| August 2006 | THE LEGACY OF SOCRATES
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| Wed 23 | 1 | Introduction to the Course : HW- review The Kite Runner |
| Thu 24 | 2 | Introduction to the Class
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| Fri 25 | 3 | Discussion of The Kite Runner - Characters |
| Mon 28 | 4 | Discussion of Summer Reading- Topics HW: Essay on The Kite Runner due Wednesday |
| Tue 29 | 5 | No Class |
| Wed 30 | 6 | Introduction to The Legacy of Socrates DUE: Essay on The Kite Runner |
| Thu 31 | 7 | Arete - the Ideal Read: p.1-6 in L of S |
| September | ||
| Fri 1 | 1 | The Geography of Greece Due: map of Greece |
| Mon 4 | No School - Labor Day | |
| Tue 5 | 2 | Writing Essays |
| Wed 6 | 3 | The Importance of Reason Read: " The Allegory of the Cave"; p.30-33 in Lof S |
| Thu 7 | 4 | Fate and Destiny Due: Journal on Fate |
| Fri 8 | 5 | No Class |
| Mon 11 | 6 | Greek Religion |
| Tue 12 | 7 | Early Greek Political History |
| Wed 13 | 1 | The Trojan Wars and the Iliad Read: p.8-14 in L of S |
| Thu 14 | 2 | Socrates and the Sophists |
| Fri 15 | 3 | The Trial of Socrates Read: p.24-30 in Lof S |
| Mon 18 | 4 | Plato's Ideals Due: Questions on "The Death of Socrates" |
| Tue 19 | 5 | No Class |
| Wed 20 | 6 | Plato's Republic Read: p.44-50 in Lof S |
| Thu 21 | 7 | The Peloponnesian War Read: p.51-59 in Lof S |
| Fri 22 | 1 | Morality and War Due: questions on "The Melian Dialogue" |
| Mon 25 | 2 | Greek Drama Due: journal on the rule of law |
| Tue 26 | 3 | Reading Day (bring Antigone to class) Read: Antigone |
| Wed 27 | 4 | Discussion of the play Read: p.59-66 in Lof S |
| Thu 28 | 5 | No Class |
| Fri 29 | 6 | Greek Art - Slide Show read: P.16-23 in Lof S |
| October | ||
| Mon 2 | No School - Yom Kippur | |
| Tue 3 | 7 | Greek Architecture - Slide show |
| Wed 4 | 1 | Review for test Identifications: arête, Polyneices, The Cave, Zeno, Thucydides, "The Iliad", "Medea", Melians, anthropomorphism, Sicilian Expedition Essay Choices: Identify three examples of hubris in the literature and history of the Greeks that we have studied and provide a critical analysis of the resulting consequences. Sophocles wrote, "Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness." Why do you suppose the sophists were so convinced that wisdom is the supreme goal for humans? Discuss the importance of the rise and fall of Athenian Democracy. |
| Thu 5 | 2 | Test |
| Fri 6 | 3 | Summary Feedback on Unit 1 |
| Mon 9 | No School - Fall Break | |
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| Tue 10 | 4 | Introduction to the research paper |
| Wed 11 | 5 | No Class |
| Thu 12 | 6 | Introduction to the Legacy of Gandhi |
| Fri 13 | 7 | Hinduism as a way of life Due: Research paper topic |
| Mon 16 | 1 | (sub) Read: section on Indian Religions and answer questions |
| Tue 17 | 2 | Research Tutorial in Library - Lab 2 |
| Wed 18 | 3 | No Class (PSAT's for grades 9-11 from 8:00-11:00) |
| Thu 19 | 4 | Hinduism Read: four pages in L of G Due: Preliminary bibliography (5 sources) |
| Fri 20 | 5 | No Class |
| Mon 23 | 6 | How to do note cards and begin research Due: Journal on the Caste System in America |
| Tue 24 | 7 | Mogul Empire and the Arrival of the British Read: "British India" in packet |
| Wed 25 | 1 | The British Raj |
| Thu 26 | 2 | Anti-Imperialism Read: "Shooting an Elephant" and answer questions |
| Fri 27 | 3 | (End of Quarter 1) Birth of Indian Nationalism Due: 10 note cards from at least 2 sources |
| Mon 30 | No School - Professional Day | |
| Tue 31 | 4 | Tactics and Responses for Indian Nationalism Read: p.83-89 |
| November | ||
| Wed 1 | 5 | No Class |
| Thu 2 | 6 | Introduction to Gandhi; How to do an outline Due: Revised working bibliography |
| Fri 3 | 7 | Upper School Parent Conferences |
| Mon 6 | 1 | No Class |
| Tue 7 | 2 | Video on Gandhi Read: p.89-95 |
| Wed 8 | 3 | No Class |
