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Ranking the Empires

+Ranking the Empires: Day One1. DO NOW: Read project description. Make notes of any

areas that are confusing to you, or any questions you may have.

2. Mini-Lesson: Review project description and criteria.

3. Activity One: Sit with your partner and discuss how you would like to approach the project. This might be splitting up the material, or dividing the topics of analysis. Remember that you are both responsible for mastering all of the material in preparation for the Socratic Seminar at the end of the week!

4. Activity Two: Determine your categories. You might want to change these as you conduct your research, but get an idea of what categories might be appropriate for ranking empires. Discuss with your partner which categories you think are appropriate, and come to a consensus together.

5. Activity Three: Begin your research!

AIM: Which Asian Empires were most successful during the 1450-1750 period?

+Ranking the Empires: Day Two DO NOW: Recap: What did you accomplish yesterday in

class and at home? Briefly share with your partner.  Activity One: Research! Sit with your partner. Come up

with a plan for you work today. By the end of class, you should have gathered the majority of your research complete.

 Activity Two: Rankings. Once you have completed your research, share with your partner. Together, discuss your findings and determine how you want to rank your empires. You should come to a consensus together!  

Activity Three: Action Plan. Determine what you need to complete before tomorrow’s class. Remember, your homework this week is to complete this project, and some work needs to be done at home. Decide together your next steps and make a plan!

AIM: Which Asian Empires were most successful during the 1450-1750 period?

+Ranking the Empires: Day Three DO NOW: Recap: What did you accomplish yesterday in

class and at home? Briefly share with your partner.  Activity One: Criteria: establish your criteria. Mrs.

Compton will be coming around to check.

 Activity Two: Rankings. Once you have completed your research, share with your partner. Together, discuss your findings and determine how you want to rank your empires. You should come to a consensus together!  

Activity Three: Action Plan. Determine what you need to complete before tomorrow’s class. Remember, your homework this week is to complete this project, and some work needs to be done at home. Decide together your next steps and make a plan!

AIM: Which Asian Empires were most successful during the 1450-1750 period?

+Ranking the Empires: Day Five DO NOW: Recap: What did you accomplish yesterday in

class and at home? Briefly share with your partner.  Activity One: Rankings. Once you have completed your

research, share with your partner. Together, discuss your findings and determine how you want to rank your empires. You should come to a consensus together! You should finish establishing your overall ranking today!  

Activity Two: Completion. At this point, you should be polishing your work. Take out any materials you have and begin assembling your booklet. Prepare for the Socratic Seminar on Monday!

Activity Three: Action Plan. Determine what you need to complete before Monday’s class. Remember, your

AIM: Which Asian Empires were most successful during the 1450-1750 period?

+Ranking the Empires: Day Six DO NOW: Take out your complete Ranking the Empires book.

Review sentences stems for Socratic seminar.  Activity One: In groups of four, discuss the following

questions:

1. What are the most important components to consider in analyzing the success of a civilization? Why?

2. What were the advantages and disadvantages of a land empire as opposed to a maritime empire?

3. What role did religion play in political alliances and rivalries and in the formation of states?

4. How did imperial rulers maintain dominance over their diverse populations?

5. What were the “gunpowder empires” and why did they earn that name?

AIM: Which Asian Empires were most successful during the 1450-1750 period?

+Ranking the Empires: Day SixActivity Two: 1. Divide the desks into two large circles.

2. In each group, assign one leader and one recorders. The leaders are in charge of moving the conversation along, asking for clarification, and making sure the line of discussion stays on track. The recorder’s job is to take notes on the major points of the discussion.

3. The recorders and the leaders will be switching teams and will be responsible for summarizing the discussion for the other group. (This will probably happen tomorrow)

AIM: Which Asian Empires were most successful during the 1450-1750 period?

+Closure: Consider the following How did I contribute to this discussion—what did I add

to it? What do I better understand about this text after the

seminar? What questions do I now have as a result of this

seminar? Who helped move the dialogue forward? How? At what point did the seminar lapse into

debate/discussion rather than dialogue? How did the group handle this?

