Time Traveler to the Song Dynasty

Scenario: Through the magic of time travel, you have been sent back to the Tang Dynasty in China, however, due to experimental technology you only have 50 minutes. During this time gather as much information as you can, because then you will be brought back to 2007, where you will use your information to quickly write up an article of your visit. What you seen and learned for our "newspaper," no more than 5-6 paragraphs.


Task: You will have 40 minutes, to gather as much information on the dynasty as you can.
Create a simple graphic organizer if you like, or you can take notes on what you come across.
Pay attention to SPRITE-- Political, Economic, Religious, Social, Intellectual (technology, arts, and inventions), and Architecture (pagoda).

Focus on the golden age during the Tang Dynasty and achievements
--economy—who they traded with and how far
--don't focus on Empress Wu, she can be mentioned, but focus on big ideas, not on rulers.

Websites you can consult for "your time travels"


http://chinaknowledge.de/History/Tang/tang.html

Basic information and background of the dynasty. This is nicely laid out.


http://www.metmuseum.org/TOAH/hd/tang/hd_tang.htm
Objects from the Tang dynasty


http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/classical_imperial_china/tang.html


After forty minutes of note taking and research, you will write up a creative news article or letter to a friend which is no more than 5-6 paragraphs in length, it is not a formal essay. It does not have to have a formal thesis.

http://www.virtualjamestown.org/interactive.html

Book Review Resources 2009

Here are some review sites to help study for the unit tests you will encounter in this class.





Your book site is Strayer; http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/strayer1e/default.asp?uid=0&rau=0 You can register with your email and receive extra credit throughout the course by completing the activities related to the chapter we are on.

If you don't have email I will tell you how to log on.

This site is a teacher's Florida, it contains tons of links and fun thing to do. Mr. Derryberry is an awesome resource.

http://www-bths.stjohns.k12.fl.us/teachers/derryb/


Burnett teacher site

http://www.mrburnett.net/apworldhistory/keyterms/keyterms1200withdefinitions.htm

This site has terms for AP World you need to be familiar with


bubbabrain.comGo to click on High School then click on History and AP World.
Click on the Ancient Rome and then the others will work. I will create a couple more this weekend from our unit terms list, please have fun with them.





World Civilizations by Stearns
http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/stearns_awl/chapter1/deluxe.html

This site is the for the Stearns World Civilizations site, it has help chapter summaries that catch the main ideas of the Unit and glossary. If you play around with this site look into Chapters 1, 5, 6, 7, and 8.






This site has a game for world religions and philosophy
World Religions

This is the site for Armesto World History

http://wps.prenhall.com/hss_armesto_theworld_1/56/14502/3712526.cw/-/t/index.html

This has multiple choice, True and False quizzes and the one I really like is matching so you can get the terms. Click on the chapter and explore.





Finally use your notes to build outlines for the essays, so you can be prepared for the written part of the test.

River Valley Civilizations

Today we will examine and record the evidence and what life like in the original river valley civilizations. We will look at the archaeological evidence related to the

river valley civilization

http://www.clscc.cc.tn.us/Courses/ngreenwood/History%201110/Online_Presentations/first_river_valley_civilizations.htm


Scroll down to Harappan Civilization --- read and take some notes and then click on ancient Indus River valley

Read and take notes
Who were the indus people and why did they disappear?
Click on archaeology pictures and take notes



Go back to clascc.cc site scroll down to Nile River valley and explore. --- explore and write down information about Pyramids and such. PBS site is awesome.

Go back to clascc.cc site and write in your own words the legacies of the Ancient River Valley Civilizations

more AP World sites for review

Sites AP World Review


http://ap.testfrenzy.com/worldhistory.html
This site has links to Wadsworth site, ap central and host of textbook sites it is user friendly.


http://teachers.dadeschools.net/dmarshall/canes1955.html
Teacher's site that has sample DBQ with thesis statements and also reviw charts and help stuff.





http://www.studentsfriend.com/sf/downsf.html

This one is kind of helpful you just need to explore the site.


notes_in_world_history1

This has world history exams that you can take with answer key to practice.




