Transcript Seeds of change: Emergence of the 1st global age (1450

MWH - Day 1 EU - MWH is a course to help you understand why the world
and its people today are as they are.
1. Find your name and a computer# on an
information form
2. Record bold information into your
assignment book
3. Fill out the rest of the information form
THE WORLD TODAY
More importantly, how do these
questions affect us and how can we
address them such that we can make our
individual lives, our community and our
world a better place?
MWH Day 1 Agenda
Goal for MWH – (why are you required to take this
course?)
1. to understand the world we live in today, (politically,
culturally, technologically, militarily, globally,
economically)
2. to understand how and why we got here and to be able to
be effective and responsible citizens of the world now
and in the future, and
3. to develop the skills to develop these understandings
Everything you learn in this course applies
to events today!!
MWH - Day 1 EU - MWH is a course to help you understand why the world
and its people today are as they are.
1. Find your name and a computer# on an information form
2. Record bold information into your assignment book
3. Fill out the rest of the information form
4. Write this web address in your assignment book:
http://mrksmodernworld.pbworks.com this course is
mostly paperless – homework, the textbook, classwork
handouts and assignment directions are accessed through this
site.
5. Intro to course and why CB requires you to take it
6. Understand homework assignments on google calendar
7. Begin why Study Modern World History project
MWH Day 1 Agenda
What specifically can we learn from the
study of the modern world?
Why study history?
Think about our country:
Sushi
Kung-fu (wushu)
Democracy
Black pepper
Decimal numbers
Christianity
Printed books
Civil rights
Astronomy
Surgical Medicine
Understanding
of gravity
where did the following come from?
Japan
China
Greece
India
Arabia
Jerusalem
Germany
Persia
Mesopotamia (now Iraq)
Egypt
England
MWH Day 1 Agenda
Why Study History?
History is similar to
building a house.
You cannot
understand certain
events out of
context. You must
understand what
occurred before in
order to move on
and Unit I provides
the foundation for
understanding the
remaining content of
the course
Why study history?
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To learn from good examples
To learn from mistakes made in the past
To understand the world and its people
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The questions that p_____________ face as they raise
ch______________ from in____________to adult life are
not easy to an__________. Both fa____________ and
m______________ can become concerned when health
problems such as c________________ arise any time after
the e_________ stage to later life. Experts recommend that
young ch__________________ should have plenty of
s_________________ and nutritious food for healthy
growth. B_____________ and g___________ should not
share the same b______________ or even sleep in the same
r_____________. They may be afraid of the
d___________.
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The questions that poultrymen face as they
raise chickens from incubation to adult life are
not easy to answer. Both farmers and merchants
can become concerned when health problems
such as coccidiosis arise any time after the egg
stage to later life. Experts recommend that
young chicks should have plenty of sunshine and
nutritious food for healthy growth. Banties and
geese should not share the same barnyard or
even sleep in the same room. They may be
afraid of the dark.
WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA?
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DON’T ASSUME YOU KNOW WHAT’S
GOING ON!
READ CAREFULLY!
What are we talking about?
With hocked gems financing him
Our hero bravely defied all scornful laughter
That tried to prevent his scheme
Your eyes deceive, he said,
An egg,
Not a table,
Correctly typifies this unexplored domain.
Now three sturdy sisters sought proof
Forging along sometimes through calm vastness
Yet more often over turbulent peaks and valleys
Days became weeks
As many doubters spread fearful rumours
About the edge
At last from nowhere winged creatures appeared
Signifying momentous success.
WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA?
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DON’T START READING WITHOUT
UNDERSTANDING WHAT TOPIC WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT
USE CONTEXT CLUES!
Perspective – building falls down Why did this
building fall down?
WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA?
What is happening in this picture?
Now that you know what happened, why did it happen?
How may your understanding of this event change with a
change in perspective?
MWH Day 1 Agenda
Notetaking – a Method
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Questions to ask in
class.
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Content –
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Heading – what is the title of the section?
