DIRECTIONS –  Take notes!  Do not rush through the 6 steps below!  ALSO- MOVIE TIME for #7!

1.  Know what is your AP focus (objective).  Go to your Unit Guide For APWH – p. 88.  Review Using the Unit Guide.

2.  TIME MAP

World Map  1648 CE Europeans have pioneered maritime trading systems which, for the first time, span the entire globe. These lead to vast changes in both Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
East Asia: China, Korea, Japan 1453 CE
The history of the region has been dominated by the rise and fall of the Mongol empire, but Ming dynasty China is now at the centre of a tributary system spanning East Asia.
East Asia: China, Korea, Japan 1648 CE 
In China, the Qing dynasty rules, and Japan and Korea have experienced one of the most destructive wars in East Asian history.
East Asia: China, Korea, Japan 1789 CE 
This is the last glorious phase of East Asia’s history before it feels the West’s impact, and Qing dynasty China dominates the region with its tributary system.
National Geographic – Interactive Mapping

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ASSIGNED TEXTBOOK READING –

• Ch 9 (p. 239 – 249)
• Use the following resource:  Textbook Reading Guidelines

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Video	Content	Historical Thinking Skills
1st Video	local and lave resistance to state power and expansion	–

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In this video Heimler walks through Unit 4 Topic 6 in the AP World History curriculum. This topic is all about how growing empires (land-based and sea-based) experienced resistance to their rule from within and from without.The Portuguese were made to contend with Queen Ana Nzinga of Ndonga. The Russians dealt with uprisings of serfs (Cossack Rebellion). The Mughal empire was brought to an end by the Maratha rebellion. The Spanish contended with the Pueblo Revolt. And the British had to come to terms with the misty of their enslaved workers in the Stono Rebellion.

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7.  Movie Time!  Watch and enjoy the following:
Samurai (2024 version)
47 Ronin (1941 version)
47 Ronin (2013 version)
Seven Samurai 
Yojimbo
Sanjuro
Ran
The Last Samurai
The Admiral: Roaring Currents
Warriors of the Dawn

The above 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).