World Cultures

 

Brunswick School

Mr. John Booth

Greenwich, CT USA

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Week #7

HW ASSIGNMENTS
(Skip Days #1 & #4)

Wednesday 1/3-Day #3 HW:  Read Handout from class--prepare talk

In Class: 

  • Watch short video on destruction after WW II in Japan
  • Prep teaching with partner

 

Thursday 1/4-Day #4 Skip Day
Friday 1/5-Day #5 HW:  Prepare note cards for talk

In Class:  Student presentations 

Week #8  
Monday 1/8-Day #6 HW:  Read pages 85-93

In Class:  Japanese Groups

Tuesday 1/9-Day #7 HW:  Read pages 93-100 & 103-105

In Class:  Japanese Workplace & Social concerns into the 21st century

Wednesday 1/10-Day #1 Skip Day
Thursday 1/12-Day #ALL EXAM REVIEW
Friday 1/13-Day #ALL EXAM REVIEW
EXAM WEEK (And Beyond) THIRD QUARTER
Monday 1/15 (MLK Day) Exam week begins... I will be in all week so stop by if you have questions.  You also can call me with questions at 531-5385.
Tuesday 1/16  (9-11 am) Official Exam day/time for History (In Burke Gym)
Tuesday 1/23 Exam Return Day
Wednesday 1/25-Day #2  
Thursday 1/26-Day #3  
Friday 1/27-Day #4  
WEEK #2  
Monday 1/30-Day #5  
Tuesday 1/31-Day #6  
Wednesday 2/1-Day #7  
Thursday 2/2-Day #1  
Friday 2/3-Day #2  
WEEK #3  
Monday 2/6-Day #3  
Tuesday 2/7-Day #4  
Wednesday 2/8-Day #5  
Thursday 2/9-Day #6 HW-Start thinking about Film Essay on "Shall We Dance"

In Class-View Part I "Shall We Dance"

Friday 2/10-Day #7 HW-Planning for "Shall We Dance Essay"

In Class-View Part II "Shall We Dance"

WEEK #4  
Monday 2/12-Day #1 Skip Day
Tuesday 2/13-Day #2 HW-Turn in your "Shall We Dance Essay"

In Class-

  • Hand out Map Quiz for Africa (will take on Wed 2/21)
  • Pick up Africa books
Wednesday 2/14--Day #3 HW-
  • New Africa book--Read pages 1-11

In Class-

Thursday 2/15-Day # No School--Faculty Development Day
Friday 2/16-Day # No School--Winter Weekend
WEEK #5  
Monday 2/19-Day # No School--Winter Weekend
Tuesday 2/20-Day #4 Skip Day
Wednesday 2/21-Day #5 HW-Africa Book pgs 11-19

In Class-

Thursday 2/22-Day #6 HW-Africa Reading pgs. 54-66  & 74-76

In-Class--Ancient Africa

Friday 2/23-Day #7 Class Canceled
WEEK #6  
Monday 2/26-Day #1 Skip Day
Tuesday 2/27-Day #2 HW-Africa Reading pgs. 81-91

In-Class-Pre-colonial West African Empires

Wednesday 2/28-Day #3 HW-Africa Reading pgs. 91-97

In-Class-

  • Slavery & It's Effects on Africa and Africans
  • Watch portion of Amistad on Video (middle passage segment)

(I will be away on business...Mr Mulvoy will cover)

Thursday 3/1-Day #4 Skip Day
Friday 3/2-Day #5 HW-Africa Reading pgs. 103-110

In Class-

  • Early European excursions/settlements into Africa
  • Reasons for European settlement into Africa

(I will be away on business...Mr Mulvoy will cover)

WEEK #7  
Monday 3/5-Day #6 HW-Africa Reading pgs. 110-115

In-Class-

  • Berlin Conference
  • Actual Areas of Settlement
Tuesday 3/6-Day #7 HW-Africa Reading pgs. 115-121

In Class-

  • African reactions to colonization
Wednesday 3/7-Day #1 Skip Day
Thursday 3/8-Day #2 HW-Africa Reading pgs. 122-125

In Class-

  • Types of Colonial Rule
  • Video on Colonization
Friday 3/9-Day #3 HW-Africa Reading pgs. 125-132

In Class-

  • African Efforts towards Independence
WEEK #8

Spring Break--No School from 3/10-3-25

Monday 3/26-Day #4 Skip Day
Tuesday 3/27-Day #5 HW-Study for upcoming test
  • Begin Review for Test on Wednesday

In Class- Full period of review

Wednesday 3/28-Day #6 Extra day of Review--Note Change fo Test from today to Thursday!!!
Thursday 3/29-Day #7 TEST on African History & Geography
Friday 3/30-Day #1 Skip Day
WEEK #1

Start of 4th Quarter

Monday 4/3-Day #2 HW-Bring in three potential Term paper topics

In Class-

  • Begin 4th quarter Term Paper Assignment
  • A Pocket Guide to Writing in History Book--do you have it?
Tuesday 4/4-Day #3 HW-
  • Make sure you have A Pocket Guide to Writing in History
  • Read pgs. 47-51 (only the top few sentences) from the book above

In Class-Term Paper Work in Class (Go over my guidelines sheet)

Wednesday 4/5-Day #4 Skip Day
Thursday 4/6-Day #5 HW-Read Term Paper Handout THOROUGHLY!!!

