Cradle of the Gods Southeastern Turkey

 EQ: What was found at Goblekli Tepe?

Engage:

• How does ground penetrating radar work?

Explore:

• Cradle of the Gods Disney+ Video

Explain:

• How old was the site?
• What was the site?
• Who found the site?
• Where is the site?
• When was the site found?
• Why is the site important?

Evaluate:

• Answer the 5 W's and H questions. 

People and Culture of North Africa and Southwest Asia Day 5

EQ: How have religious and ethnic differences influenced life in Southwest Asia and North Africa?

 Engage:

• Iran: Yesterday and Today Rick Steves

Explore:

• Many Ethnicities and Languages
• Kurdistand: A Nation without a Country

Explain:

• How do ethnicities and languages unite and divide the region?
• How have ethnic differences led to conflict in the Kurdish regions of Southwest Asia?

Evaluate:

Life in the West

EQ: What was life really like in the west?

Engage: Vocabulary

• forty-niners
• vaquero
• missionary
• reservation
• Mormons
• Oregon Trail
• Santa Fe Trail

Explore:

• Lure of the West
• Endless Labor on the Farm
• Traders and Fortune Seekers
• Frontier House Part 1 video
• Rushing Toward Riches
• Claiming Native Tribal Lands
• A New Wave of Immigrants
• Texas Ranch House video
• The Mormon Trail to Salt Lake City
• Expanding Into the Southwest
• The Struggle for Freedom in the West
• Opportunities, Gender, and Challenges in the West
• Texas Ranch House Episode 2 video

Explain:

• What was life like for farmers?
• What events attracted settlers to New Mexico and California
• What was life like for a miner?
• Why were Native Americans forced onto reservations?
• Why did Asians immigrate to California?
• Why did Mormons relocate?
• Who were America's first cowboys?

 

Evaluate:

• Comparison Chart

Presidents 1824-1849

EQ: Which of these Presidents faced the most challenges?

Engage:

• None 

Explore:

• The Ultimate Guide to the Presidents: A Rocky Transition as America Grows (1824-1849)History Channel
• Trail of Tears National Historic Trail National Park Service 

Explain:

• Andrew Jackson easily won the popular vote. Why did he fail to win the presidency?
• What was Jackson’s approach toward the Native population?

Evaluate:

• Worksheet

People and Culture of North Africa and Southwest Asia Day 4

 

EQ: How have religious and ethnic differences influenced life in Southwest Asia and North Africa?

 Engage:

• Central Turkey Rick Steves (25:03)

Explore:

• Regional Conflict
• Tensions within Islam

Explain:

• What are the cultural elements that unite North Africa and Southwest Asia?
• How do ethnicities and languages unite and divide the region?

Evaluate:

• Vocabulary

1. Mesopotamia
2. Sinai Peninsula
3. Silk Road
4. Mansa Musa
5. Nubia
6. Babylon

Extend:

Westward Expansion Day 5

EQ: How did the California Gold Rush impact the United States?

Explore:

•  Ken Burns The West Episode 3 

Explain:

• What impact did the Gold Rush have on westward movement?
• Why is Kit Carson famous?
• How did California secede from Mexico?

 

Westward Expansion Day 4

EQ: What impact did Manifest Destiny have on the growth and development of the Us?

 Game Day:

• Oregon Trail Game

People and Culture of North Africa and Southwest Asia Day 3

EQ: How have religious and ethnic differences influenced life in Southwest Asia and North Africa?

 

Engage:

• Palestine Rick Steves

Explore:

• Christianity
• Islam

Explain:

• How did Christianity become the world's largest religion?
• How did Islam become the dominant religion in the region?

Evaluate:

• Vocabulary

1. Sahara
2. Giza
3. Black Sea
4. Fertile Crescent
5. Sumer

People and Culture of North Africa and Southwest Asia Day 2

EQ: How have religious and ethnic differences influenced life in Southwest Asia and North Africa?

Engage:

• The Best of Israel Rick Steves

Explore:

• A Crossroads fo the World
• Judaism

Explain:

• What made Southwest Asia and North Africa and important area for trade?
• How did Judaism begin?

Evaluate:

• Vocabulary

1. fertile
2. Gaza Strip
3. Nile River
4. Dead Sea
5. Golan Heights

Westward Expansion

 EQ: What impact did Manifest Destiny have on the growth and development of the Us?

