China China

Please Do Now:

1. Describe what you see in the following picture.  Who is represented, what is going on, and what is the time period? 
2.  
3. What does this picture tell you about the relationship between China and various Europeans, and amongst the Europeans themselves?

Today, students will:

1. Learn the history of Yuan, Ming and Qing China.
2. Learn the history if European imperialism in China

Tonight’s homework is:

1. # 4 on page 416, # 2 on page 421

India India

Please Do Now:

1. Describe what you see in the picture below:
2. What does this picture say about interactions between Europeans and Indians in the 19th century?

Today, students will:

Identify the following major developments in Indian history in the 19th and early 20th centuries:

1. The economic and political relationship between India and Britain
2. The building of roads, canals and universities
3. The rise of Indian nationalism and the ideas of Gandhi

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Read pages 675-681
2. Answer questions 1 and 3 on page 681

Imperialism and Africa

Imperialism

Africa

Test Results

Here is a chart and table that tracks the progress of the class’ test grades over the course of this year.

1. Evaluate you own progress relative to your peers over the course of the year.
2. Evaluate the progress of the class as a whole over the couse of the year.
3. What do you think has determined your own individual progress?
4. What do you think has determined the progress of the class as a whole?

 

A Modest Proposal

Please Do Now:

Explain why each of the following inventions was important:

1. Seed Drill
2. Crop Rotation
3. Spinning Jenny
4. Cotton Gin
5. Steam Engine
6. Bessemer Process
7. Locomotive
8. Steamship
9. Telegraph

Today, students will:

1. Understand the Factors of Production model
2. Understand the theories of David Ricardo and Thomas Malthus
3. Read A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift (http://librivox.org/a-modest-proposal-by-jonathan-swift/).

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Read pp 555-558 and answer question 1 on page 558.
2. Read pp 559-563 and answer questions 1 and 2 on page 563.

Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution

Please Do Now:

1. Where do you think most new inventions come from – the country or the city?  Why?
2. List 5 products you absolutely cannot live without.  How did these products get made?

Today students will:

1. Learn the connection between the agricultural revolution and the Industrial Revolution
2. Understand the economic theories of Adam Smith

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Read pp 544-550
2. Answer questions 1 and 2 on page 550.
3. EXTRA CREDIT: 1 paragraph response to prompt on last slide of Adam Smith presentation.

1848

Please Do Now:

1. Compare and contrast the role of nationalism in the movements led by Tupac Amaru II, Bolivar and San Martin.

Today, students will:

1. Review the Latin American nationalist revolutions.
2. Learn the role of nationalism in the revolutions of 1848 and the unification of Italy and Germany.

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Read pages 632-642.
2. Answer #2,4 on page 636.
3. Answer #4 on page 642.

Nationalism in the Americas

Please Do Now:

1. What country do you most identify with? 
2. What makes this country so special to you? 

Today, students will:

1. Formulate a working definition of nationalism.
2. Learn the lived experience of nationalism in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Tonight’s homework is:

1. In one paragraph, explain what you think Simon Bolivar’s quote means: “We have achieved our independence at the expense of everything else.”