Monday, January 27th

Bell Work: Please pick up the daily handout from the front table. Log-on to your computer and spend the first 15 minutes of class working

on your Unit 2 Vocabulary flashcards.

Daily Agenda:• Bell Work: Vocabulary

Flashcards• WOD callous• Activator: Developing a

Complex Civilization Discussion

• Lecture: Transitional Empires• Summarizer: Rock, Scissor,

Paper Review• Research Project: World

Belief Systems

Essential Question: How did civilizations become more complex by 600 BCE?

Homework: Read Chapter 10 and complete Guided Reading worksheet (due Wednesday)

Callous – emotionally hardened; insensitivepronunciation

In the movie Mean Girls, the Plastics CALLOUSLY mistreat their classmates. They even keep a “Burn Book” filled with CALLOUS innuendoes and sarcastic putdowns.

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, Tom Buchanan CALLOUSLY ruins the lives of four people (Daisy, Gatsby, Myrtle, and George) while recklessly pursuing his own selfish pleasures.

Read aloud Monday, January 27, 2014 - Block 1

Activator: 3-minute free write Take a moment to think about the life your parents had

growing up as it compares to yours. In just one generation, what has changed in America? What new opportunities,

challenges, and realities exist today that didn’t exist just 30-40 years ago? Spend three minutes just free writing your ideas

on the daily handout sheet provided.

Transitional Empires:

Not Foundational… Not Classical.. What are they?

The Hebrews

• Founded by Abraham of Ur• Pastoralists• Migration to Egypt and Enslavement• 12 Tribes (Israelites/ Canaanites)• MONOTHEISTIC (Judaism)– Covenants– Prophets – Abraham, Moses, etc. – Diaspora– Synagogue / Sabbath

• How would having a monotheistic religion bring more complexity to their society?

ComplexityOf Beliefs

The AssyriansKey Concepts:• Divine Kingship

– Propaganda and Spies• Conquest

– Mass Deportations– Fierce Military – Technology (chariots, iron, etc.)

• Society– Landowners, farmers, slaves– “Human Beings”

• While the Egyptian Pharaoh was also divine, why did the Assyrian view of divine kingship require more complex institutions for control?

ComplexityOf Control

The PhoeniciansKey Concepts:• Canaanites• Confederation of City-States

– Trade based– Colonies

• Culture– Alphabet – Linear B– Trade Products – Purple Dye, Cedar– Religion (Tophets)– Senate and Judges

• To what extent were the complexities of Phoenician civilization driven by their economic needs?

Complexity Of Economics

The PersiansKey Concepts:• Persian = Medes +

Achaemenids• Satraps• Persian Kingship• Paradayadam• Administration• Royal Road• Zoroastrianism• How did the Persian Empire

represent the same challenges of all of the other transitional empires? (Issues of beliefs, control, and economics)

Foundational Or Classical?

Other Historical Contributors:• The Hittites: Between 1900

and 1200 BCE, the Hittites dominated the Fertile Crescent due to their iron metallurgy and war chariots

• The Lydians: A small empire in Anatolia (Turkey), the Lydians were credited as the first to use coined money (around 600 BCE)

Summarizer: Play rock, paper, scissors with your partner to determine who will answer the question. (Best 2 out of 3)

1. How did the Hebrews monotheistic beliefs and pastoral lifestyle create the need for more complex institutions?

2. How were these transitional peoples different from the River Valley Civilizations that pre-dated them?

3. What factors necessitate the development of more complex societies?

4. Does complexity equate to improvement?

World Belief Systems Project:• Over the course of this unit you will be researching major

world belief systems and demonstrating your understanding of them in a variety of manners.

• Your final product will be due on Test Day (Feb. 7th) and will count the same as two essay grades.

• Your project will include the following: A comparative reference chart and application activities for each belief system (see handout for details).

• You will be granted a limited amount of class time each day to work on your research, though you will likely need to work outside of class to complete the project.