| Thu 9 | 4 | Video on Gandhi |
| Fri 10 | No School - NCAIS Conference | |
| Mon 13 | 5 | No Class Due: Preliminary outline of paper |
| Tue 14 | 6 | Video on Gandhi Read: p.95-103 |
| Wed 15 | 7 | Video on Gandhi |
| Thu 16 | 1 | Video on Gandhi Read: "Salt March", "Quit India" in packet |
| Fri 17 | 2 | Discuss film Due: 20 note cards from at least 4 sources |
| Mon 20 | 3 | Indian Independence Read: "Partition of India", "Nehru's Speech" in packet |
| Tue 21 | 4 | Gandhi' Death Read: "Funeral Eulogy" Due: newspaper article |
| Wed 22 | No School | |
| Thu 23 | Thanksgiving | |
| Fri 24 | Holiday | |
| Mon 27 | 5 | No Class |
| Tue 28 | 6 | Nuclear India |
| Wed 29 | 7 | Discuss Contemporary India Read: 3 articles at end of packet |
| Thu 30 | 1 | Review for Test on India Due: Revised outline in proper form |
| December | Review for Test: I
Map of India (15) II IDs (30) III Essay (50) IV
Research Process (5) V Bonus (3) IDs: Nehru - caste system - Salt March - Satyagraha - Sikhism - harijans - Quit India - Muslim League - Bhagavad-Gita - Jinnah - Partition - East India Trading Co. - Siddhartha Gautama - moksha - Sepoy Rebellion - ahimsa - suttee - dharma - Line of Control - swadeshi Essays: 1. To what extent was Gandhi's
philosophical idealism tempered by political pragmatism? Map: review the map completed at the start of the unit. |
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| Fri 1 | 2 | Test on India |
| Mon 4 | 3 | Work on Research Paper |
| Tue 5 | 4 | Work on Research Paper |
| Wed 6 | 5 | No Class |
| Thu 7 | 6 | Constructing a Powerpoint Due: Final Research paper with all components |
| Fri 8 | 7 | Work on Powerpoint |
| Mon 11 | 1 | Review for Exam |
| Tue 12 | 2 | Review for Exam |
| Wed 13 | 3 | Exam |
| Thu 14 | 4 | Exam |
| Fri 15 | 5 | Exam |
| Mon 18 | 6 | Exam |
| Tue 19 | 7 | Exam |
| Wed 20 | Holiday Breakfast | |
| Holiday Vacation | ||
| January | ||
| Wed 3 | 1 | Go over Exams |
| Thu 4 | 2 | Oral Presentations |
| Fri 5 | 3 | Oral Presentations |
| Mon 8 | 4 | Oral Presentations |
| Tue 9 | 5 | No Class |
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| Wed 10 | 6 | Introduction to the Middle East (finish power point presentations) |
| Thu 11 | 7 | Geography of the Middle East [read: p.2-6] |
| Fri 12 | 1 | Assumptions and Preconceptions - developing awareness |
| Mon 15 | No School - Martin Luther
King, Jr. Holiday
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| Tue 16 | 2 | Researching Statistical Information |
| Wed 17 | 3 | Presenting Analysis of the Region [Due: chart of region] |
| Thu 18 | 4 | Historical Past; (discuss current events journal) read: p.38-46 |
| Fri 19 | 5 | No Class |
| Mon 22 | 6 | Vibrant Islamic Culture [due: Current Event journal] read: p.7-10 |
| Tue 23 | 7 | Judaism, Islam and Christianity - Three Faiths is One Land read p.19-27 |
| Wed 24 | 1 | Video: Islam in America read: p.30-34 |
| Thu 25 | 2 | Points of Divergence read: p.28-29 |
| Fri 26 | 3 | In class essay: Are the common or distinctive features more important to three major faiths? |
| Mon 29 | 4 | Video: Cradle of Conflict- the Middle East read: p.51-57 |
| Tue 30 | 5 | No Class |
| Wed 31 | 6 | Zionism read: p. 58-61, 63-70 |
| February | ||
| Thu 1 | 7 | Snow Day - No School |
Fri 2
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1 | Confrontation and Conflict read: p. 73-80 |
| Super Bowl Sunday (Bears v. Colts) | ||
| Mon 5 | 2 | Statistical and Graphic
Analysis of the Palestinian Situation DUE: ID's and
questions Questions to consider: how have political boundaries changed; how have population dispersal changed; what is a fair solution to boundaries? |
| Tue 6 | 3 | Resolutions/ Future Scenarios
read: p. 84-93, 103-105
Question to consider: How has the Palestinian position toward Israel changed over time and why? |
| Wed 7 | 4 | Islamic Art and Architecture |
| Thu 8 | 5 | No Class |
