira || Wald ||  ||
 * Usen || Zmoira || ER || Dias || Grayman || Dumont || Ding || Fyler ||  ||




 * kates || Kurland || Donatelle || Seb || Sophia || Leeanne || Nere || Kaveti || Tose ||
 * Kaufman || Craig || Klein || Natalie || Isabel || Karen || MK || Badri || Miller ||
 * srinthi || wang || Nazarre || Nick || Emily || Nitin || Charlotte || Gupta || Chabot ||

Day 10 - Mughals (Tuesday Feb 12 for Yellow - Weds. Feb 13 for Blue and Green)

EQ: What evidence suggests that the Mughal Empire experienced a Golden Age? What strategies did they use to create an advanced civilization? [|Akbar: Story of India] [|Meeting of Two Oceans] (7:29 to end) [|Mughals: Warrior Empire] (22:39-28:00- elephant warfare) (42:40-48:53 Fatephur Sikri) (57:12-1:10:41 Shah Jahan)

Day 9: Safavid Art (Thursday Feb 7 -- for Yellow and Blue, Friday Feb 8 - for Green)

Links for class activity: [|Isfahan Tour - Rick Steves] [|Zoomable Camp Scene] [|Harvard Art Museum Camp Scene] [|Nightime in a Palace] [|Zoomable Nightime in a Palace]

Pairs - Yellow Alyssa and Amanda Brianna and Jon Fyler Brian and Paul Jen and Dhruv Laura and Sam Michael and Rachel U David ER and Rachel W Amy and Larry Eric and Matt Jake and Michael Lappen Zach and Lilly Weida and Dan David Ding and Isaac

Pairs Blue Craig and Jordan MK Nick and Jordan Charbot Madhu and Leeanne Sebastien and Mike Karen & Alex Isabel and Sophia Matt and Tytay Jon Nere and Jon Tose Nitin and Sailesh Hannah and Vani Noah and Mike Dani and Srinithi and Natalie Emily and Fergie Additional Links about Safavid Art: [|Miniature Presentation] [|MET Safavid] [[http://%3Cobject%20classid=%22clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000%22%20codebase=%22http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0%22%20id=%22_360_krpano_id_408781%22%20name=%22_360_krpano_name_408781%22%20width=%22425%22%20height=%22315%22%3E%3Cparam%20name=%22movie%22%20value=%22http://www.360cities.net/javascripts/krpano/krpano.swf%22/%3E%3Cparam%20name=%22quality%22%20value=%22autohigh%22/%3E%3Cparam%20name=%22allowScriptAccess%22%20value=%22always%22/%3E%3Cparam%20name=%22flashvars%22%20value=%22pano=http://www.360cities.net/krpano/external_embed/iran-isfahan-naqshe-jahan-square-shah-imam-mosque-hall.xml&epd=http://www.360cities.net/data/embed/plugin_data/iran-isfahan-naqshe-jahan-square-shah-imam-mosque-hall%22/%3E%3Cparam%20name=%22allowFullScreen%22%20value=%22true%22/%3E%3Cembed%20src=%22http://www.360cities.net/javascripts/krpano/krpano.swf%22%20pluginspage=%22http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer%22%20width=%22425%22%20height=%22315%22%20allowFullScreen=%22true%22%20allowScriptAccess=%22always%22%20quality=%22autohigh%22%20flashvars=%22pano=http://www.360cities.net/krpano/external_embed/iran-isfahan-naqshe-jahan-square-shah-imam-mosque-hall.xml&epd=http://www.360cities.net/data/embed/plugin_data/iran-isfahan-naqshe-jahan-square-shah-imam-mosque-hall%22%3E%3C/embed%3E%3C/object%3E%3Cbr/%3E%3Ca%20title=%22panorama%20photos%20of%20The%20Imam%20Mosque%20(Masjed-e%20Imam)%20on%20360cities.net%22%20href=%22http://www.360cities.net/image/iran-isfahan-naqshe-jahan-square-shah-imam-mosque-hall%22%3EThe%20Imam%20Mosque%20(Masjed-e%20Imam)%3C/a%3E%20in%20%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.360cities.net/area/isfahan-iran%22%20title=%22panoramic%20images%20from%20Isfahan%22%3EIsfahan%3C/a%3E|360 Imam Mosque]] [|Imam Mosque]

Day 8: The Millet System ( Weds. 2/7 for Green, Blue and Yellow) EQ: What strategies did the Ottomans use to effectively govern a diverse empire?

