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Social Studies, Freshman Global Studies Unit 1, Causes of History, Lesson 11: Understanding the Timelines of World History, Part 1: A Global ChronologyStandards Met: This lesson is part of the Freshman Global Studies Unit Plan 1, and meets the standards delineated therein. Big Ideas: historical time, human history in years and accomplishments, before and after Christ, the idea of a common era, before and after Mohammed, centuries, decades, years, historical ages, primary transformative events in world history. This lesson aims to help students develop their own understanding of chronology, and the chronological scope of history, particularly in terms of crucial and critical events; this lesson also aims to help students understand the effects of certain historical events on future events—e.g. the invention of the printing press as a precursor to the Reformation and the Renaissance.This lesson activates prior knowledge of units of time (i.e. years, decades, centuries, millennia, etc.), the scope of world history, geography, religion, war, city-states, nation-states. Students will be able to use a timeline of key events in world history to understand the chronological scope of global history, particularly how this scope is characterized as BC and AD, or BCE and CE. Students will, furthermore, be able to apply the information on the timeline to answer some basic questions about when events occurred, and how many years passed between key events.Classroom Aim: How do we measure, and therefore understand, historical time? What is the difference between BC and AD, or between BCE and CE? Do Now: Focus on One Word: Chronology: an arrangement (as of events) in order of occurrence <reconstruct the ~ of the trip>Class Work: Students will, with the aid of a timeline of world history, complete a teacher-made worksheet designed to foster heuristic reading and help students develop their own understanding of the key human events in world history.Independent Practice: NoneMethods and Materials: This lesson, along with the others in this unit, is designed build literacy by way of the content area in the global studies curriculum. Specifically, this lesson, consistent with the goals articulated in the unit plan of which it is a a part, aims to foster greater reading skills—from basic decoding to advanced comprehension—from beginning to end. This lesson is part of the Freshman Global Studies Unit 1; for a fuller exposition of the methods and materials employed in this lesson, please see that document. Need for Lesson: SS FGS UP1 LP10*lp; SS FGS UP1 LP10*dn1`; SS FGS UP1 LP10*rd; SS FGS UP1 LP10*ws,Key Points and Connections:For question 8: The halfway point of this timeline is either: 508 B.C., Greeks form a democracy with direct rule by the people or 500 B.C., Bantu begin their migration to central and southern Africa. This is reached by measuring back from the present day, and forward from 3000 B.C., Earliest known writing is used in Mesopotamia. As this is about a 5,000-year period the answer to this question is about 500 B.C.Essential Questions:What is continuity?What is change?How important are dates in historical inquiry?Next Lesson: Causes of History, Lesson 12: Understanding Historical Disciplines and the Division of Labor in the Social Sciences ................
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