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=FWCD - World History Honors= =media type="custom" key="6982379"= = **Outline Map of Africa (for quiz on 03-12)** =
 * Readings for 03/03 - Bacon and Descartes**
 * Readings for 02/16 - Three Reviews of Alfred Crosby's __Ecological Imperialism__**

What are the three most significant comparative points (can be similarities OR differences) between the maritime and land-based empires of the 16th-18th centuries? What key pieces of evidence illustrate these essential contrasts? media type="custom" key="5380439" media type="custom" key="5334687" Trace the trajectory of European countries and their relative dominance as maritime empires in Asia. Represent this change over time graphically and in a way that notes the major factors and key historical milestones of these transitions. media type="custom" key="5334691" media type="custom" key="5334693" Create a visual comparison of the major land-based empires of the 16th-18th centuries that both profiles and notes their four most important points of comparison (could be either similarities or differences). media type="custom" key="5334701" media type="custom" key="5334707"
 * __Video Explanations for Ch. 16 Questions__**

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Class Syllabus -- Seminar Introduction -- Seminar Grading Rubric Social Media Resources and Links Art and Art History Links Critical Thinking and Information Reorganization Links Screencast Tutorial Videos
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__**Collaboratively-built Class Period Wikis**__ [|E Period Wiki] [|G Period Wiki]

Introduction (pp. xlii-xlviii) Part One - Foragers and Farmers, to 5000 BCE (Chs. 1-2) Part Two - Farmers and Builders, 5000 to 500 BCE (Chs. 3-5) Part Three - The Axial Age, from 500 BCE to 100 CE (Chs. 6-7) Part Four - Fitful Transitions, from the Third Century to the Tenth Century (Chs. 8-10) Part Five - Contacts and Conflicts, 1000 CE to 1200 CE (Chs. 11-12) Part Six - The Crucible: The Eurasian Crises of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries (Chs. 13-15) Part Seven - Convergence and Divergence to ca. 1700 (Chs. 16-19) Part Eight - Global Enlightenments, 1700-1800 (Chs. 20-22) Part Nine - The Frustrations of Progress to ca. 1900 (Chs. 23-26) Part Ten - Chaos and Complexity: The World in the Twentieth Century (Chs. 27-30)
 * __ID Terms, Critical Questions - organized by Unit/Chapter__**

[|Felipe Fernández-Armesto - The World: A History] Biographies of Felipe Fernández-Armesto at [|Wikipedia] and [|Tufts University]
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__**Class Assignment Rotation Schedule and Links**__ E Period G Period

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__**Assignment Brainstorming Area**__ Podcasting Assignment - competing interpretations or panel of historical figures (relying on primary source material) //POTB// - Voicethread of Family History object POTB - PSE and timeline profile for each of the historical periods in the text Wikipedia Assignment - create an entry in Wikipedia from the stubs page and track its evolution and revisions.