| Fri 9 | 6 | Discussion of current event articles DUE: Current Events journal #2 |
| Mon 12 | 7 | Islamic Fundamentalism |
| Tue 13 | 1 | Women's Issues read: "Tearing off the Veil" p. 147-157 |
| Wed 14 | 2 | Women and Modernity in the Muslim World p. 140-146 |
| Thu 15 | 3 | Review for test |
| Fri 16 | 4 | Test on the Middle East Map of the Middle East; IDs from text questions; Essay: "Not a question of right vs. wrong, but rather of right vs. right." How fair is this assessment of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? |
| Presidents Day |
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| Mon 19 | No School | |
| Tue 20 | No School | |
| Wed 21 | 5 | No Class |
| Africa |
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The Legacy of Colonialism |
| Wed 21 | 5 | Review Middle East test; introduction to Map of Africa |
| Thu 22 | 6 | No Class |
| Fri 23 | 7 | The Legacy of Colonialism DUE: completed map of Africa |
| Mon 26 | 1 | (sub) African Proverbs
p.12-15 [Q: (1)What are the key factors hampering African unity?] |
| Tue 27 | 2 | The Dream of African Unity
DUE: Graphic representation of an African proverb |
| Wed 28 | 3 | The Scramble for Africa
Read: p.6-11 in GREEN reader [Q:(2)What features of Africa attracted foreign attention and intervention? (3)What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference?] |
| March | ||
| Thu 1 | 4 | Establishing Control in the
Congo Read: p.12-16 in GREEN reader [Q: (4)What forms of resistance did the Africans offer? (5)How were the economic interests of the Europeans organized?] |
| Fri 2 | 5 | No Class |
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| Mon 5 | 6 | The Process of Disintegration
Read: p. 16-22 in GREEN reader [Q: (6)What role did religious groups play in the Congo? (7)How did Leopold respond to his critics?] |
| Tue 6 | 7 | African Independence Movements Read: p. 30-34 in RED reader |
| Wed 7 | 1 | Debate on Policy Options
Read: p. 23-33 (in selected groups) DUE: Journal on contemporary sub-Saharan Africa |
| Thu 8 | 2 | Early Independence
Read: p.36-40 in RED reader [Q: (8)What was the goal of Pan Africanism? (9)How did ethnic divisions plague several states?] |
| Fri 9 | 3 | Congo Free
Read: p.34-39 in GREEN reader [Q: (10)How did Belgian rule differ from Leopold's rule in the Congo?] DUE: All text questions |
| Mar 12-19 | No School | Spring Break
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| Tue 20 | 4 | No Class - at conference on effective teaching in large blocks |
| Wed 21 | 5 | Review of Post-Colonial
Experience p.36-40 in RED |
| Thu 22 | 6 | Economics in the Colonial Era "The Economics of Colonialism" and p.60-64 in RED |
| Fri 23 | 7 | African Economies Today p.64-70 in RED |
| Mon 26 | 1 | Africa's Economic Future p. 70-75 in RED |
| Tue 27 | 2 | Introduction to Research
Project; Discussion of journals DUE: Journal #2 on Africa |
| Wed 28 | 3 | (Sub) Work on Research Projects |
| Thu 29 | 4 | (Sub) Work on Research Projects |
| Fri 30 | 5 | No Class |
| April |
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| Mon 2 | 6 | No Classes - Parent Conferences |
| Tue 3 | 7 | Presentation of "Africa Today" magazine |
| Wed 4 | 1 | Review for test [Format: map- 20 of 25; questions - 5 of 6; essay - What features of contemporary Africa are a result of the colonial experience; bonus] |
| Thu 5 | 2 | TEST on Legacy of Colonialism |
| Fri 6 | No School - Good Friday | |
| The Legacy of Mao Zedong |
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| Mon 9 | No School - Easter Monday | |
| Tue 10 | 3 | Go over test on Africa; troubleshoot Africa 'Zine |
| Wed 11 | 4 | Yin and Yang; video on Emerging Powers: China DUE: Africa 'Zine |
| Thu 12 | 5 | No Class |
| Fri 13 | 6 | DUE: map of China |
| Mon 16 | 7 | Buddhism Read: p.11-17 in TAN booklet |
| Tue 17 | 1 | Tibet Video Due: paper on purpose of life |
| Wed 18 | 2 | History of the Chinese Republic DUE: journal #1 on China |
