Week 7: October 1-5

 

Ancient World

Monday:  Introduction to Ancient China

• Homework (due Tuesday):  Work on your Book Reviews

Tuesday:  From Shang to Zhou

• Homework (due Wednesday):  read pages 71-77 (stop at "Legalism) and write a response to the following:  what are the major characteristics of early Chinese religious and philosophical belief, and how did Confucius expand upon them?

Wednesday:  Beginning Chinese Philosophy

• Homework (due Thursday):  read pages 77-78 and write a response to the following:  how did Legalism and Taoism compare with Confucianism?  Of three philosophies, which do you find to be the most appealing, and why?

Thursday:  Confucianism, Taoism, and Legalism

• Homework (due Friday): Book Reviews 

Friday: The Period of The Warring States 

• Book Reviews Due

• Homework (due Monday):  read pages 79-82 and write a response to the following:  how did the Qin restore order in China?  Would you have wanted to live under the Qin government?  Why or why not?

Modern World

 Monday:  The Safavid and Mughal Dynasties

• Homework (due Tuesday):  Work on your Book Reviews

Tuesday:  The Mughal Dynasty, continued

• Homework (due Wednesday):  begin chapter 17, read pages 479-484 (stop at "China on the Eve of Western Onslaught) and write a response to the following:  how did the Qing Dynasty differ from the Ming Dynasty?  What enabled the Qing Dynasty to overthrow the Ming?

Wednesday:  Early Modern China:  The Ming and Qing Dynasties

• Homework (due Friday):  Book Reviews

Friday:  Qing China, continued

• Book Reviews Due
• Homework (due Monday):  read pages 484-492 and write a response to the following:  what major changes did China undergo during the Qing Dynasty?  What caused those changes to happen, and which, do you think, was the most significant?  Explain.

United States History

Monday:  The Stamp Act

• Homework (due Tuesday, 5th period/due Wednesday 6th period):  work on your Book Reviews

Tuesday 5th period/Wednesday 6th period:  The Townshend Act

• Homework (due Wednesday, 5th period/due Thursday, 6th period):  read pages 149-154 (stop at "The Continental Congress Responds) and write a response to the following:  what was the purpose of the Tea Act, and how did it lead to the Coercive Acts? 

Wednesday 5th period/Thursday 6th period:  The Boston Tea Party

• Homework (due Friday):  Book Reviews

Friday:  No Class due to Parent Conferences Early Dismissal

• Book Reviews due to me BEFORE you go home that day.