Monday, September 2, 2013

Agenda: Week of September 3rd-6th, 2013

Part 2 - The Classical Era in World History, 500 B.C.E. - 500 C.E.
Chapter 4—Eurasian Empires, 500 B.C.E.–500 C.E.
Quick Agenda:
Tues - Go over Test Unit 1, Test Rebuttals (#, Whywrong?, correct answer w/ text support)  
Intro Eurasian Empires
Wed - Closure on Unit 1 w/ Diamond Article
THU Reading Check Quiz (Ch 4) Persians & Greeks, 300, Alexander The Great
FRI - TEST Chapter 4 Eurasian Empires move to next week


          Naqsh-e Rustam. This site contains the tombs of four Persian-Achaemenid kings, including those of Darius I &Xerxes.


Tuesday September 3rd, 2013
Quote of the Day: "Their memory abides and grows. It is for you to try to be like them. Make up your minds that happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous." - Pericles, leader of Athens, "Funeral Oration: In Defense of Democracy"

Learning Targets:
*Define the characteristics of imperial systems in the classical era and analyze why empires developed in some regions but not in others.

Essential Questions:
* What common features can you identify in the empires described in this chapter?
* How did Persian and Greek civilizations differ in their political organization and values?
* Why did semi democratic governments emerge in some of the Greek city-states?

                                                        Spartan women played a powerful role in their patriarchal system. 
Queen: Spartan!
Leonidas: Yes, my lady?
Queen: Come back with your shield, or on it.
Leonidas: Yes, my lady.



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