| Thu 19 | 3 | The Communist Revolution Read: p.33-36 |
| Fri 20 | 4 | Community Service Day
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| Mon 23 | 5 | No Class |
| Tue 24 | 6 | Special Olympics
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| Wed 25 | 7 | Special Olympics
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| Thu 26 | 1 | Mao's Goals for China read: p.39-42 (What's right/wrong with China?) |
| Fri 27 | 2 | Transforming China read: p.47-50 (What kind of man is Mao?) |
| Mon 30 | 3 | The Great Leap Forward and
the Cultural Revolution read: p.59-66 DUE: IDs (c. 50 words) - Great Leap Forward, Communes, Socialist Education Movement, Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Red Guard and PLA, Lin Biao, Deng Xiaoping. Questions (c.75 words) - 1.Why did the GLF fail? 2.What was the significance of Pres. Nixon's visit to China? 3. What was the importance of the 9th Party Congress? |
| MAY | ||
| Tue 1 | 4 | Post-Mao Communist China |
| Wed 2 | 5 | No Class |
| Thu 3 | 6 | Three Gorges Dam read: p.71-76 OR 78-82 and answer questions 2,4,5 on p.77 |
| Fri 4 | 7 | China Entering the 21st Century read: p.84-87 |
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| Mon 7 | 1 | China's Economic Transformation Read: p.14-17 in Choices |
| Tue 8 | 2 | Political Reform in China Read: p.17-21 in Choices |
| Wed 9 | 3 | US China Foreign Policy Issues: Trade and Human Rights Read: p.22-25 in Choices |
| Thu 10 | 4 | China's Foreign Policy Priorities Read: p.26-30 in Choices |
| Fri 11 | 5 | No Class |
| Mon 14 | 6 | US-China Foreign Policy debate Read: designated Policy Option DUE: China journal #2 |
| Tue 15 | 7 | Review for China Test Format: ID's (35), Map (15), Essay (50) |
| Wed 16 | 1 | Test on China |
| Thu 17 | 2 | Go over China test (no homework allowed) |
| Fri 18 | 3 | Awards Day (30 minute
classes)
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| Mon 21 | 4 | Review for Exam
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| Tue 22 | 5 | No Class |
| Wed 23 | 6 | Review for Exam |
| Thu 24 | 7 | Final Day of Classes - Review
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| Fri 25 | ||
| Format IDs 8/10 Map 20/25 MC 10 SA 3/5 Essay 30 Bonus 3
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Final Exam ID’s – World Cultures 2007 Mao Zedong Mandate of Heaven Hard Liners Deng Xiaoping Three Gorges Dam Great Leap Forward Nationalist Party Sun Yat-sen Chiang Kai-shek Tiananmen Square Cultural Revolution Tibet Dalai Lama Single Child Policy Yin and Yang Berlin Conference Pan Africanism Leopold II of Belgium Force Publique Joseph Mobutu George Washington Williams E. D. Morel Congo Free State Scramble for Africa Casement Report Mandate System Intifadah Theodore Herzl Six Day War Pogroms Resolution 181 FGM Palestinians Zionism Menachem Begin Hamas West Bank and Gaza Strip Camp David Accords P.L.O. Yassir Arafat Anwar Sadat Essay: (30) Choose two leaders who attempted to change their countries. Describe the nature of these two societies before these individuals were born by comparing and contrasting what was important in the values of each of the two countries. Offer clear evidence to support your assertions. Then describe what each of the two leaders hoped to do to change his country and explain what actually happened to the countries’ values after the leader was able to make an impact. Values imply that you will talk about how the laws either favor the individual or group, how resources and the economy are managed, and how foreign relations were affected. Again, use specific examples to support your assertions.
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| Mon 28 | Memorial Day | |
| Tue 29 | World Cultures Final Exam
8:30 - 11:00 in the Library |
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| Goodbye Everybody! | ||
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