UNIT CALENDAR MONGOLS: FIENDS FROM HELL OR CULTURE BROKERS?

Day/Activity # 1 Activities - Journal - Read and analyze three sources on empires in group - Glean key characteristics from the articles -Report out findings -Introduce Unit Question - Develop definition of empire as a class and compare to mine - Decide upon examples and non-examples as a class and discuss why they are or are not an empire -Homework - Islam empire v. Mongol empire worksheet Journals - Go over homework - Read Strayers Encountering the Mongols piece Homework: finish Strayer piece and charts Break from Mongols - Whole world history department Source Day: Should the development of Artificial Intelligence be halted? Focus Questions What is an Empire? - Whats the purpose of knowing what an empire is in world history? - What impact have empires had on globalization?

What role did the Mongols play in Afro-Eurasia?

How did the Mongols promote globalization?

How did the Mongols promote globalization? Finish lecture and Current Events Day

Were Mongols fiends from hell or culture brokers? - Stations day (3)

- Introduce purpose of the day; learn how to effectively read sources and how to write a good thesis. Why? Part of history and historian work - Consistent across world history department -Watch Watson/Jeopardy Video - Origin of AI article - Read article - Key Points - Purpose, values, Limitations - Thesis range -Homework: write a good thesis --Journal: importance of source day - Pass back WORK! - Review progress of cases - Pre-lecture guess -Lecture -Mid-lecture guess on Europe Homework: current events -Journal Entry - Recap yesterdays lecture notes -Finish Lecture - Quick write: How did the Mongols promote globalization? - Group time: decide who is sharing current event -Group presentations and questions - Homework: Lockard 420-422 - Comp Check on Lockard reading homework - Finish presentations (if any to

UNIT CALENDAR MONGOLS: FIENDS FROM HELL OR CULTURE BROKERS?

finish) -Introduce trials and stations - Students go to stations with documents at them - Journal Entry - Finish stations - Review AI theses -Why are these good? - Journal - Intro to constructing a case and trial - Work as a group on case - Particular roles - Finish roles for homework - Journal Entry - Trial - Follow along with notes - Homework: have materials to turn in for Monday; Green Sheets and Cases - Journal Entry - Mini-lecture - Quick Write - No Homework

Were Mongols fiends from hell or culture brokers? Finish stations (2), review good theses

Were Mongols fiends from hell or culture brokers? constructing a case

Were Mongols fiends from hell or culture brokers? Trial

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Were Mongols fiends from hell or culture brokers? Final Thoughts