HOMEWORK DIRECTIONS and CALENDAR
The most successful WHAP students are those who do all of the reading and notes. Performance
on exams correlates to purposeful reading, note-taking and engagement in class discussions.
DON’T GET BEHIND!!
Formatting:
1. Heading: In the top RIGHT HAND CORNER of your paper, include your NAME, PERIOD and the
CHAPTER NUMBER and PAGE NUMBERS of the assignment.
2. Divide your paper into two columns: Left 1/3 and Right 2/3 (Cornell style without summary section).
3. Use the left-hand column for headings and discussion questions.
4. Use the right-hand column for your notes, which can be in any format that is useful to you: bullet
points, numbers and letters, etc.
Where to Begin:
5. RED sections: write these headings in left-hand column. Notes not necessary but maybe include 1-2
main ideas if it helps.
6. BLUE sections: these are the headings listed on your calendar. Write them out in the left-hand column
and take detailed notes on these in the right-hand column.
7. Take notes on all content under the BLUE sections on the pages listed for full credit.
8. Discussion Questions: these are mostly from your readings. Sometimes I will discuss these in class,
sometimes I won’t. DQs should be included in the left-hand columns next to their corresponding
content.
Miscellaneous:
9. All readings are due on the date listed.
10. When beginning a new ‘Part’ (Unit) of the text, always read the tan colored 2-page introduction. It
isn’t necessary to take notes but it provides a good overview and it connects directly to WHAP Themes.
11. When beginning a new chapter in the text you should also read the first couple pages to get the ‘big
picture’ of the whole chapter and read the paragraphs between the RED sections and the start of the
BLUE sections for the same reason. Notes are only required for the BLUE sections.
12. When an assignment begins in the middle of a chapter, make sure you start reading with the closest
RED section but start your notes with a BLUE section.
13. Pay attention to the page numbers and the BLUE sections listed on the calendar.
14. Homework directions and calendar are subject to change throughout the trimester!!
15. If I discover that your notes are not your own, you will receive a ZERO.
APWH Flashcard Guidelines- all cards are due the day after the Unit Test
All flashcards must be turned in on 3X5 index cards that are lined on one side only. The blank side will have
the word, phrase, or date written on it in the middle of the card. The lined side will have the pertinent information
written on it.
Side 1 Example - Unlined
Side Two Example - Lined
1880s - 1945
Adolf Hitler
fought WW1. Leader of Nazi party. Solved German
economic problems 1930s. Used extremist political
views to gain support. Expansionist policies direct
cause of WW2. Conquered most of Europe 1939 40. Defeated 1945. Suicide.
Holocaust.
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All entries must be in your handwriting and written in black/blue ink. Please make it legible.
Cards for each chapter are due on assigned dates. All unit cards are due the day after the unit
test.
Each unit of flashcards must have a card with your name and unit printed on it as the first card.
Please rubber band the cards together. I will not provide rubber bands.
3-5 facts for all cards (dates do not count as a fact)
It is not necessary to use complete sentences when completing flashcards. Please use the
following guidelines:
Person: Significant years, significant contribution(s). e.g. Robespierre
- 1720s - 1790s
- Lawyer. Sans culottes
- a leader of early French Revolution. Fanatic
- came to real power during reign of terror. If you don't support the revolution you are opposed
- Executed 1000s of 3rd estate
- executed by his own group
Event: Year, place (if applicable), significance. e.g. Battle of Waterloo
- Grand Alliance (monarchies of Europe) fights Napoleon.
- Wellington defeats Napoleon 1815
- After Napoleon’s defeat Europe in turmoil. War and French Revolution scared monarchs.
Wanted return to stability. Solved by Congress of Vienna
Miscellaneous: Writings, Art, and Music. Summary, date; other pertinent information,
significance.
e.g. Common Sense
- January 1776
- Thomas Paine; author and patriot.
- Writes a pamphlet questioning the right and "common sense" of a
small island (England) to govern a large country. Appeals to the mass
of people.