Has breakdowns of the major eras with vocabulary for each of the major empires. Some links are broken just click back, This is very useful.

http://www.smjuhsd.k12.ca.us/~cgreeley/whap/notes_2004.htm

Has review powerpoints that are easy to read and follow. These are helpful if you need to review that period.

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article2687623.ece

The top 50 dates in world and why important.


http://universityhigh.webs.com/maps.htm?486d=2e73

Take this map challenge and increase your knowledge of the world's major classical civilizations: Persians, Greeks, Romans, Carthage, Han, Maurya, Gupta






Wiki World Units I- V Final Review

Wiki world project student made very useful information for each unit

Click on APWH Topics and that allows you to see unit I through V.


http://www.studystack.com/studytable-4964
Study stacks uses vocabulary cards to study words

testtakingtips.com

http://www.mansfieldisd.org/legacy/teacher-webpages/a-deatherage/APWorldHistory.htm
This site is great for giving students the foundations information for each unit. Can click on powerpoints and review sheets. The powerpoints will help you review information and get information to help you answer questions. It also has nice cram packets
She uses Traditions world AP book.

2009 Final Review List of Sites

Web Resources on Nationalism and World History Final/ Advanced Placement Examination Review by John Maunu

John Maunu, World History Connected's editor for Web Resources and a recognized authority on that subject, offers the following guide to Nationalism and end-of-term examinations in world history, with special emphasis on the Advanced Placement Examination in World History.

Nationalism

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
This is the CIA Factbook site on the various countries very useful information

http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/resources/lesson1.html

(Nationalism as a cause of the Great War)


(Nationalism in Africa including building of a "mental map")


http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook17.html

(This famed collection of primary sources offers a good introductory paragraph and will remind students of key varieties of nationalism)

Sites useful for survey course final reviews including text-related sites:

http://regentsprep.org/Regents/core/questions/topics.cfm?Course=GLOB

(New York Regents preparation and review with sample multiple choice questions, etc.

http://www.egrps.org/~BStrickl/files/AP%20World%20History/teachers.html

(Bill Strickland's webpage includes review activities)

http://www.flowofhistory.com/units

(Also US History site with thanks to Jason Brater, Redford, Michigan)

http://wps.ablongman.com/long_stearns_wcap_4/0,8810,1189431-,00.html

(This is the student study guide site, including chapter summaries, examination questions, timelines and map reviews, for Peter Stearns, et al, World Civilizations: The Global Experience text)

http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/brief_review/global_history/

(Prentice Hall Pearson World history review site: Essays and multiple choice questions)


http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072957549/student_view0/

(This site offers the chapter outlines, quizzes, and other review materials for Jerry Bentley and Howard Ziegler's, Traditions and Encounters text)

http://chnm.gmu.edu/wwh/index.php
This a really good site for studying women in world history

http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/

http://chnm.gmu.edu/wwh/w/13/wwh.html

(Useful for social and gender issues on AP World history exam)

http://www.quia.com/pages/solstudies.html

(Many review resources)

http://www.historyteacher.net/

("Must see" site for AP European and AP World teachers from Sue Pojer at Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, New York)

http://www.mrburnett.net/apworldhistory/APWorldHistory.htm

(An online AP World History Examination preparation site)

http://www.ahistoryteacher.com/~ahistory/apwhreview/index.php?title=APWH_Exam_Topics

(AP History Examination topics)

2009 Midterm Review for AP World

http://www.mrburnett.net/

Burnett's main web page with trivia


http://wps.ablongman.com/long_stearns_wcap_4/18/4648/1189934.cw/index.html
Stearn website for World Civilizations

http://www.mistergweb.com/u2home.shtml

Unit ID terms and Unit Two things you have to know


www.bubbabrain.com click on sophmore AP World I will load a couple over the weekend