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HONORS CULTURE PROJECT

HONORS NOVEL: "NECTAR IN A SIEVE"

LITERARY GUIDE

READING SCHEDULE

DAY 1: CHAPTERS 1-4

DAY 2: CHAPTERS 5-8

DAY 3: CHAPTERS 9-14

DAY 4: CHAPTERS 15-19

DAY 5: CHAPTERS 20-23

DAY 6: CHAPTERS 24-30

DAY 7: TEST ON ENTIRE TEXT

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40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense Of The World

UNIT 1: PREHISTORY & ANCIENT RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS

UNIT 1 QUALIFIER: 

UNIT 1 CORRECTIVE: 

UNIT 1 ALPHABOX:

1. Prehistory & the Rise of Civilizations:

Crash Course #1: The Agricultural Revolution

2. Ancient Middle East: 

"Decoding" Ancient Sumer: Parts 1 & 2: 

Crash Course #3: Mesopotamia

"Fiddler On The Roof": Tradition (Judaism)

3. Ancient Egypt: 

Crash Course #4: Ancient Egypt

"Journey Down the Nile": Amazing Egypt

4. Ancient India: 

Crash Course #2: Indus Valley Civilization

Crash Course #6: Buddha & Ashoka

"India" (Kids History)

5. Ancient China:  

Crash Course #7: 2,000 Years of Chinese History! The Mandate of Heaven & Confucius

"Mulan": Filial Piety in Conscription

"Mulan": Invading the Great Wall

"A Tour of China"

"Inventors" (Mankind, The Story of Us)

UNIT 2: THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD

UNIT 2 QUALIFIER: 

UNIT 2 CORRECTIVE: 

UNIT 2 ALPHABOX: 

1. Sparta & Athens: 

"This Is Sparta": ("300")

"Spartan Phalanx": ("300")

2. Classical Greece: 

Crash Course #5: The Persians & Greeks

3. Alexander the Great: 

Crash Course #8: Alexander the Great & the Situation...the Great?

Crash Course #9: The Silk Road & Ancient Trade

"Age of Alexander: Engineering an Empire" (History Channel) and viewing guide: 

4. Rome & the Rise of Christianity: 

Crash Course #10: The Roman Empire. Or Republic. Or...Which Was It?

Crash Course #11: Christianity from Judaism to Constantine

Crash Course #12: Fall of The Roman Empire...in the 15th Century

"History of Valentine's Day": History Channel's "History of the Holidays"

"Jesus Christ: Love Your Enemies" ("The Passion of the Christ")

"Istanbul, NOT Constantinople" (Tiny Toons)

5. Byzantine Empire: 

"Byzantine Empire: Justinian and Theodora - I: From Swineherd to Emperor" (Extra History)

"Byzantine Empire: Justinian and Theodora - II: The Reforms of Justinian" (Extra History)

"Byzantine Empire: Justinian and Theodora - III: Purple is the Noblest Shroud" (Extra History)

"Byzantine Empire: Justinian and Theodora - IV: Vanquishing the Vandals" (Extra History)

"Byzantine Empire: Justinian and Theodora - V: Impossible Burden of Fate" (Extra History)

"Byzantine Empire: Justinian and Theodora - VI: Fighting for Rome" (Extra History)

"Byzantine Empire: Justinian and Theodora - Lies" (Extra History)

"Justinian & Theodora - VII: The Cracks Begin to Spread" (Extra History)

"Justinian & Theodora - VIII: Bad Faith" (Extra History)

"Justinian & Theodora - IX: Justinian's Rival" (Extra History)

"Theodora - X: This is My Empire" (Extra History)

"Justinian & Theodora - XI: The Emperor Who Never Sleeps" (Extra History)

"Justinian - XII: Caesar I Was, And Am Justinian" (Extra History)

"Justinian & Theodora - Lies 2" (Extra History)

"Justinian & Theodora: "Monogenes Pais"' (Extra History)

"The Great Schism" (Breaking In The Habit)

"5 Differences Between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church" (Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick)

"5 Misconceptions About the Orthodox Church" (Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick)

"Gladiator" (2000): Official Trailer and viewing guide: 

STAR WARS & THE ROMAN REPUBLIC/EMPIRE:

