Week+4+(September+21+–+25)

=Monday: PERSIAN the Persians ... Inception Style!= CW: Here is a link to the video that we didn't get to in class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6cmvM5oj3Q HW: Rewatch the Persians & Greeks: Crash Course! Create a T-chart for components of both civilizations while watching. Then, write a comparative analysis THESIS comparing the Persian and Greek Empires. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-mkVSasZIM&index=5&list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9 Be ready for a reading check over the Greeks and Alexander the "Great" from Strayer (pages 122-129)

=Tuesday: Comparing the Greeks and the Persians= CW: Greece: Engineering an Empire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d2-BmEa_YI HW: Rewatch the Alexander the "Great" Crash Course! Create another T-chart while watching, this time with reasons for why he was "great" and reasons for why he may not have been "great" on the other side. There will be a reading check over this crash course on Wednesday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LsrkWDCvxg&index=8&list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9

=Wednesday: Alexander the Great?= CW: HW: Read pages 133-138 in Strayer and be reading for a reading check.

=Thursday: Comparing China and Athens: Round 1= CW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nn5uqE3C9w&list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9&index=6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylWORyToTo4&list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9&index=7 HW: Read pages 136-144 in Strayer (be ready to compare Rome and China, along with the rest of the chapter's content).

=Friday: DBQ Workshop= CW: http://www.ted.com/talks/jared_diamond_on_why_societies_collapse?language=en HW: Complete the Learning Curve and Summative Quiz (not the Considering the Evidence, because we will work on those in class on Monday) for Chapter 3 of Strayer.  • []