Wd Hist AP Sem Per. 4 Assignments

Lions Speech Contest Topic- "The Internet - Hero or Villain"
Standards -
1. The Text did the speaker present important ideas? A. originality b. did the speech adhere to the subject title? c. quality of material
2. Delivery alone Did the speaker give a formal public speech? A. emphasis, voice control. b enunciation, pronunciation. C. Sincerity, enthusiasm, poise.
3. effectiveness of the effort as a whole. A. was the speech well rounded, cohesive effort? B did it have logic and organization? C. was the speaker persuasive.

Read pages 422-423 compare two of the cultures based on 3 of the topics.
Or page 74 and 75 same idea

study list for fall final
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Hieroglyphs
Cuneiform
Classical *civilizations
Democracy
Christianity
Missionaries
Rome
Bantu *migrations
Islam
West Africa
Muhammed
Hajj
Socrates
Unexamined life
Dar-al-Islam
Indian ocean *trade
Middle Passage
Trans-Saharan *trade
Timbuktu
Great *Zimbabwe
Ghana
Agricultural *revolution
Homo sapiens
Hammurabi's *code
Akhnaton
Nefertiti
Superiority complex Persian empire
Aristotle
Macedonians
Spartans
Pre-Socratic
Solon
Hellenistic
Alexander
Gracchi
Justinian
Gilgamesh
Covenant
Hebrews
Messenians
Augustus
Mecca
Sunni
Shi'ite
Infidel
Ottomans
Bronze age
Mansa Musa
Cecil Rhodes

Make an outline of your speech with quotations, statistics and events tied to your arguemtns.

finish dbq and collect statistics to support arguments in your internet speech.

DBQ worksheet "indentured servants.

work on Lions club speech.

Read the handout on Nigerian Independence and write 5 solutions to the problems a plan for improving the conditions of the Nigerian people.

Read one of the five readings handed out about Nigerian history. Be ready to respond to the questions asked as well as discuss the POVs of the participants.

Prepare your section of the prepared notes on the Yoruba, Igbo, or Hausa Fulani readings.

Read about Jomo Kenyatta's and conditions in Kenya. Compare the situation in Kenya with that of South Africa. Compare Kenyatta and Mandella.
672-673

Read Nelson Mandela's Inaugural address. Do a full analysis of point of view including: audience, timing, and background. What are his main points?

Highlight reading on Apartheid (timeline should be highlighted also)

Keep working on your mask project.

Work on mask project. due 1/17

Bring your Sources book. Read pages 332-336 answer questions 1-4

Read an article about the war in Iraq.
Write down 5 questions to ask someone who has been to Iraq and has strong opinions about the US position there.
Be ready to ask the questions tomorrow.

Read Chapter 54 and write out an explanation of each of the identifications at the end of the Chapter. Quiz on Tuesday the 3rd.

Study the following terms for the trivial pursuit test on Friday
Maghrib
Mahdi rebellion
Zulu war
Omdurman
Great Trek
Scramble
Apartheid
Stanley
Livingston
White man's burden
Boer War
King Leopold II
Savannah
Bantu
Berbers
Axum
Ghana
Mali
Mansa Musa
Timbuktu
Great Zimbabwe
Swahili
Lalibela
Animism
Read pages 332-336 in your sources book. Leo Africanus. Answer the questions on page 336.

1. Describe the variety of responses to European hegemony in Africa. (Zulu war, resistance, assimilate, isolate, missionary)
2. How did European rule change Africa? (boundaries, color line, black/white relations, Muslim rulers, undermined authority)
3. How did Europeans benefit (or not) from their colonial rule? (palm oil, peanuts, Rhodes 405-408

12/14/051. Compare the French, Portuguese, Belgian and English colonial systems in Africa. (Boer War, Transvaal, Rhodes)
2. What motivated Europe's interest in Africa after 1860? ( Stanley, "scramble", Maxim, Darwin, mosquito) 401-404

12/14/051. Compare the French, Portuguese, Belgian and English colonial systems in Africa. (Boer War, Transvaal, Rhodes)
2. What motivated Europe's interest in Africa after 1860? ( Stanley, "scramble", Maxim, Darwin, mosquito) 401-404

1. Why did it take so long to colonize Africa? ( New Imperialism, coastal chiefs, sleeping sickness, Congo)
2. What was the effect on Africa of the slave trade? (Fage, Livingstone)
3. How did European intrusion affect Northern Africa? (Berber sultan, Turkish clique, Ottoman, Mahdi rebellion, Gatling) 396-401

Islam culture project due Monday

Essay: How did Islam affect the political, social and economic institutions of Persia, Africa or Spain?

Study for the essay on the effects of Islam in countries like Spain, India, Persia and AFrica.

Chart comparing Persia, Spain and Africa as to the effect of Islam on their political, economic and cultural institutions.

1. Compare the rise and fall of Ghana, Mali, Songhai, and Zimbabwe. (al-Bakri, Mansa Musa, Timbuktu, Swahili)
2. How have European perceptions of African art and culture changed from first impressions to today? (bronze, terra-cotta)
Pps 230-237

Work on your Islamic project. David you're doing Persian language.
Reanan, you're doing Firdawsi. Kiwana, Shah-Nama.

Read either the Ibn Batuta or the Joao Dos Santos article on pages 147-155. Do the accompanying questions for one of the two articles.

1. What are the divergent perspectives of Arabs and Jews over Palestine? (Balfour Declaration, Zionists, Kibbutz, PLO, Yom Kippur War)
2. What have the interests of the United States in the affairs of Iran since the 1970s? (OPEC, Shah, Ayatollah Khomeini) 696-701

open the attachment to read the homework for the unit

1. What were the elements of Muslim weakness prior to World War I?
2. How did Muslims respond to correct this weakness after World War I? ( fundamentalism, pan-Arabism, Arab nationalism, mandates, Mustafa Kamal, Ataturk)