Week 2: August 26-30

Ancient World 4th Period

Monday:  The Land Between the Rivers

• Homework (due Tuesday):  read pages 13-16 (stop at "Egyptian Civilization") and write a response to the following: 
•  identify three major cultural contributions of Mesopotamia and then explain which one you think is the most significant and why.

Tuesday:  The Culture of Early Mesopotamia

• Homework (due Wednesday):  read pages 16-21 (stop at "Disorder and a New Order:  The New Kingdom") and write a response to the following: 
•  in what ways did geography impact the formation of Egyptian society?  How did geography continue to influence Egypt's development during the Old and Middle Kingdoms?

Wednesday:  The Gift of the Nile

• Homework (due Thursday):  read pages 21-24 (stop at "New Centers of Civilization") and write a response to the following:  
• how did Egypt change from the Middle Kingdom to the New Kingdom?  What was cause of those changes?

Thursday:  The New Kingdom

• Homework (due Friday):  read pages 24-29 (stop at "The Rise of New Empires") and write a response to the following:  
• in what ways were the Hebrews influenced by Mesopotamian culture?  In what ways were they unique?

Friday:  The Outliers

• Homework (due Tuesday):  None

Ancient World 7th Period

Monday:  The Land Between the Rivers

• Homework (due Wednesday):  read pages 13-16 (stop at "Egyptian Civilization") and write a response to the following: 
•  identify three major cultural contributions of Mesopotamia and then explain which one you think is the most significant and why.

Wednesday:  The Culture of Early Mesopotamia

• Homework (due Thursday):  read pages 16-24 (stop at "New Centers of Civilization") and write a response to the following: 
•  in what ways did geography impact the formation of Egyptian society?  How did geography continue to influence Egypt's development during the Old and Middle Kingdoms?
•  how did Egypt change from the Middle Kingdom to the New Kingdom?  What was cause of those changes?

Thursday:  Egypt:  The Gift of the Nile

• Homework (due Friday):  read pages 24-29 (stop at "The Rise of New Empires") and write a response to the following:  
• in what ways were the Hebrews influenced by Mesopotamian culture?  In what ways were they unique?

Friday:  The Outliers

• Homework (due Wednesday):  Book Review Book Due

Military History, 5th Period

Monday:  Clausewitz vs. Keegan

• Homework (due Tuesday):  Readings on Strategy and Tactics

Tuesday:  Strategy and Tactics

• Homework (due Wednesday):  Readings on Weapons (part I)

Wednesday:  Weapons

• Homework (due Friday):  Readings on Weapons (part II)

Friday:  Weapons, continued 

• Homework (due Tuesday):  None

Modern World History, 6th Period

Monday:  Conquest of the New World

• Homework (due Wednesday):  none

Wednesday:  Colonizing the New World

• Homework (due Thursday):  read pages 406-413 (stop at "Southeast Asia in the Era of the Spice Trade") and write a response to the following:
• what role did Africans play in supporting the African slave trade?  How critical was their participation to the success of the slave trade?

Thursday:  The Slave Trade

• Homework (due Friday):  read pages 413-419 and write a response to the following:
• Compare the Western impact on South East Asia during this period with it's impact on the Americas and Africa.  Why was the South East Asian experience so different?

Friday:  South East Asia

• Homework (due Wednesday):  read pages 422-425 (stop at "Martin Luther and the Reformation of Germany") and write a response to the following:
• what were the three major changes/characteristics of 16th century Europe, and which do you consider to be the most important?  Why?