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Connections and
discussion linking
to current events
Subsection heading
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Key people
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Key events
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Explanation of causes and effects
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Indications of bias
Heading
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Subsection heading
Key people
Key events
causes and effects
MWH Units of Study
THE WORLD TODAY
Technology Culture/Society Politics Geography Economics
Unit 1 : Seeds of Change: Emergence of the First Global
Age (1450-1770)
Reading KLG – a
Case Study
Core Unit
1 Research
2: Enlightenment and Revolution (1700-1850)
Unit 3: Industrialism and Imperialism: A New Age- (18001914)
Unit 4: World War I: Cause and Effect (World Wars and
Revolutions 1910-1920)
5: Interwar Years:The Road to War-Nationalism and
Core Unit
2 Research
Revolutions Around the World and The Rise of
Totalitarianism (1919-1939)
Unit 6: World War II and Cold War (World War II and Its
Aftermath
Unit 7: The World Since 1945 The World Today
SEEDS OF CHANGE:
EMERGENCE OF THE 1ST
GLOBAL AGE (1450-1770)
Unit I
Unit Overview
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Current world issues
World Geography and Religions
Renaissance
Reformation
Scientific Revolution
Explorations and the Columbian Exchange
Intro to Enlightenment
Unit Enduring Understandings
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Geography themes of location, place, movement,
human-environment interaction and region are
useful tools for understanding history and current
events.
A society’s values can be seen through their cultural
and scientific achievements
Challenges to the social and political order
frequently come from radical new ideas.
Technology, commerce, and religion cause cultures
to interact, exchange and conflict with one another.
Every society has developed some political system by
which either the one, the few, or the many rule over
others.
Unit Essential Questions
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How does geography affect people and
societies?
How can ideas change the world?
What is globalization and when did it begin?
What happens when different cultures
interact? Why do technology, commerce and
religion have an impact on inter-cultural
interactions?
What is the proper relationship between
citizens and their government?
Why study world history project - The world and the US today are
facing many significant “Revolutions” and wars that have their root causes in the past.
Lessons from the past can also help us understand the “Revolutions” and wars, prepare
solutions, avoid pitfalls observed from similar “Revolutions” and wars addressed in the
past and better prepare ourselves to be citizens of the world.
Project: As a group, prepare a brief Powerpoint presentation for ONE
assigned current “Revolution” or war.
1. Using your textbook and internet research (find useful links on
mrksmodernworld.pbworks.com, as well as other sources, complete
a Revolution/War Snapshot chart.
2. As you research, record proper bibliographic entries.
3. Share your research with the other members of your groups so that
each has a complete Revolution/War Snapshot.
4. Analyze the list of the Course Enduring Understandings (see list
above) and determine which relate to this “Revolution” or war.
5. Find images, charts, graphs, etc that will help illustrate your
presentation and will inform your audience.
6. Prepare your Powerpoint presentation. Include all of the above
information.
THE RENAISSANCE
The Renaissance 1300-1600
CAUSES
Short-Term
Long-Term
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Historical Centers
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Urban centers
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Merchants
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Secular Writings
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Plague
Failing Dark Age
Institutions
Church failures
REVOLUTIONARY IDEAS
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Individuals can be great (FAME)
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Focus on SECULAR ideas, not religious
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Information for everyone, not just elite
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HUMANISM
IMPORTANT…
People
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Medici family
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Machiavelli
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Castiglione
Dates/Events
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Michelangelo
1434: Medicis take
control in Florence
1455: Gutenberg Bible
published
1513: Prince
published
B. New Writing
 Writing
to be famous
 How to govern, behave
 Machiavelli – first political
scientist
 Famous Quotes:
 “The
end justifies the
means.”
 It is “much safer to be feared
than loved”’.
 “A ruler must be both a lion
and a fox.”
IMPORTANT…
Political/Social/
Economic Changes
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Humanism
Growing merchant
class
Questioning
importance of religion
in gov’t
Literature/Art/Music
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The Prince/The
Courtier
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The Last Supper
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David
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Perspective, realism
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Printing press
RESULTS
Short-Term
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Greater availability of
books
Long-Term
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Changes in
art/writing styles
Published laws, maps,
social codes, BIBLES
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Widespread
information means
Attempts to reform
society change views
on how life should be
lived
People begin to
question political
structures/ religious
practices