Friday, January 18th Bell-Ringer: Please take out (or pick up) your Comparison Essay and grab a peer review form from the front table. Find a partner that you are comfortable working with in the room. Exchange essays and read

their essay. Then, using the peer review form, provide feedback to your partner by completing the form.

Bell-Ringer: Essay Peer Review Word of the Day: fortitude Unit 1 Recap Unit 1 Mini-Test Unit 2 Preview

Homework: Read and take notes on Chapter 6 and complete Reading Guide worksheet (due Tuesday). Don’t forget to complete a tutorial request form as well.

Daily Agenda:

Fortitude- strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or

adversity with courage.

Day five, block one

William Lloyd Garrison and Rosa Parks demonstrated great personal FORTITUDE by demanding an end to unjust laws. While most Americans accepted slavery, Garrison PERSEVERED (to refuse to give up no matter what) and lived to see President Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation. Rosa Parks also illustrates the principle that FORTITUDE is needed to achieve difficult goals. While most Americans accepted segregation, Rosa Parks refused a bus driver’s order to give up her seat to a white passenger. Her historic action helped galvanize the Civil Rights Movement.

Fortitude- strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with

courage. Complete the sentence stem.

I respect _______________ because he/she has the fortitude to…….

Day five, block two

Fortitude- strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage.

Words Across Context….explain what FORTITUDE might mean to each of the following:

A slave in pre-Civil War US

A Civil Rights Movement participant

An American soldier stationed in AfghanistanDay five, block three

Unit 1 ReviewPrehistory – 600 BCE

Essential Concept Review

1. How was the Neolithic Revolution a turning point or

hallmark event in human history?

Sedentary Lifestyle Promoted private ownership Allowed for surpluses Changed gender roles Allowed for specialization of labor Created a need for more advanced institutions of

control (governments, religions, social structures, etc.) Humans took control of their environment instead of

responding to it

2. Why did some peoples choose to remain pastoralists/foragers even after the Neolithic

Revolution?

Geographic limitations Poor climate for agriculture Inadequate irrigation Lack of staple crops / Drought

Cultural connections to previous lifestyle Competition for resources

3. Where did the earliest civilizations

form and why? River Valleys

Nile Tigris / Euphrates Indus Huang He / Yangtze

Rivers provided irrigation, drinking water, and transportation

Why not other rivers?

Egypt Divine rule; pharaoh = god; bureaucracy Mesopotamia Lugals = “Big Men;” strong armies

(Assyrians); use of priests India Samsara and caste system (social

institutions) China Mandate of Heaven (Divine Right);

Confucian beliefs (Social Roles)

4. What different forms of rule did the earliest civilizations use to keep order?

Free vs. Slave (Mesopotamia especially) Land ownership (China) Occupation

India Mesopotamia Egypt

Gender

5. What factors helped determine the social structures of various

early civilizations?

Egypt Gods controlled environment beneficial flooding = nice gods; unified religion due to geographic isolation

Mesopotamia Violent floods = Angry, vengeful gods; introduction of new religions (Judaism, Zoroastrianism, etc.) due to geographic “openness”

China Mandate of Heaven illustrated by natural disasters

6. Explain the interconnection between geography and religion in two early

civilizations.

All Neolithic societies women no longer play as much of a role in food acquisition

China Confucianism held women in lower status than any male; men must “protect” women

India Aryan beliefs made women the equivalent to lowest caste; sati

Egypt Limited protections and rights for women, but not equivalent of men (few female leaders)

Mesopotamia No female “Lugals” = no legal equality for women

7. Was there gender equality in early societies? If not, what prevented it?

Unit 1 Mini-Test

Please write your name on your test. If you have a question during the test, please raise your hand. You will have 25 minutes to

complete the test. When you finish, bring your test to Mr. Naruta and pick up the handouts from the front table. You may wish to start

on the vocabulary flashcards while you wait for others to finish.