Episode 1: The Phantom Menace (1999)

Episode 2: Attack of the Clones (2002)

Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Episode 4: A New Hope (1977)

Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Episode 6: Return of the Jedi (1983)

Episode 7: The Force Awakens (2015)

Episode 8; The Last Jedi (2017)

UNIT 3: THE MEDIEVAL WORLD

UNIT 3 QUALIFIER: 

UNIT 3 CORRECTIVE: 

UNIT 3 ALPHABOX: 

1. Kievan Rus: 

Crash Course #20: Russia, the Kievan Rus & the Mongols

2. Early Middle Ages: 

"Witch": Women's Rights and Trials ("Monty Python and the Holy Grail")

3. Feudalism & Manor System: 

Comparing Social Classes: Ancient Civilization, Middle Ages and Today: 

4. The Catholic Church & Late Middle Ages: 

Crash Course #14: The Dark Ages...How Dark Were They, Really?

"Who Were The Plague Doctors And Why Did They Wear Masks?"

Viewing Guide---"Plague" (Episode 5: "Mankind, The Story of Us"): 

5. Islam & the Crusades: 

Crash Course #13: Islam, the Quran & the 5 Pillars, All Without a Flamewar

Crash Course #15: The Crusades-Pilgrimage or Holy War?

Document-Based Questions---"Crusades": 

Crash Course #16: Mansa Musa & Islam in Africa

6. Art & Scholarship in the Middle Ages: 

Review---Christianity in the Middle Ages: 

UNIT 4: A WORLD REBORN

UNIT 4 QUALIFIER: 

UNIT 4 CORRECTIVE: 

UNIT 4 ALPHABOX: 

1. Italian Renaissance: 

Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince"

Crash Course #22: The Renaissance...Was It A Thing?

Opening Theme: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"

2. Northern Renaissance: 

Introduction to the Northern Renaissance: 

"Romeo and Juliet: Death Scene" (Shakespeare In Love)

3. The Protestant Reformation & Counter Reformation: 

Martin Luther: "Manic Monday" by the Bangles

Henry VIII: "Money, Money, Money" by ABBA

A Sickly Queen Mary Speaks With A Healthy Princess Elizabeth ("Elizabeth")

The Coronation of Elizabeth I ("Elizabeth")

"I Am No Man's Elizabeth!" ("Elizabeth")

Elizabeth I: The Virgin Queen ("Elizabeth")

"Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (2007): Trailer

4. Exploration in "The New World": 

Crash Course #21: Columbus, de Gama & Zheng He! 15th Century Mariners

Crash Course #25: The Spanish Empire, Silver & Runaway Inflation

"The Virginia Company: God, Glory and Gold" (Disney's Pocahontas)

5. The Colombian Exchange: 

Crash Course #23: The Columbian Exchange

Crash Course #24: The Atlantic Slave Trade

The Middle Passage ("Africans in America")

6. Absolutism on the European Continent: 

Roman Numerals: 

7. Absolutism in England: 

"I, Too Can Command the Wind, Sir!" (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)

Battle Speech (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)

The Battle of Gravelines, 1558: "The Protestant Wind" (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)

"Romeo and Juliet" (2013): Trailer and viewing guide: 

MIDTERM EXAMINATIONS & REVIEW

*20% of 1st/3rd GRADING PERIOD AVERAGE*

UNIT 5: ERA OF REVOLUTIONS

UNIT 5 QUALIFIER: 

UNIT 5 CORRECTIVE: 

UNIT 5 ALPHABOX: 

1. Scientific Revolution: 

2. The Enlightenment: 

"The Thinkers of the Enlightenment (Philosophes)"

3. The Impact of the Enlightenment & the American Revolution:

Crash Course #26: The Seven Years War (The French & Indian War)

Crash Course #28: Tea, Taxes & The American Revolution

Schoolhouse Rock: "No More Kings"

"Too Late To Agologize": A 1776 Declaration

Smart Songs: "Three Branches of Government"

Smart Songs: "Bill of Rights"

"The Declaration of Independence" (Foreign Policy Research Initiative)

4. French Revolution: 

Marie Antoinette (Kirsten Dunst): "I Want Candy"