Did anyone dominate the conversation How did the group handle this?

What would you like to do differently as a participant tomorrow?

+Ranking the Empires: Day SevenActivity One:

1. DO NOW: Divide the desks into two large circles.

2. Recorders and Leaders switch groups! Take 5 minutes to share out the major points of the discussion from your previous group

AIM: Which Asian Empires were most successful during the 1450-1750 period?

+Ranking the Empires: Day SevenActivity Two:

1. Put the desks in ONE big circle!

2. Brainstorm: Write 3 open-ended questions that you could use to contribute to the discussion.

3. Begin Socratic Seminar! Remember that your goal to to reach a WHOLE CLASS consensus to answer the question: Which Empire reigns supreme!

AIM: Which Asian Empires were most successful during the 1450-1750 period?

+CLOSURE: Grade yourself

Give yourself a grade, 1-10. 1 being if you did not contribute at all to the Socratic seminar. If you give yourself a grade of 1-5, provide an explanation as to why you struggled to contribute. 10 being if you contributed a great deal, used accountable talk language, asked open-ended questions, and built on your classmates ideas. Provide an explanation as to why you gave yourself the grade you believe you deserve.

SET A GOAL: set one goal for next time we engage in a class discussion.

+Chapters 19-20 Day 8AIM: To what extent did interaction between empires and the West shape Asia between 1450-1750?

DO NOW: Answer the following multiple choice questions Islamic law a. did not allow women to own any property. b. did not discuss women's property ownership. c. forbade women to own property after marriage. d. allowed women to keep property after marriage. e. made women equal with men.

The "tulip period" in the Ottoman Empire was one in which Ottomans:

a. emulated western European fashionsb. traded with Holland for tulips and clogsc. had the red tulip as the official insignia of the Janissary corps d. achieved domination in trade over Venice as the sole exporters of

tulip bulbs from Istanbul. e. made an alliance with the Dutch at the expense of all other

western European trade.

+ActivitiesActivity One: Take the open-note quiz.

You may use your notes to take this, but it must be taken in SILENCE only looking at your notes!

Activity Two: Form groups of four. Review your answers within your groups. Try to come to a consensus.

Activity Three: Jigsaw into a new group. Compare your answers with that group. Come to a consensus.

+Check Your Answers!

1. 12. 23. 34. 25. 16. 2

7. 18. 19. 510. 111. 2

12. 413. 214. 315. 1

+CLOSURE

What did you learn today? Why does it matter?

+Chapters 19-20 Day Nine AIM: How did Indian Ocean trade impact the

peoples living in Eastern African, Southeast Asia, and Oceania?

DO NOW: Why did the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires decline simultaneously? Give at least 2 reasons in your answer.

Changes in military technology, Changes in the world economy, Maintaining the military—it was difficult to

base a land empire on military force paid through land grants.

– Muslims in the East Indies and East Africa • Why was the expansion of Islam into East Africa and Southern Asia

extensive? – Trade, missionaries, equal treatment of converts, and children

of mixed parentage.• Where did Islam effectively counter the aggressive Christianity of

Europeans? – Southern island of Philippines (Mindanao) & nearby

archipelago of Sula– Brunai Sultanate in N. Borneo & the Acheh Sultanate in N.

Sumatra• What caused high migration in the East African lake region and Kenyan

highlands? – drought

• Valuable exports of East Africa – ivory– ambergris– beeswax– copal tree resin– Wood– gold– slaves

• Which European country conquered the East African Port cities? – Portugal

• As a result of the Dutch defeating the Portuguese, what valuable colony did they obtain? – Malacca

+ACTIVITIES:Activity One: Read the article independently. Take detailed notes in the margins.Activity Two: Work with a partner to annotate the map on the last page (you must each annotate your own map). Together, discuss which details are most relevant to include on your map. Summarize the major points and write a few sentences next to the appropriate places on the map. Include any migrations or significant trade routes, as well as important people, cities, battles, or other events.

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