Tuesday, June 15, 2021, World History: Day 1

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, Attendance, and announcements
Objectives: SWBAT

• describe ethical principles of Greek and Roman philosophy in Judaism, and in Christianity to the development of Western political thought.
• describe the similarites and differences in Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman views of law, reason and faith, and duties of the individual.

Warm Up 15 minutes: What's in a Name?
Lecture 20 minutes: Classroom Rules and Expectations
Map Quiz 15 minutes: Map of Europe Quiz
Video 15 munutes: Agricultural Revolution

1. What is Agriculture?
2. Why is the Agricultural Revolution so important?

Reading 25 minutes: Agriculture and the Origins of Civilization 

1. Reader
2. Summarizer
3. Connector 

Reading 20 minutes: Code of Hammurabi 

1. What are the Pros and Cons of this set of laws?

Video 15 minutes: Civilization
Vocabulary 25 minutes: Who, what, when, why, where, how

• Civilization
• Code of Hammurabi
• patriarchal
• Divine Kingship
• Pharoah
• Judaism
• monotheistic
• caste sytem
• Buddhism
• Confucianism

Compare/Contrast 20 minutes: Sparta and Athens

• Government
• Social Structure
• Military
• Religion
• Economic System
• Art/Sports

Compare and Contrast 20 minutes: p. 139-140 Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
Videos 20 minutes: Plato's Cave 
Plato's Cave #2
Reading 20 minutes: p. 142-143 Young People in Greece #1-3
Writing 15 minutes: Letter of What it would have been like to live in Sparta.
Questions 15 minutes:

1. Describe the influence of ancient Greek political and ethical systems on modern day systems.
2. How did Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle influence Western Culture?
3. What is the difference between our political system and a direct democracy? 

Lecture 20 minutes: Rome and the Rise of Christianity

Activity 20 minutes: Law Simulation

1. Who, What, When, Where, and Why
2. How are these laws different than the Code of the Hammurabi?
3. What do these laws mostly deal with?
4. Which laws make the most sense?
5. Which ones seem outdated?  

Video 10 minutes: Women in Rome 
Comic 25 minutes:

1. The Development of Christianity
2. Christian Persecution 
3. Final Triumph
4. Roman and Christina Values

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives