Unit 1 Reading Assignments

Due Date / Pages / Reading Guide
8/31 / 12-20
Jigsaw: 21-26 / •Use the split note-taking method to write key ideas
•For the paragraphs under the pink headings, summarize all the information into one sentence
•For the paragraphs under the purple headings, summarize each paragraph into one sentence
•Make sure to include the headings
•In the right column, compare and contrast each of the migrations into new areas. Why do you think they were similar or different?
Jigsaw: Split up pp. 20-26
•Use the split note-taking method to write key ideas
•For the paragraphs under the pink headings, summarize all the information into one sentence
•For the paragraphs under the purple headings, summarize each paragraph into one sentence
•Make sure to include the headings
•In the right column, compare these early lifestyles to your lifestyle today.
9/6 / 62-71 / •Use the split note-taking method to write key ideas
•For the paragraphs under the pink headings, summarize all the information into one sentence
•For the paragraphs under the purple headings, summarize each paragraph into one sentence
•Make sure to include the headings
•Compare two of the early civilizations. What new technology or innovations do you think were most important to keep civilizations going?
9/8 / 71-80 / •Use the split note-taking method to write key ideas
•For the paragraphs under the pink headings, summarize all the information into one sentence
•For the paragraphs under the purple headings, summarize each paragraph into one sentence
•Make sure to include the headings
•In the right column, choose one or two of the SPICE themes. How did the theme change after civilizations started? Why do you think they changed?

Unit 2 Reading Assignments

Due Dates / Pages / Reading Guide
9-14 / 109-113 and 119-129 / •Take notes on the key ideas from the chapter. Pay attention to details under the purple headings
•Use the split note-taking method or write the key information in your own way.
•You can try graphic organizers, color-coding, flash-cards, summarizing in a paragraph, outlining, or another method you’d like to try.
  • Use the key ideas to answer the following questions:
  1. How did the Persians and Greeks differ in their governments and rules? Which one do you think was better for the time-period and why?
  2. Wars and conquering often helps spread cultures and ideas. How did this happen in the wars you read about in this section?

9-16 / 129-140 / •Take notes on the key ideas from the chapter. Pay attention to details under the purple headings
•Use the split note-taking method or write the key information in your own way.
•You can try graphic organizers, color-coding, flash-cards, summarizing in a paragraph, outlining, or another method you’d like to try.
  • Use the key ideas to answer the following questions:
  1. Consolidation means controlling and maintaining an empire. List all the similarities between the Roman and Han empires for consolidating their empires.
  2. Why did the Han Empire rise so quickly while Rome took hundreds of years?
  3. Why do you think the Han and Roman empires have so many similarities?

9-20 / 141-144 and 174-180 and 224-228 / •Take notes on the key ideas from the chapter. Pay attention to details under the purple headings
•Use the split note-taking method or write the key information in your own way.
•You can try graphic organizers, color-coding, flash-cards, summarizing in paragraph form, outlining, or another method you’d like to try.
  • Use the key ideas to answer the following questions:
  1. Compare and contrast the Mauryan and Gupta political systems. Which one would you rather live in and why?
  2. Indian beliefs are set up in stages of literature. Beginning with the Vedas and ending with the Bhagavad Gita, make a timeline of the religious texts of Hinduism and summarize the importance of each text.
  3. How did Buddhism fit in with Hinduism? How did it conflict with Hindu beliefs?
  4. Compare and contrast Varna and Jati. How does Buddhism contrast the ideas of the Caste system?

9-22 / 180-183 and 187-194 / •Take notes on the key ideas from the chapter. Pay attention to details under the purple headings
•Use the split note-taking method or write the key information in your own way.
•You can try graphic organizers, color-coding, flash-cards, summarizing in paragraph form, outlining, or another method you’d like to try.
  1. How did both Buddha and Jesus’s teachings reflect their social classes and their reactions to problems in their communities?
  2. How did Christianity spread? (Who did it appeal to/why? Who criticized it/why?
  3. Why did Christianity become the main religion in Europe? How was it established in the Middle East and Africa?
  4. As Christianity and Buddhism spread, how did the beliefs adapt and change? (What controversies, divisions were there? How did they decide on doctrines?)

9-26 / 318-326 / •Take notes on the key ideas from the chapter. Pay attention to details under the purple headings
•Use the split note-taking method or write the key information in your own way.
•You can try graphic organizers, color-coding, flash-cards, summarizing in paragraph form, outlining, or another method you’d like to try.
  1. How did the silk roads connect Afro-Eurasia in economics, cultures/beliefs, and diseases?
  2. How was silk developed and what impact did it have on social classes in various cultures?
  3. Describe the trade routes through the Indian Ocean. How did they compare to the silk road routes?

9-28 / 265-272 / •Take notes on the key ideas from the chapter. Pay attention to details under the purple headings
•Use the split note-taking method or write the key information in your own way.
•You can try graphic organizers, color-coding, flash-cards, summarizing in paragraph form, outlining, or another method you’d like to try.
  1. How did the three groups Meroe, Axum, and Niger River cities show interaction with their neighbors? Make sure to refer to exchange of ideas, culture, and commerce.
  2. Describe the political systems of the three groups. How do the Niger cities contrast most civilizations during this time-period?
  3. How did geography affect each civilization? Make sure to refer to economics, politics, security, and size in your answers.

9-30 / 272-282 / •Take notes on the key ideas from the chapter. Pay attention to details under the purple headings
•Use the split note-taking method or write the key information in your own way.
•You can try graphic organizers, color-coding, flash-cards, summarizing in paragraph form, outlining, or another method you’d like to try.
  1. Compare the five civilizations in terms of Architecture, Products (food, technology, etc), Networks (Trade/expansion), Cities (describe them, don’t just name them), Beliefs and values.