DIRECTIONS –  Take notes!  Do not rush through the 6 steps below!  Step #7 is for your enjoyment!

1.  Know what is your AP focus (objective).  Go to your Unit Guide For APWH – p. 61.  Review Using the Unit Guide.

2.  National Geographic – Interactive Mapping

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ASSIGNED TEXTBOOK READING – Ch 4 (p. 102-104).  Use the following resource:  Textbook Reading Guidelines

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Video	Content	Historical Thinking Skills
1st Video	examine how long distance trade impacted cultures across Afro-Eurasia	2A  – identifying sourcing in a primary document

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In this video Heimler talks about the cultural consequences of trade in 1200-1450. Goods for sale was arguably the least important thing that merchants carried from place to place. They also carried with them cultural and technological goods as well, and it was these offerings that had a disproportionate impact on the cultures into which the merchants came.

We’ll talk about syncretism in religion. As Buddhism spread into different cultures, it changed. As merchants introduced Islam into East Africa, it not only changed the religion of the Bantu, but created an entirely new language: Swahili.

And merchants carried technological advancements with them as well. Chief among them was the lateen sail, the sternpost rudder, the magnetic compass, and the astrolabe.

Not to mention, the relative safety of the Afro-Eurasian trade routes provided the occasion for travelers to see the world and report back, not least of whom was Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta.

6.  Freemanpedia-pedia: CLICK HERE

 

 

 

 

 

7. MOVIE TIME:   Pick and enjoy either the movie or Netflix series below related to the medieval time frame:
Mongol and Marco Polo

The movies may contain adult material so be sure to watch them with your parents or guardian.  Also, be sure to focus on the visual and cultural interpretations that the movies offer (but be wary and skeptical of the over dramatization and historical inaccuracies that the movies may also contain).