In addition to completing
the PAKs listed below, make sure you attend the scheduled seminars and take the tests
listed in each Learning Activities section. The textbook used is World
History: Connections to Today,
Prentice Hall, publishers. Check the monthly Calendar
for individual daily deadlines and weekly Seminars. Use the
Reference page for research. In addition, the
PowerPoint presentations for each general seminar can be found on the Seminars
page.
PAK 1: In The Beginning . . .
In this PAK, you will explore how physical
- or geographic - isolation helped three of the four first river valley cultures
build a strong civilization. Chapters 1 - 4 in the textbook are studied in this
PAK, which takes approximately 8 days to complete. This PAK includes an Interactive Student Notebook
and individual daily deadlines will be assigned. Required activities:
 | Interactive Student
Notebook for Chapters 1 - 4 |
| Map - Four River Valley
Civilizations |
| Test - Chapters 1 - 4 |
| Law
Codes Venn Diagram |
| Three Videos - Mesopotamia,
Egypt, and China |
| Illustrated cartoon panels
- Compare and contrast three ancient flood stories. |
| Partners Project: Hammurabi's Code |
| Individual
Project: APPARTS analysis |
|
Group Project:
PowerPoint Presentation - Ancient Civilizations |
|
Two Seminars:
|
PAK 2: In Search Of The Ideal.
Ancient Empires: their history and culture
- are the focus of
this 14 day PAK. Chapters 5, 6,
10, 11 and 13 are studied in PAK 2. This
PAK is divided into two sections and individual daily deadlines will be assigned. Required
activities:
| Two
Interactive Student Notebooks
 | PAK 2.1 - Greece, Persia and Rome |
| PAK 2.2 - The Byzantine Empire: Collisions Between Islam and Christianity |
|
| Overlay Map - The Classical Age of Greece,
Persia and Rome |
| Overlay Map - The Byzantine Empire and
Islam |
| Individual
Project: Tracing the Threads of Democracy 1
|
| Individual
Project: APPARTS |
|
Individual Project: Justinian's Code of Laws |
| Test -
Chapters 5 and 6 |
| Test - Chapters
10, 11 and 13 |
| Historical videos - Greece,
Rome |
|
Group
Project
- Magazine: Comparing
Greece and Rome to Today - two test grades |
|
Two
Seminars:
|
PAK 3: Into The Light
In this PAK, you will study the Middle Ages and the
Renaissance and trace the history of the remnants of the old Western Roman Empire.
Chapters 8, 9, 14, 15 and 16 are studied in PAK 3 over
a period of 15 days. This PAK is divided into two sections and individual
daily deadlines will be assigned. Required
activities:
| Two Interactive
Student Notebooks
| PAK
3.1 - The Middle Ages: Raiders, Traders and Crusaders |
| PAK
3.2 - The Byzantine Empire: Collisions Between Islam and Christianity |
|
| Test - Chapters
8 and 9 |
| Test - Chapters
14 - 16. |
| Overlay Map -
The Age of
Exploration |
|
Individual Project: The Magna Carta |
| Individual
Project: Tracing the Threads of Democracy 2 |
| Individual
Project: APPARTS |
| Project - Renaissance Personalities
Matching and Timeline
|
| Historical videos - The Castle, The
Crusades, The Spread of Epidemic Disease, The Geography of Food, Michelangelo, Leonardo da
Vinci |
|
Three
Seminars:
|
|
Individual Project:
Journaling from the Middle Ages
(when time permits.) |
PAK
4:
The Age of Absolutism: Setting the Stage for Revolution
(At times, the district calendar shortens the length of some terms. For
this reason, PAK 4 is sometimes completed at the start of the PreAP World
History B.)
Because of the
Reformation and the Age of Exploration, Europe experienced religious, economic,
and political turmoil. To deal with these crises, European rulers increased
their power. They claimed God gave them the authority, using an argument known
as the “divine right of kings.” This consolidation of power
set the stage for revolution and new governmental forms, including democracy.
Chapter 17
is studied in PAK 4 over
a period of 5 days. This PAK has only one section and individual
daily deadlines will be assigned. Required activities:
| One Interactive
Student Notebook
| PAK
4 - The Age of Absolutism: Setting the Stage for Revolution (Includes a
comparison of the American Bill of Rights and the English Bill of Rights) |
|
| Test - Chapter
17 |
| Partners Project:
Timeline - Recipe for Revolution and European Conflict |
| Individual
Project: APPARTS - Oliver Cromwell and the British Parliament
|
|
One Seminar: Setting the Stage for Revolution |
| Final Exams |
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