- "The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind." (Common Sense, 1776)
Tips for Note Taking
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Write down the main ideas/ key info for each paragraph
When you come to a term on your flash card list, write it in your notes and complete that flash
card.
Leave space between topics
Create a personalized abbreviation system
Use some form of bullets
Cut out unnecessary words
No complete sentences
Make these notes usable to study from!
Tells you the current period
with its dates and title.
Night homework is
assigned. It is due
the following day.
Flash Card Terms: see Flash Card
Guidelines for info on how to complete
these.
Period 1: to 600 BCE
Technological and Environmental Transformations
Date
Assignments (blue sections listed)
Aug. 23 Ch. 1: Before History, p.15-23
1. The Origins of Agriculture
2. Early Agricultural Society
3. Neolithic Culture
4. The Origins of Urban Life
This is the chapter
and the page numbers
for this assignment.
Flash Card Terms
Neolithic Revolution
specialization of labor
civilization
hunter-forager
pagan
Paleolithic
pastoral
pictographs
Discussion Questions:
1. How and where did the Neolithic Revolution start?
2. What various crops and animals were developed or domesticated
during the NR?
3. How did agriculture spread?
4. How did settled agriculture and pastoralism change society?
5. How did agriculture influence people’s understanding of the natural
world?
6. Explain the differences between Neolithic villages and cities?
These are the individual BLUE
sections in the chapters that you
must take detailed notes on. I
will look for these headings in
your left-hand columns followed
by thorough notes.
You are not required to answer the discussion questions
in a separate document. These are provided to you
ahead of time to prepare for in-class discussion. You
must include them in the left-hand column of your notes
where they correspond to the content.
Period 1: to 600 BCE
Technological and Environmental Transformations
Date
Aug.
23
Assignments (blue sections listed)
Ch. 1: Before History, p.15-23
1. The Origins of Agriculture
2. Early Agricultural Society
3. Neolithic Culture
4. The Origins of Urban Life
Flash Card Terms
Neolithic Revolution
specialization of labor
civilization
hunter-forager
pagan
Paleolithic
pastoral
pictographs
Discussion Questions:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Aug.
24
How and where did the Neolithic Revolution start?
What various crops and animals were developed or domesticated during the NR?
How did agriculture spread?
How did settled agriculture and pastoralism change society?
How did agriculture influence people’s understanding of the natural world?
6. Explain the differences between Neolithic villages and cities?
Ch. 2: Early Societies in SW Asia & Indo-European Epic of Gilgamesh
Mesopotamia
Migrations, p.28-38
Sumer
1. Mesopotamia: “The Land Between the Rivers”
ziggurat
2. The Course of Empire (Hammurabi and Babylonian &
cuneiform
Hammurabi’s Law ONLY)
3. The Later Mesopotamian Empires (Assyrian Empire ONLY) Zoroastrianism
4. Economic Specialization and Trade
Babylon
5. Emergence of Stratified Patriarchal Society
Code of Hammurabi
Code of Ur-Nammu
Discussion Questions:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Aug.
25
What processes did we go through to get from hunter/gatherers to empire?
What are the defining characteristics of a civilization?
How does Sumer fit into this classification?
What is a city-state? What types of projects did they organize for the benefit of their
societies?
5. Who ruled the early city-states and how did the establish themselves?
6. Why did Sumerian cities face external pressure?
7. How was Sargon of Akkad able to create the first empire?
8. How did Hammurabi maintain his empire?
9. Describe the advancements in specialized labor in Mesopotamia?
10. Explain the system of social classes that emerged in Mesopotamia?
11. What is a patriarchal society?
Phoenicians
Ch. 2: Chapter 2: Early Societies in SW Asia &
diaspora
Indo-European Migrations, p.42-48
Hittites
1. The Phoenicians
Hebrew monotheism
2. Indo-European Expansion and its Effects (Hittites
ONLY)
Discussion Questions:
1. How did the Mesopotamians influence the Hebrews?
2. Why were the Phoenicians significant in this era?
Aug.
