How did we get here from there? CLASS INSTRUCTIONS FOR WORLD HISTORY 09/02-09/03

Stinger  Identify one current event in the world that has its roots in history. Explain how historical events have caused the current event to develop.

Jigsaw step 1  Read the article you have been assigned and look for evidence in the article that gives insight into the political, economic, religious, social, intellectual, and area (geographic) aspects of the current event in the article. In your own words, describe those aspects as you understand them from the article. In the adjacent column, write the first few words of the sentence, phrase, or section of the article that proves the statement you made in the first column. In the last column add any outside information you may have about the historical roots of the issue that you may have learned about from your family, the media, or previous history classes. Be prepared to share this with groups who read other articles.

Jigsaw step 2  Meet as a group of 6-7 people who have read all six of the different articles. Please share the information that each of you has discovered about the role politics, economics, religion, social interactions, intellectual development, and geogrphy has played in the current events you have researched. As a group, answer each of the following questions by compiling what you have learned into 1-3 hypotheses about how the current structure of the world has developed historically. When you have completed this task, be prepared to report out to the class. Staple all of the charts from step one to this form that you create as a group.

Homework for Thursday/Friday  We must consider ourselves a part of an ongoing progression of history. In this way, we are all connected to the past and to the future, and each of us will have an impact on the way our stories are told moving forward. I want to give you an opportunity to tell your story in a way that uses the historical framework with which we will be working and which reinforces a chronological approach to storytelling. I want you to create a timeline of your life and/or family. You may focus on your lifespan alone or you may dig deeper into your family’s personal history for a few or several generations. Focus on at least ten events that have shaped your perspective as a learner in particular and a person in general. What events have made you who you are? Remember that we are studying history through a “Persia” lens. Make sure that at least one event represents or describes the political framework of your personal history. Who has power in your life? Make sure at least one event represents or describes the economic framework of your life. How do you make a living, produce goods or services, or make choices about consuming goods or services? Make sure at least one event represents or describes the religious framework of your life. What are the basic beliefs that guide you? Note that you do not have to identify yourself with any religion, church, or structure. You may just identify some basic things that you believe. (For example, if you are uncomfortable with deep religious or philosophical beliefs, you might simply express that ice cream can improve any day. This is a basic truth about humanity.) Make sure at least one event relates to your identity as a social person. How do you relate to others? Make sure at least one event references your intellectual development. How do you learn, or what have you learned that has changed your life? Make sure one of the events references your area of geography. How does where you live or have lived impact how you live? Illustrate your timeline where appropriate. This may be produced on paper, as a powerpoint, on a poster, or by any other means that best expresses your personal history. You will be graded according to the rubric below.

Standing Weekly Homework after this week  Directions: Every week you will find an article that is related to a topic that we are currently studying in class but directly details a story from within the previous month. The purpose of the assignment is to get you to connect today’s events to the events of the past. Please print the article, type one paragraph summarizing the article and one paragraph making an explicit connection between the event in the article and the topics we are currently discussing that week in class. Attach the article to the typed paragraphs and turn in by each Friday on which the class meets. If there are not enough Fridays, some may be due on Thursdays. Please See Due Dates Above. You will be graded according to the following rubric:

Exit Ticket  How are today’s events related to what has happened in the past?