Week 5: September 16-20

Ancient World 4th Period

Monday:  Test on Chapter 1

• Homework (due Tuesday):  read pages 37-42 (stop at "The Aryans in India") and write a response to the following:  
• what were the major characteristics of Harappan society?  How did it differ from civilization in the Fertile Crescent?

Tuesday:  Early India and Harappan Society 

• Homework (due Wednesday):  read pages 42-47 (stop at "Daily Life in Ancient India") and write a response to the following:  
• identify the different levels of the Indian caste system and explain why this system came into being.

Wednesday:  The Aryans and Caste

• Homework (due Thursday):  read pages 47-52 (stop at "Buddhism:  The Middle Path") and write a response to the following: 
•  how did Brahmanism reinforce the Caste system?

Thursday:  Religion in early India

• Homework (due Friday):  read pages 52-56 (stop at "The Rule of the Fishes") and write a response to the following:  
• how did early Buddhism provide an alternative to Brahmanism?  Would Buddhism have developed without Brahmanism?  Explain.

Friday:  Buddhism

• Homework (due Monday):  read pages 57 (begin with "The Exuberant World of Indian Culture")-62 and write a response to the following:
• List the major cultural achievements of early India.  Which do you consider to be the most significant and why?

Ancient World 7th Period

Monday:  Test on Chapter 1

• Homework (due Wednesday):  read pages 37-42 (stop at "The Aryans in India") and write a response to the following:  
• what were the major characteristics of Harappan society?  How did it differ from civilization in the Fertile Crescent?

Wednesday:  Early India and Harappan Society 

• Homework (due Thursday):  read pages 42-52 (stop at "Buddhism:  the Middle Path:) and write a response to the following:  
• identify the different levels of the Indian caste system, explain why this system came into being, and explain the relationship between Brahmanism and the Caste system.

Thursday:  Religion in early India

• Homework (due Friday):  read pages 52-56 (stop at "The Rule of the Fishes") and write a response to the following:  
• how did early Buddhism provide an alternative to Brahmanism?  Would Buddhism have developed without Brahmanism?  Explain.

Friday:  Buddhism

• Homework (due Monday):  read pages 57 (begin with "The Exuberant World of Indian Culture")-62 and write a response to the following:
• List the major cultural achievements of early India.  Which do you consider to be the most significant and why?

Military History, 5th Period

Monday:  Ancient Warfare

• Homework (due Tuesday):  none

Tuesday:  Marking Period Project and Introduction to Classical Warfare--The Greeks

• Homework (due Wednesday):  Begin planning your project.

Wednesday:  The Persian Wars

• Homework (due Friday):  Project sign-up

Friday:  The Persian Wars, continued

• Homework (due Monday):  work on your project.

Modern World History, 6th Period

Monday:  The Spanish Armada and the 30 Years War

• Homework (due Wednesday):  read pages 444-448 and write a response to the following:
• in what ways did European art during the 16th-17th centuries reflect European society itself?  What do you consider to be the most significant cultural achievements, and why?

Wednesday:  Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe

• Homework (due Thursday):  read your book review book; review chapters 14-15 for the upcoming test.

Thursday:  Absolutism vs. Constitutionalism

• Homework (due Friday):  study for the test on chapters 14-15.

Friday:  Test on Chapters 14-15

• Homework (due Monday):  read pages 450-457 (stop at "Religion and Society in the Ottoman World") and write a response to the following:
• What factors contributed to Ottoman success in the conquest of their Empire in the 15th-16th centuries?