A Word on World Regions

Before we get too far….

maybe it’s too late.

Eurasia

Afro-Eurasia

Mesoamerica

Southwest Asia

R u s s i a

(eventually)

Unit 1: The Global Tapestry

1200-1450 CE

1200-1450 CE

MISSISSIPPI

AZTEC

INCA

AL-ANDALUS

ENGLAND

BYZANTINE

ABBASID

MAMLUK

MALI

GREAT ZIMBABWE

SRIVIJAYA

VIJAYANAGARA

MONGOLS

DELHI

SONG

KHMER

MALACCA

MAJAPAHIT

SWAHILI COAST

DELHI

1200-1450 CE

MISSISSIPPI

AZTEC

INCA

AL-ANDALUS

ENGLAND

BYZANTINE

ABBASID

MAMLUK

MALI

GREAT ZIMBABWE

SRIVIJAYA

VIJAYANAGARA

MONGOLS

DELHI

SONG

KHMER

MALACCA

MAJAPAHIT

SWAHILI COAST

DELHI

Guiding Question:

How did states gain and maintain power?

Tuesday Testimony

• What is going on in this picture?
• What do you see that makes you say that?
• What more can you find?
• What can you infer about this picture -- provide a little narrative, insight, etc. Be CREATIVE

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Tuesday Testimony

• What is going on in this picture?
• What do you see that makes you say that?
• What more can you find?
• What can you infer about this picture THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE QUESTION BEING ASKED?

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Detail Analysis Questions

1. Why does the photographer/artist (writer) include specific details in his/her work?
2. What inferences can we make from the visual (which will help you answer the AP World Key Questions).
3. What details are excluded? Purposeful? Intentional?

What do you see?

What do you infer?

How did states gain and maintain power?

How did states use belief systems to gain legitimacy?

Guiding Question:

How did states gain and maintain power?

Essential Questions

How did states use belief systems to gain legitimacy?

How did states promote innovation and exchange?

How did states benefit from trade?

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How did states use belief systems to gain legitimacy?

1 2 3

How did states use belief systems to gain legitimacy?

4 5 6

How did states promote innovation and exchange?

7 8 9

How did states promote innovation and exchange?

12

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10

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11

How did states benefit from trade?

13 14 15

How did states benefit from trade?

16 17 18

Roles

1. Facilitator - Keep the conversation moving
2. Learning Monitor - Make sure everyone is contributing
3. Presenter 1 - States the answer to the question from group
4. Presenter 2 - Highlights how pictures help
5. Record Keeper - Jot down your group’s ideas
1. If less than 5 people, all responsible to jot down the ideas

Directions

1. Open up slides - Link in Module
2. Rotate presenting group interpretations
1. Presenter 1 & 2 discuss interpretations
2. Facilitators - keep convo going
3. Learning Monitors - insure involvement
4. Add to any notes taken
3. Write a 2-3 sentence summary of what you have heard/learned
• Focus: How states gained and maintained power.
• Use info from each group

Groups by picture number

Group M

• 1, 2
• 7, 8
• 13, 14

Group R

• 3, 4
• 9, 10
• 15, 16

Group S

• 5, 6
• 11, 12
• 17, 18

Big Idea

What major states are dominating each region in the late post-classical era?

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What common factors are they utilizing to maintain state power in the region?

Unit 1 Roll Call

1200-1450 CE

MISSISSIPPI

AZTEC

INCA

AL-ANDALUS

ENGLAND

BYZANTINE

ABBASID

MAMLUK

MALI

GREAT ZIMBABWE

SRIVIJAYA

VIJAYANAGARA

MONGOLS

DELHI

SONG

KHMER

MALACCA

MAJAPAHIT

SWAHILI COAST

DELHI

Themes

Governance

Cultural Development & Interactions

Economic Systems

Technology & Innovation

Social Interactions & Organization

Topics

1.1 East Asia

1.3 South and Southeast Asia

1.2 Dar al-Islam

1.4 Americas

1.5 Africa

1.6 Europe

1.7 Comparison from c. 1200-1450 CE

Thinking Skills

1 - Development and Processes

3 - Claims & Evidence in Sources

4 - Contextualization

6 - Argumentation

Reasoning Processes

Continuity & Change

Causation

Comparison

All have Governance as theme

• State Building - Only GOV
• Developments - Multiple
• Always Cultural Developments and Interaction

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1.7 Comparison

LO: Explain the similarities and differences in the processes of state formation from c. 1200 to c. 1450.

Aligned with Amsco Reading