Homework and reading assignments (Dates may vary)
First Semester
August 19 and 20 –Introduction, Syllabus and Text distribution
Pre-historic Unit
August 21 and 24 - S. O. A. P. P. S. and National Geographic: First Steps of
Humanity, by Gore and The Great Human Migration by Gugliotta, p.1 to 17 in
the “spiral binder”
August 25 and 26 - Jared Diamond, overview of Guns, Germs and Steel and What
is Myth, p.19 to 34, In class, Create a Myth!
August 27 and 28 - Paleolithic Age, Australian Aborigines, p.35 to 47 , good
and bad sources
August 31 and September 1 – In class, Share your myth
Mesopotamia Unit
September 2 and 3 - Textbook: Ancient World History, Patterns of Interaction
pages 19 to 34 “Guided Reading” p. 13 in the spiral binder
September 4 and 7 - Labor Day Break
September 8 and 9 - Gilgamesh pages 11 to 50 and p.95 and 96, Map Activity
September 10 and 11 - Gilgamesh pages 53 to 105, Essay Writing Strategies
September 14 and 15 - Discover: The Cradle of Cash, by Pringle, p.31 to 36,
binder, In class Lost Civilization Video and Essay Due
September 16 – Advisory Conferences
September 17 and 18 - Ancient History: The Laws of Hammurabi, by Bailkey, p.37
to 41, binder, Choose a laws from each section to discuss with the class, In
class Annotation Techniques
September 21 and 22 - Patterns of Interaction, pages 72 to 83 “Guided Reading”
p. 14 binder
September 23 and 24 - Ancient History: The Old Testament, by Bailkey, p. 37
to 41, binder, In class Map Activity
September 25 and 29 - Time: The Legacy of Abraham, by Van Biema and Armco
World: The Dome of the Rock, by Khalidi and Moses, p.59 to 70 binder
September 30 and October 1 - Sennacherib, Assyrian Capture of Jerusalem and
Babylon, p.95 to 98 binder and Patterns of Interaction, pages 95 to 98
October 2 and 5 - Patterns of Interaction, pages 99 to 103 “Guided Reading”,
p.87 and Cyrus the Great, p.77 to 80 binder, In class Zoraster, p.81 to 86,
Unit Test Review
October 6 and 7 – Unit Test and In class, Persia: Ancient Soul of Iran, p. 89
to 101
October 8 and 9 – Fall Break
Egypt Unit
October 12 and 13 – Patterns of Interaction, pages 35 to 43 and Time of the
River by Baines and The Authority of the Pharaohs, p.1 to 7 binder
October 14 and 15 – The Osirian Cycle and Daily Life of the Ancient Egyptians:
Religion, by Brier and Hobbs, p. 7 to 32 binder
October 16 and 19 –The King Herself, by Brown, p. 46 to 60 binder, In class,
Hieroglyphs Activity
October 20 and 21 – Patterns of Interaction pages 89 to 94 and Pharaohs of the
Sun, by Gore, p. 66 to 74 binder, In class, Hieroglyphs Activity
October 22 and 23 – Tutankhamen and National Geographic: Valley of the Kings,
by Weeks, p. 76 to 101 binder, Essay Prep
October 26 and 27 – Egypt Unit Test and Essay Due
India Unit
October 28 and 29 - National Geographic: Indus Civilization, by Edwards, p.11
to 24 binder
October 30 and November 2 – Patterns of Interaction, pages 44 to 49 and pages
61 to 71 “Reading Guide”p.3 and 4 binder
November 3 and 4 - Sources of Indian Tradition: Duties of the Social Classes,
by de Bary and The Human Record: Life, Death, and the Gods of Aryan India: The
Rig Veda, p. 30 to 35, In class, Introduction to The Ramayana
November 5 and 7 - The Ramayana, pages Second Introduction to 32, In class,
Map Activity
November 9 and 10 – The Ramayana, pages 35 to 73, In class, Ramayana Video
November 11 and 12 - The Ramayana, pages 74 to 120, In class, Ramayana Video
November 13 and 16 – The Ramayana, pages 121 to 157, and the Bhagavad-Gita,
p.37 to 43, binderNovember 17 and 18 – Review, Chakra System and Essay Assignment
November 19 and 20 - The Upanishads, p. 46 to 51, binder, Hinduism, Essay
Assignment
November 23 and 24 - Patterns of Interaction, pages 189 to 199, “Guided
Reading”, p. 5 binder
November 25, 26 and 27 – Thanksgiving Break
November 30 and December 1 – Jainism and The Wonder that was India: The
Buddha, by Basham, p. 58 to 61, Essay Due
December 2 and 3 - The Teachings of the Compassionate Buddha, by Burtt and
Twenty Jataka Tales: Banyan and The Master’s Test, by Khan, p. 63 to 110
“Don’t worry, I made a mistake on the page numbers”
December 4 and 5 - The Dhammapada, chap. 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
15, 17, 20 and 24
December 8 and 9 – Asoka p.55, and Human Record: Arthashastra and Asoka’s,
Rock Pillar Edicts, by Andrea p. 113 to 121 binder
December 10 and 11 – Semester Review, India Today and my Trip with Operation
Smile
December 15, 16, 17 and 18 - Final Exams
Second Semester
January 5 and 6 - Patterns of Interaction, pages 50 to 55 “Guided Reading”, p.
