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Thanksgiving Crash Course Assignment

During break and hopefully with friends around you (!), you are to watch and take notes (see template below) on the following Crash Course World History Videos.

Indus Valley Civilization (#2)

Buddha and Ashoka (#6)

The Silk Road and Ancient Trade (#9)

Christianity from Judaism to Constantine (#11)

The Crusades - Pilgrimage or Holy War? (#15)

Please use the following guide for all five videos.

1.   What Period(s) of time (Periodization) are these events?

2.   What Themes does this video address? – give two specific examples from the video.

3.   What world region(s) does this video address? – use the AP Central approved world region definitions.

4.   What are specific examples from the film of information that are:

·        economic

·        social/cultural

·        political

If you cannot view this online series and complete the accompanying guides during the break … I will host a Crash Course-A-Thon December 2^nd Monday) after school in room 14. We will see all five videos … it should take a little over an hour an hour. We will start at 3pm.