In Class-

  • Quiz on Term Paper Requirements
  • Show use of Brunswick's Library sources on the Web
Friday 4/7-Day # No School--Christian Holiday
WEEK #2  
Monday 4/9 Day #6 HW-No Reading HW...just make sure you print out a copy of the Acrobat file below:

"Africa in Transition" pgs 106-116

In Class-

  • You will begin reading the handout in class...Quietly!
  • One-on-one term paper questions/concerns?
Tuesday 4/10-Day #7 HW-Make sure you've done the handout reading

In Class-

  • Discuss the transition from colonialism to Independence
    • Brainstorm issues/concerns
    • Look at real problems addressed in reading
    • Are their other not mentioned?
Wednesday 4/11-Day #1 Skip Day
Thursday 4/12-Day #2 HW-Difficult reading...spend some time with this!!!
  • Handout Reading 257-66  "Africa's Ill's" 
    Stop after 2nd paragraph pg. 266!!!
  • Think about the following questions when you read:
    • What does the author say are the two major
      problems of the world today? (pg 259)
    • List three of the problems that face Africans
      today? (pg 259-60)
    • What are some of the problems with the increasing anti-terrorism laws in Africa? (pg. 260-61)
    • Why has democracy not taken deep roots in Africa? (pg. 261)
    • What is the "East Asian model" of government and economic success?
      (pg. 261-63)
    • What "troubled past" do people look at when talking about the ills of Africa? (pg. 265)
    • What was a "traitor family"? (pg. 265)

In Class-Continue looking at Modern/Post-Colonial Africa

Friday 4/13-Day #3 HW-Type up:
  • your final topic
  • the general question you are trying to answer with you paper

In Class-

  • Collect print outs of topics with these question
  • Weekend mini-essay--Download HERE (related to DVD below)
  • Watch DVD on South Africa
WEEK #3  
Monday 4/16-Day #4 Skip Day
Tuesday 4/17-Day #5 HW-Turn in Essay on DVD

In Class-Discuss Essays

Wednesday 4/18-Day #6 HW-Complete Current Events Projects on Countries in Africa

In Class-Brief presentations on Countries in Africa

Thursday 4/19-Day #7 HW-
  • Pick up Middle East book
  • Free day to work on term paper (next deadline 4/26)

In Class-

  • Term Paper Work
  • Handout Middle East Map Quiz (key and blanks for practice)
Friday 4/20-Day #1 Skip Day
WEEK #4  
Monday 4/23-Day #2 HW-
  • Study for Map Quiz
  • Begin Middle Eastern Geography Reading pgs. 1-12

In class-

  • Maps Quiz
  • Maps, Data & Notes on Middle Eastern Geography
Tuesday 4/24-Day #3 HW-Read pgs. 13-25

In class-Finish up overview on Middle Eastern farming & industry

Wednesday 4/25-Day #4 Skip Day
Thursday 4/26-Day #5 HW-
  • Background Paragraphs & Bibliography

In Class--One-one-One Quick reviews of paragraphs & Biblios

Friday 4/27-Day # No Classes--Community Service/Charter Day
WEEK #5  
Monday 4/30-Day #6 HW-Read pages 55-66

In Class-Overview of Ancient Middle Eastern History

Tuesday 5/1-Day #7 HW-Read pages 66-77

In Class-Finish Ancient Middle Eastern History

Wednesday 5/2-Day #1 Skip Day
Thursday 5/3-Day #2 HW-Finish reading pages 83-95

In Class-DVD on Islam

Friday 5/4-Day #3 HW-Begin reading pages 83-95

In-Class-

  • Review Student Notes from Ancient history class
  • Discuss basic tenets of Islam
WEEK #6  
Monday 5/7-Day #4 Skip Day
Tuesday 5/8-Day #5 HW-
  • Note card Deadline:  10-15 Quotation-type Note cards

In-

  • Class-Instant feedback on note cards
  • Finish notes on Mohammad & Islam  
Wednesday 5/9-Day #6 HW-Reading Ch #4 pgs. 96-102

In Class-Finish up notes...

Thursday 5/10-Day #7 HW-
  • Outlines Due for Term Paper

In Class-Review for Monday's Test

Friday 5/11-Day #1 Skip Day
WEEK #7  
Monday 5/14-Day #2 HW-

In Class-

  • Quick Term Paper Talk
  • Notes on Sunni/Shiite split
  • Islam AFTER Mohammed
    • Umayyads & Abbasids
    • Seljuk Turks
    • Crusades
    • Mongols
    • Safavids
    • Ottoman Empire
Tuesday 5/15-Day #3 Test on the Middle East-Geography & History
(up to the Ottomans)
Wednesday 5/16-Day #4 Skip Day (Add in 2007-08 HW-Read pages 135-145 Ottoman Empire

In Class-Ottomans (DVD as well?))

Thursday 5/17-Day #5

HW-Re-read last 4 paragraphs pg. 67 & 176-181(30 minutes)

In Class-Begin Israeli History notes

Friday 5/18-Day #6 HW-Read 181-187

In Class-Modern Israel

   
Monday 5/21-Day #7 HW-
  • Term Papers Due (both a digital & hard copy)

Read 187-192; 199-top of 201 (start with "The Effects of the
           Six-Day War); 202-207

In-Class-

  • Read 187-192; 199-top of 201 (start with "The Effects of the
               Six-Day War); 202-207
  • Discuss Arab-Israeli conflicts (with some Modern Egyptian
                      history as well...)
Tuesday 5/22-Day #1 Skip Day
Wednesday 5/23-Day #2 HW-Read pages 208-209; 222-225;

In Class--Where are we today regarding Arab/Israeli Tensions

Thursday 5/24-Day # REVIEW DAY
Friday 5/25-Day # REVIEW DAY
   
Monday 5/28 No School-Memorial Day
Tuesday 5/29 Last Review Session 3:15-4:30 pm
Wednesday 5/30 Final Exam 1-3pm