10 and Book of History p. 2 spiral binder
January 7 and 8 – In class activity I Ching, p.18 to 52, binder
January 11 and 12 – Patterns of Interaction, pages 104 to 109 “Guided
Reading”p. 11 Period of the Warring States
January 13 and 14 - Confucius and The Analects, by Confucius p. 53 to 65,
binder, What is Secular?
January 18 – MLK Day
January 15 and 19 - The Way of Life, by LaoTzu, p. 67 to 84, binder,Taoism,
How can one withdraw from society and still influence it?
January 20 and 21 - Legalistic Sayings, Legalism: The Writings of Han Fei Tzu
p. 85 to 92, binder
January 22 and 25 - The Empire of Ch’in, The Great Wall of China, Shih Huang
ti, p. 92 to 109, binder
January 26 and 27 - National Geographic: China’s Incredible Find, by Topping,
p. 111 to 121, binder
January 28 and 29 - Smithsonian: Up Against the Wall and Patterns of
Interaction, pages 200 to 207 “Guided Reading” p.12, In class, Debate Preparation
February 1 and 2 – Debate Preparation
February 3 and 4 - Debate
February 5 and 8 – Wudi and Ts’ai Lun, p. 139 to 143, binder, China Unit Review
February 9 and 10 – China’s Unit Test, European Mapping
Greece Unit
February 11 and 12 - Patterns of Interaction, pages 72 to 73 and 123 to 133 In
class, European Mapping
February 15 – President’s Day
February 16 and 17 - National Geographic: Greece’s Brilliant Bronze Age, by
Judge, In class, Homer, p. 43 to 46, In class, Lost Civilization Video
February 18 and 19 Leonidas and Ancient History: Lycurgus: Spartan , p. 50 to
58 binder, In class, Sparta and Athens
February 22 and 23 – Solon and Pericle’s Funeral Oration, p. 59 to 68, binder,
What Interest Group do you Belong?
February 24 and 25 - Herodotus and Ancient History: Herodotus: Greece Saved
from Persian Conquest, by Bailkey, p. 71 to 8, binder, Greece Geography
February 26 and March 2 – Patterns of Interaction, pages 134 to 149, In
class, The Periclean Epoch and Phidias and The Peloponnesian War, p. 85 to
102, binder
March 1 – Faculty In-Service
March 3 and 4 – Intitation Philosophy and Pythagoras, p.103 to 111 , binder
March 8 to 19 – Winterim and Spring Break
March 22 and 23 – Socrates and The Apology p.119 to 133, binder
March 24 and 25 – Plato and Book 6 of The Republic, p. 143 to 159, binder, The
Philosopher King
March 26 and 29 - Plato and Book 7 of The Republic, p. 161 to 168, binder, The
Cave Allegory
and Essay Due
March 30 and 31 – Aristotle, p. 169 to 175, binder
April 1 and 5 – Patterns of Interaction, pages 142 to 149 and Alexander the
Great, p 177 to 183
April 2 – No Class
April 6 and 7 – Hellenistic World, Epicurus and Zeno and Archimedes, 187 to
199, binder
April 8 and 9 – Greek Unit Review
April 12 and 13 – Greek Unit Test
April 14 and 15 - Patterns of Interaction, pages 155 to159 and National
Geographic: The Making of and Empire, by Reid, binder and, In class, Mapping Rome
April 16 and 19 – The Gracchi Brothers, p.18 to 23 and p. 30 to 32, binder
April 20 and 21 - Lustrum, by Harris, and p.32 to 37, binder
April 22 and 23 - Lustrum, by Harris
April 26 and 27 - Lustrum, by Harris, In class, Caesar, p.42 to 50, binder
April 28 and 29 - Lustrum, by Harris
May 3 and 4 - Lustrum, by Harris, and Expository Essay
May 5 and 6 - Patterns of Interaction, pages 160 to 176 “Guided Reading” p. 80
and Augustus, p.58 to 67, binder
May 8 and 10 - Comparing the Emperors” Tiberius to Diocletian, p.82 to 85,
binder, Expository Essay Due
May 11 and 12 –Teachings of Jesus and The Works of Paul, p. 92 to 102, “Guided
Reading” p. 81, binder
May 13 and 14 – Eusebius – Life of Constantine and The 1st Council of Nicea,
p.103 to 107, binder
May 17 and 19- Review
May 20, 21, 24 and 25- Finals
