APWH

Here is a calendar to help you plan for April and the beginning of May . You will get a printed copy at school.

APWH April/May class Schedule

Date	Reading/Chapter Ways of the World			Review Sessions
Week of April 4th Monday, Wednesday Friday	We begin the last periodization (6.1) Accelerating Global Change and Realignments, c. 1900 to the Present. I.                  Researchers made rapid advances in science and technology that spread throughout the world. II.                 As the global population expanded at an unprecedented rate, humans fundamentally changed their relationship with the environment. III.                Disease, scientific innovations, and conflict led to demographic shifts.		Chapter 20 note cards are due. Begin Chapter 21 notecards	April 4th lunch, ‘civilization’ defined April 5th After School, Neolithic Revolution April 7th After School, religious beliefs: The Vedic religion, Hebrew monotheism, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, Christianity, ancestor veneration April 8th lunch, Greco-Roman philosophy, culture and science
Week of April 11th Wednesday and Friday	Key Concept 6.2 Global Conflicts and Their Consequences. I. Europe dominated the global political order at the beginning of the twentieth century, but both land-based and transoceanic empires gave way to new forms of transregional political organization by the century’s end. II.Emerging ideologies of anti-imperialism contributed to the Dissolution of empires and the restructuring of states. III. Political changes were accompanied by major demographic and social consequences. IV.Military conflicts occurred on an unprecedented global scale. V. Although conflict dominated much of the twentieth century, many Individuals and groups — including states — opposed this trend. Some Individuals and groups, however, intensified the conflicts.		Note cards over chapter 21 are due Begin note cards over chapter22	April 12th After School, key states and empires: Southwest Asia: Persian Empires East Asia: Qin and Han Empire South Asia: Maurya and Gupta Empires Mediterranean region: Phoenicia and its colonies, Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman Empires and Mesoamerica April 13th lunch, empires and cities environmental damage: Deforestation, Desertification, Soil erosion, silted rivers April 14th After School, Land and water routes for transregional trade: Eurasian Silk Roads, Trans-Saharan caravan routes, Indian Ocean sea lanes, Mediterranean Sea lanes April 16th Saturday morning (room 14) 9am to 10:30am, expansion of empires: China, The Byzantine Empire, The Caliphates, and The Mongols
Week of April 18th Wednesday, Friday	Key Concept 6.3 New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society, and Culture. I. States responded in a variety of ways to the economic challenges of the twentieth century. II.States, communities, and individuals became increasingly interdependent, a process facilitated by the growth of institutions of global governance. III.People conceptualized society and culture in new ways; some challenged old assumptions about race, class, gender, and religion, often using new technologies to spread reconfigured traditions. IV.Popular and consumer culture became global.		Chapter 22 note cards due begin Ch. 23 notecards	April 18th After School, Impact of migrations: the diffusion of languages, slavery, diasporic communities April 21st After School, Empires collapse states emerge, Islamic States, City States, Dynasties April 22nd lunch, interregional travelers: Ibn Battuta Marco Polo Zheng He, Matteo Ricci etc.
Week of April 25th Tuesday and Thursday	Review Periods 1-3 Big concepts and vocabulary		Note cards over chapter 23 are due	April 25th After School, Interactions between hemispheres create Innovations in visual & performing arts April 27th lunch, technological and cultural transfers and synthesis April 28th lunch, labor sources and organization, coerced labor
Week of May 2nd Monday, Wednesday and Friday	Review periods 4-6 Big Concepts and vocabulary			May 3rd After School, Imperial Expansion and systems of central control May 5th lunch, Columbian Exchange May 7th Saturday morning (room 14) 9am to 10:30am, Maritime Empires, piracy, opium,