Daily InstructionsWorld History 09/04/2014 and 09/05/2014

Stinger

• “The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.”

• What does the L.P Hartley Quote above mean to you and ho will it influence how you approach history?

For Today

• Please present your personal timelines.

• Highlight at least five of the events that you have included and explain why you have chosen to include those events.

• Make use of the Persia framework where appropriate.

• BE POLITE TO YOUR CLASSMATES AND GIVE EACH PRESENTER YOUR FULL AND UNDIVIDED ATTENTION!!!

Pick up Books

• Each student needs to take one book.

• Please write your name in pen in the inside cover of the book.

• Pass around the book sign out sheet and note your name and the book number on the sheet.

Book Introduction

• 1. How are the themes presented in the book similar to or different from our PERSIA (Politics, Economics, Religion, Social, Intellectual, Area) structure?

• 2. With which geography themes are you most comfortable? Why?

• 3. With which geography themes are you least comfortable? Why?

• 4. Which historical sources do you think most accurately explain past events? Why?

Exit ticket (To prepare to dive in on Monday/Wednesday!)

1. How could you tell, without looking at the words, that the cartoonist intended to place the cartoon in the Paleolithic era?

2. What symbols did the cartoonist use to indicate to readers that the era depicted was prior to civilization?

3. How are the people in the cartoon drawn to indicate genetic differences between the people of the Paleolithic era and modern people?

4. How is the landscape drawn to indicate that civilized society has not yet arisen?

5. What is supposed to be ironic about the speaker’s action in the cartoon? (Hint: this is what is supposed to make it funny.)