29
Aug.
29
Egypt
Nubia
p. 53-61
Hatshepsut
1. Egypt and Nubia: Gifts of the Nile
hieroglyphics
2. Unification of Egypt (Kush)
Bantu migration
3. Emergence of Cities and Stratified Societies
p. 61-66
4. Economic Specialization and Trade
p. 70-71
5. Dynamics of Bantu Expansion
Discussion Questions:
1. Compare the Egyptians and Nubians methods of agriculture.
2. Why was a formal governmental system needed in Egypt and Nubia? What was
different compared to Mesopotamia?
3. Describe the role of the Pharaohs.
4. Describe the relations between Egypt and Nubia. Provide examples of their
interactions.
5. How did the social structure of Egypt and Nubia compare to Mesopotamia? Discuss the
relationship between specialized labor and trade.
6. Who were the Bantu and where did they originate? Trace their migration.
Harappa
Ch. 4: Early Societies in South Asia
Mohenjo-Daro
p.76-80
Vedas
1. Foundations of Harappan Society
caste system
2. Harappan Society and Culture
p. 80-82
3. The Aryans and India
4. Origins of the Caste System
p. 84-85
5. Aryan Religion
Ch. 3: Early African Societies & Bantu Migration
Discussion Questions:
1. Why is our history of the early Harappan society incomplete?
2. Why do historians think that Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were important?
3. Who were the Aryans? Describe their society.
4. What are the Vedas and why are they important?
5. What is the caste system? Who did it emerge in India?
6. How did the caste system change over time?
7. Describe the early Aryan religion.
Aug.
30
Shang Dynasty
Ch. 5: Early Societies in East Asia
Zhou Dynasty
p. 93-96
1. The Shang Dynasty
Mandate of Heaven
patriarchy
p. 96-100
2. The Zhou Dynasty
bureaucracy
3. The Social Order
veneration
p.101-103
4. Family & Patriarchy
5. Oracle Bones and Chinese Writing
Discussion Questions:
1. What role did technology play in the role of the Shang Dynasty?
2. Explain the concept of the Mandate of Heaven?
3. How was the Zhou Dynasty organized politically?
4. What role did iron metallurgy play in the Zhou Dynasty?
5. How does the social order of ancient China compare to previous societies?
6. Explain the importance of ancestor veneration in ancient China.
7. What was the purpose of oracle bones?
Aug.
31
Sept.
1
Ch. 6: Early Societies in the Americas & Oceania
p.113-119
1. The Olmec
2. Heirs of the Olmec: The Maya
3. Maya Society and Religion
p. 123-127
1. Early Societies in Australia and New Guinea
2. The Peopling of the Pacific Islands
Olmec
Maya
Teotihuacan
Moche
Chavin
Polynesian migrations
Discussion Questions:
1. Describe important characteristics of Olmec society, government, and
economics.
2. Describe the political structure of the Maya.
3. What scientific and technological advancements are credited to the Maya?
4. Describe the religion of the Maya?
5. Explain the difference between the ancient peoples of Australia and New
Guinea.
6. Trace the Austronesian migrations: who were the people? where did they go?
what technology allowed them to migrate?
Unit 1 Test
Period 1 Review Packet
DUE
Period 2: 600 BCE to 600 CE
Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies
Date
Sept.
2
Assignments (blue sections listed)
Ch. 7: The Empires of Persia, p.136-142
1. The Achaemenid Empire
2. Decline and Fall of the Achaemenid Empire
3. The Selucid, Parthian, and Sasanid Empires
Flash Card Terms
Cyrus
Persepolis
Achaemenid Empre
satrap
sakai
Seleucid Empire
Parthian Empire
Sasanid Empire
Royal Roads
Discussion Questions:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Sept.
5
Who are the Persians?
How was Cyrus able to conquer such a large territory?
What did Cambyses accomplish?
