Week 8: October 8-12

Ancient World

Monday:  Legalism and the Qin Dynasty

• Homework (due Tuesday):  read pages 82-85 (stop at "Chinese Culture") and write a response to the following:  what were the "Five Relationships", what purpose did they serve, and where do you find them reflected in other parts of Chinese society and culture during this time period?

Tuesday:  Society in Early China

• Homework (due Wednesday):  read pages 82-91 and write a response to the following:  how do early Chinese cultural characteristics and achievements compare with those of the other civilizations we've studied?  Which Chinese achievement do you consider the most significant, and why? 

Wednesday:  Early Chinese Culture

• Homework (due Thursday):  read the following primary document excerpts and come to class prepared to discuss them.  Being prepared for a quiz on them wouldn't be a bad idea either . . .
• "The Wit and Wisdom of Confucius" page 74
• "The Way of the Great Learning" page 75
• "A Debate Over Good and Evil" page 76
• "The Daoist Answer to Confucianism" page 78

Thursday:  Primary Document Discussion

• Homework (due Friday): Study for the Test on Chapters 2-3--Test Date:  Monday, October 15th 

Friday: Final Honor's Presentations

• Homework (due Monday):  Study for the Test on Chapters 2-3

Modern World

 Monday:  Change and Early Modern China

• Homework (due Tuesday):  Read pages 493-498 (stop at "Life in the Village") and write a response to the following:   what factors contributed to the Japanese ability to minimize both change during the Tokugawa period and contact with Europeans?

Tuesday:  Tokugawa Japan

• Homework (due Wednesday):  read pages 498-506 and write a response to the following:  what were the major characteristics of Japanese popular culture?  What is necessary to have a "popular culture" and how similar were early modern popular cultures to our own?

Wednesday:  Popular Culture in Early Modern Japan

• Homework (due Friday):  Study for the Test on Chapters 16 and 17--Test Date:  Friday, October 12th

Friday:  Test on Chapters 16 and 17

• Homework (due Monday):  begin chapter 18, read pages 508-511 (stop at "The Philosophes and their Ideas") and write a response to the following:  how do the developments of the Scientific Revolution relate to other developments that characterized Early Modern Europe (such as exploration or the Protestant Reformation)?

United States History

Monday:  The Boston Tea Party

• Homework (due Tuesday, 5th period/due Thursday 6th period):  read pages 154 (beginning with "The Continental Congress Responds") -160 (stop at "The Second Continental Congress Organizes for War) and write a response to the following:  what was the British response to the demands of the First Continental Congress?

Tuesday 5th period/Thursday 6th period (No Class on Wednesday):  The First Continental Congress

• Homework (due Friday):  Read pages 160-166 and write a response to the following:  What could been done after Lexington and Concord in 1775 to prevent all out war between Britain and the Colonies?  Why didn't that happen?

Friday:  The Shot Heard 'Round the World

• Homework (due Monday):  Study for the Test on Chapters 4-5--Test Date:  Monday, October 15th