5. Reaction to the Radical French Revolution: 

"La Marseillaise: the Song of Marseille"---the National Anthem of France

6. Napoleon Bonaparte: 

Crash Course #29: The French Revolution

Napoleon Bonaparte: Road to Revolution

Napoleon (Bonaparte) and Beyond: Engineering an Empire and viewing guide: 

Napoleon (Bonaparte) and the Spread of the French Revolution: 

"Make Europe Great Again"---Klemens von Metternich at the Congress of Vienna: 

7. Independence in Latin America: 

Crash Course #30: Haitian Revolutions

Crash Course #31: Latin American Revolutions

UNIT 6: THE RISE OF EMPIRES

UNIT 6 QUALIFIER: 

UNIT 6 CORRECTIVE: 

UNIT 6 ALPHABOX: 

1. Industrial Revolution: 

Crash Course #32: Coal, Steam & The Industrial Revolution

2. Society in the Industrial Revolution: 

Crash Course #33: Capitalism & Socialism

PREZI PRESENTATIONS: Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

Spring 2018: 

3. Nationalism in Germany, Italy, Russia & Eastern Europe: 

4. Imperialism in India & Southeast Asia: 

5. Imperialism in China & Japan: 

Crash Course #34: Samurai, Daimyo, Matthew Perry & Nationalism

6. Imperialism in Africa: 

Crash Course #35: Imperialism

"Rubber Plantation in Langkawi"

"Rubber Made From Trees"

Lord Frederick Lugard: "A Justification of British Colonialism in Africa" (Pg. 1) 

Lord Frederick Lugard: "A Justification of British Colonialism in Africa" (Pg. 2) 

"The Last Samurai" (2003): Trailer and viewing guide: 

"The Legend of Tarzan" (2016): Trailer

UNIT 7: THE WORLD AT WAR

UNIT 7 QUALIFIER: 

UNIT 7 CORRECTIVE: 

UNIT 7 ALPHABOX: 

1. The Road to the Great War: 

Jingoism in the Classrooms of France, England and Germany ("Joyeux Noel")

2. The Great War: 

"No Man's Land" Scene from "War Horse" (2011)

"Shell Shock" from "The Century" (5:45-6:30)

"Stop-Loss": Shell Shock/PTSD

3. America Enters The Great War & Its Aftermath: 

Crash Course #36: Archdukes, Cynicism & World War I

"Over There" (Lyrics)

4. The Russian Revolution: 

Crash Course #37: Communists, Nationalists & China's Revolutions

5. The Interwar Years (1920s-30s): 

6. The Rise of Totalitarianism: 

"The World Wars": Season 1, Episode 1---"Trial by Fire"

"Donald Duck and the Nazi Party"

"The Imperial March of Adolf Hitler"

Movietone News: "The 1935 Nuremberg Rally and Parade"

7. The Brink of a Second World War: 

"The World Wars": Season 1, Episode 2---"The Rising Theat"

8. World War II: 

"The World Wars": Season 1, Episode 3---"Never Surrender"

"The Bombing of Nagasaki": BBC

9. The Holocaust: 

Crash Course #38: World War II

"Flyboys" (2006): Trailer and viewing guide: 

UNIT 8: THE MODERN WORLD AND GLOBALIZATION

UNIT 8 QUALIFIER: 

UNIT 8 CORRECTIVE:

UNIT 8 ALPHABOX: 

1. The Cold War in Europe: 

2. The Cold War in Outer Space & the Middle East: 

Opening Scene to "Miracle" (2004)

Opening Scene to "Argo" (2012)

3. The Cold War in Asia: 

Crash Course #39: USA vs. USSR Fight! The Cold War

4. The End of the Cold War...But the Fight Remains: 

Crash Course #40: Decolonization & Nationalism Triumphant

Crash Course #41: Globalization I-The Upside

Crash Course #42: Globalization II-Good Or Bad

Opening Scene to "The Kingdom" (2007)

Modules 29-32 Assessments: 

"October Sky" (1999): Trailer and viewing guide: 

NORTH CAROLINA FINAL EXAMINATIONS (NCFE) & REVIEW

*20% of ENTIRE COURSE AVERAGE*