How do each of the following allow for the efficient and effective administration of the
Achaemenid Empire under Darius: Persepolis, satrap/satrapy, taxed, coins, laws,
roads/communication.
5. Describe how each of the following contributed to the decline and fall of the
Achaemenid Empire: Xerxes, Persian Wars, Alexander of Macedonia.
6. What are the major characteristics of the Seleucid, Parthian, and Sasanid Empires?
qanat
Ch. 7: The Empires of Persia, p. 143-150
Zoroastrianism
1. Social Development in Classical Persia
2. Economic Foundations of Classical Persia
3. Zarathustra and His Faith
4. Religions of Salvation in a Cosmopolitan Society
Discussion Questions:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Sept.
6
Describe the structure of Persian society?
What conditions allowed for increased trade in this region?
Describe the Zoroastrian faith.
Why did Zoroastrianism decline?
5. How has it been influential?
Warring States Period
Ch. 8: The Unification of China, p. 154-160
Confucius
1. Confucianism
Confucianism
2. Daoism
3. Legalism
Discussion Questions:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Sept.
7
Why did Confucius not deal with philosophical or religious questions?
According to Confucius, what would bring order and stability to China?
Why were Daoists critical to Confucians?
According to the Daoists, what would bring order and stability to China?
5. Describe the political doctrine of the Legalists. How did they approach the challenges
of creating an orderly society?
Qin Dynasty
Ch. 8: The Unification of China, p. 160-172
Han Dynasty
1. The Qin Dynasty
Chinese tributary system
2. The Early Han Dynasty
scholar-gentry
3. Productivity and Prosperity during the Former Han
Xiongnu
4. Economic and Social Difficulties
Yellow urban Uprising
5. The Later Han
Discussion Questions:
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6.
7.
8.
9.
Sept.
12
Sept.
13
Why is Qin Shihuangdi significant?
Why was there resistance to his rule?
Why did Qin burn books and persecute scholars?
How did he enhance unity in China?
Why did the people of western China build walls?
What were the important accomplishments of Han Wudi?
Why did the Xiongnu pose such a challenge to the Han Dynasty?
What important industries helped expand the Chinese economy? Explain.
Explain the origins of social tensions in the Han Dynasty.
10. How did the Yellow Turban Uprising affect the Han Dynasty?
Ch. 9: State, Society, and the Quest for Salvation in Mauryan Dynasty
Chandraguptra Maurya
India, p.176-182
Ashoka
1. The Mauryan Dynasty and the Temporary
Chandra Gupta
Unification of India
2. The Emergence of Regional Kingdoms and the Gupta Dynasty
White Huns
Revival of Empire
monsoon
3. Towns & Trade
4. Family Life and the Caste System
Discussion Questions:
1. Describe the unification of India.
2. Why did the high point of the Mauryan Dynasty come under Ashoka?
3. Why did the Mauryan Dynasty decline?
4. How did the Gupta administration differ from the Mauryan?
5. How did India’s political organization differ from Persia and China?
6. Describe the influence of the monsoon winds on trade in the Indian Ocean basin.
Ch. 9: State, Society, and the Quest for Salvation in Siddhartha Gautama
Buddhism
India, p.184-191
1. Early Biddhism
2. Mahayana Buddhism
3. The Emergence of Popular Hinduism
Sept.
14
Four Noble Truths
Hinduism
shadoof
Pataliputra
Discussion Questions:
1. What are the characteristics of Jainism? Why was it appealing to some people?
2. Describe the foundation of the Buddhist faith? Describe the doctrine?
3. Why was Buddhism appealing?
4. Describe the spread of Buddhism.
5. How did Hinduism become a popular religion of salvation?
Ch. 10: Mediterranean Society: The Greeks, p. 196- Athens
Greek Empire
205
1.
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4.
Minoan and Mycenaean Societies
The World of the Polis
Greek Colonization
Conflict with Persia
5. The Macedonians and the Coming of an Empire
Alexander of Macedon
Alexandria
Discussion Questions:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
What contributions did the Minoan and Mycenaean societies make to the Greeks?