 Engage:

• Oregon Trail Game
• Vocabulary

1. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
2. Manifest Destiny
3. forty-niners
4. prospect
5. empresario
6. merchant,
7. Gadsden Purchase
8. abolition
9. subsistence farming
10. Santa Fe Trail
11. California Gold Rush
12. Oregon Territory
13. Mormons
14. Oregon Trail
15. Donner Party

Explore:

•  Manifest Destiny
• The Oregon Country
• The Republic of Texas
• The Mexican American War
• The Southwest
• Trailblazers

Explain:

• What was Manifest Destiny?
• How did the US acquire the Oregon Territory?
• How did the US acquire Texas?
• What were the causes of the Mexican-American War?
• How did the US gain control of the Southwest?
• Who were some of the famous explorers of the western US?

Evaluate:

• Worksheet

Ken Burns The West Episode 2 Empire Upon the Trails

In this documentary we will learn about the discovery of Yellowstone, how Texas became a nation, the Mormon Trail, and the unfortunate Whitman Massacre.

EQ: What impact did Manifest Destiny have on the growth and development of the Us?

 

Engage:

• Oregon Trail Game

Explore:

• Ken Burns The West Episode 2 iTunes 

Explain:

• Who 'discovered' Yellowstone?
• Why did the Republic of Texas secede from Mexico?
• Why did the Mormons move to Utah?

Evaluate:

• Worksheet

People and Culture of North Africa and Southwest Asia

 

EQ: How have religious and ethnic differences influenced life in Southwest Asia and North Africa?

Engage:

• Central Turkey Rick Steves (25:03)
• The Best of Israel Rick Steves
• Palestine Rick Steves
• Iran: Tehran and Side-Trips Rick Steves
• Egypt's Nile, Alexandria, and Luxor Rick Steves
• Egypt's Cairo Rick Steves

Explore:

• A Crossroads fo the World
• Judaism
• Christianity
• Islam
• Regional Conflict
• Tensions within Islam
• Uniting Trends
• Many Ethnicities and Languages
• Kurdistand: A Nation without a Country

Explain:

• What made Southwest Asia and North Africa and important area for trade?
• How did Judaism begin?
• How did Christianity become the world's largest religion?
• How did Islam become the dominant religion in the region?
• What are the roots of the conflict in Israel?
• What conflicts exist within Islamic communities?
• What are the cultural elements that unite North Africa and Southwest Asia?
• How do ethnicities and languages unite and divide the region?
• How have ethnic differences led to conflict in the Kurdish regions of Southwest Asia?

Evaluate:

• Vocabulary

1. fertile
2. Gaza Strip
3. Nile River
4. Dead Sea
5. Golan Heights
6. Sahara
7. Giza
8. Black Sea
9. Fertile Crescent
10. Sumer
11. Mecca
12. Tigris and Euphrates River
13. Aswan Dam
14. West Bank
15. Mesopotamia
16. Sinai Peninsula
17. Silk Road
18. Mansa Musa
19. Nubia
20. Babylon

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People and Culture of Central Asia Day 2

EQ: How have political and religious changes influenced the cultures of Russia and Central Asia?

Engage:

•   Americans Try Russian Holiday Food  (6:54)

Explore:

•  Religious Life in Central America
• A Revival of Religion
• Food and Arts

Explain:

• What religious beliefs do the people of Russia and Central Asia have?
• How has religious practices changed since the fall of the Soviet Union?
• What food and arts are common in Russia and Central Asia?

Evaluate:

• Worksheet

Vocabulary: 

1. gulags
2. Cold War
3. atheism
4. Warsaw Pact
5. minority
6. diversity
7. pogroms
8. Silk Road
9. cultural diffusion
10. persecution

People and Culture of Central Asia Day 1

EQ: How have political and religious changes influenced the cultures of Russia and Central Asia?

Engage:

•  Geography Now: Russian Republics (15:48)

Explore:

•  A Land of Diversity
• Soviet Russia
• A Crossroad of Culture

Explain:

•  How did Russia's diverse population develop?
• How did the Soviet Union impact life in Russia?
• What influences shape modern Asia?

Evaluate:

Worksheet

Vocabulary: 

1. architecture
2. Tatars
3. Slavic peoples
4. mosque
5. colonization
6. Rus
7. Mongols
8. Arab Empire
9. caravan
10. steppe
11. glasnost
12. capitalism
13. assembly
14. autocracy
15. authoritarian