0. Collect paragraphs -- tomorrow 605 LAB - bring earbuds 1. Millet Reading (Read and fill out grid) 2. Millet Activity 3. Golden Age -evidence 4. Reasons for Decline

Class groups


 * Arnold || Ding || Goldfarb || Lappen || Werner ||  || Weidig || Usen ||
 * Cancian || ER || Grogan || Ma || Gray ||  || Milley || Singh ||
 * Clark || Fyler || Zmoira || Novick || Shrago ||  || Saab || Piazza ||
 * Dias ||  || Goodman ||   || wald ||   || Dumont || Grayman ||


 * Armstrong || Kates || DeC || Klein || Mclain || Tose || Ranson || Nere ||  ||
 * Badri || Kaufman || Donatelle || Kos. || MK || Wang || Padelidis || Ragunathan ||  ||
 * Chabot || Kaveti || Germaine || Kurland || Miller || Titus || Nazairre || Prabhakar ||  ||


 * ader || chook || federman || garfinkle || loftus || maidement || price || zirps ||
 * barnor || daly || friedman || herrup || tamang || miller || vo || stengel ||
 * blum || edson || ganz || lee || daly || tang || zeng || Roseman ||
 * ||  || Smith ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

Day 7: The Ottoman and Safavid Empires EQ: What evidence suggests that the Ottoman and Safavid experienced a Golden Age?

We will watch from the beginning of the film until 13:13 which details the Fall of Constantinople. Skip 13:13-18:01 which details the military strategy (feel free to watch this home home if it interests you) Pick up again at 18:01 with Hagia Sophia until 24:12-27:03 about Sulyeman's battles. Then watch to 38:30 beginning of Safavid Watch Safavid 38:30-42:24 Skip 42:24-44:28 attempt at Vienna Continue watching 44:28- 48:48 until end of Suleyman's poem. Skip the rest of the film - feel free to watch from home if you would like.

[|Islam Empire of Faith: The Ottomans]

Day 6 EQ: Why did the Golden Age of Islam end? How did the Gunpowder Empires build successful and prosperous empires?

Wrap Up Golden Age - distribute rubric for paragraph assignment

[|Islam Empire of Faith: The Awakening] We watched the end of Episode 2 - as noted on the viewing guide.

Introduce Gunpowder Empire -- Apples to Apples Review

Day 5 - Research for Citation Assignment Video Sources: Secrets of the Koran: Abbasid Empire: Golden Age of Islam (username: sharonhs, password: eagles) media type="custom" key="22027676" [|Islam Empire of Faith: The Awakening]

Review and organize information for paragraph. For which aspect and prompt do you feel you have the best evidence? Create first draft of paragraph with citations for Monday. Paragraph must include citations for all facts, ideas and quotations used. All paragraphs must include at least one direct quotation and should incorporate evidence from at least 2 of the sources.

Day 4 - Research for Citation Assignment (Tuesday 1/29) 1. Review Citation homework 1. Distribute Citation Paragraph assignment and review 1. Textbook Reading and notes Column D - you may also find pages 262 and 266 in the textbook helpful. 2. DBQ source reading and notes



Day 3 - Introduction to Citations (Monday 1/28) 1. Citation Handout 2. Exercise - incorporating citations into essay

Day 2: Spread of Islam DBQ



Day One 1. Exam Review 2. Songs

EQ: What happened to the Islamic community after Muhammed's death? [|spread of religion] 1. Watch spread of religion video. What do you notice about about Islam? Where does it spread? What can you conclude about the civilization based on what you see? 2. Read Chapter 10.2 pp. 269-272 as a class and create class set of notes on board.

EQ:

What is the origin and legacy of the Sunni / Sh'ite division? How, where and why did Islamic civilization create such a vast empire?

_ notes -radio lab [|radio Lab Sunni/Shiite] (story begins about 5:30) mapping

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Notes for next year -- spend a bit more time on Safavid Empire next year -- focus was a bit art centric. Also look into using more of Mara's plans.