How was the political organization of the Greeks different that Persia, China, and India?
Compare and contrast Athens and Sparta.
What caused the Persian Wars? What was the outcome?
What long-term effects did the Persian Wars have on Greece?
Sept.
15
6. Explain Philip of Macedonia’s conquest?
7. What made Alexander such a great leader?
8. How did he conquer so much in such a short period of time?
Ch. 10: Mediterranean Society: The Greeks, p. 205- Hellenistic Era
Greco-Roman philosophy
214
Mediterranean Trade system
1. The Hellenistic Empires
syncretism
2. Trade and Integration of the Mediterranean Basin
3. Family and Society
4. Rational thought and Philosophy
5. Popular Religion
6. Hellenistic Philosophy and Religion
Discussion Questions:
Sept.
19
1. Describe the contribution of the Hellenistic empires.
2. Describe the role of Greece in Mediterranean trade?
3. Explain how the Greeks maintained a sense of common identity even though they
weren’t united politically?
4. Describe the basic philosophies of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
Roman Republic
Ch. 11: Mediterranean Society: Rome, p. 219-224
Roman Empire
1. The Roman Republic and Its Constitution
Carthage
2. The Expansion of the Republic
Rome
3. Imperial Expansion and Domestic Problems
Augustus Caesar
4. The Foundation of Empire
Discussion Questions:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Sept.
20
What is a republic?
How was the Roman government organized?
How did they address class tensions in the government?
How did they treat the people of the lands they conquered?
Why were the Punic Wars fought? What were their effects?
Why did Rome transition from a republic to an empire?
Describe Julius Caesar’s role in the transition to an empire.
8. How did Augustus become the first Roma emperor?
Judaism
Ch. 11: Mediterranean Society: Rome, p. 224-235
Christianity
1. Continuing Expansion and Integration of the
monastic
Empire
2. Trade and Urbanization (only read Commercial
Ag. and Mediterranean Trade)
3. Family and Society in Roman Times (only read
Slavery)
4. Greek Philosophy and Religions of Salvation
5. Judaism and Early Christianity
Discussion Questions:
1. How did the expansion on the empire affect the rural regions of Europe?
2. What was the Pax Romana?
3. Why is the Roman Empire known for its roads?
4. Describe the influence of Roman law.
5. How did the Romans promote trade during the time of the empire?
6. What was the role of slavery in Roman society?
7. Why were Jews persecuted during Roman times?
8. Describe the foundation of Christianity. Why was it appealing?
Sept.
21
Sept.
22
Oct. 3
Ch. 12: Cross-Cultural Exchange on the Silk Roads, monsoon winds
Silk Roads
p.240-250
1. Trade Networks of the Hellenistic Era
2. The Silk Roads
3. The Spread of Buddhism and Hinduism
4. The Spread of Christianity
5. The Spread of Epidemic Disease
Discussion Questions:
1. Why did trade become less risky during the Classical Era?
2. Describe the development of the Silk Roads.
3. How did Buddhism become the most popular faith in all of East Asia?
4. How did the Silk Roads facilitate the spread of Hinduism and Christianity?
5. What were the long-term effects of the spread of disease along the Silk Roads?
Ch. 12: Cross-Cultural Exchange on the Silk Roads, Chang’an
Constantinople
p.250-258
1. Internal Decay of the Han State
2. Cultural Change in Post-Han China
3. Internal Decay of the Roman Empire
4. Germanic Invasions
5. Cultural Changes in the Late Roman Empire
Discussion Questions:
1. Compare and contrast the decline of the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire.
2. Describe the cultural changes that occurred in China following the collapse.
3. How did Christianity become prominent in the late Roma Empire?
4. How did the Church become institutionalized or standardized?
5. What was the role of Christianity in Europe after the collapse of the Roman
Empire?
Unit 2 Test
Unit 2 Review Packet DUE