Day 17: Monday, August 5, 2013

Post date: Aug 5, 2013 4:17:26 PM

Essential Question:

How did increased globalization in the last 300 years impact Earth and the human species?

We took an essay quiz on agriculture and cities. Then, we watched David Christian talk about the interconnecting world in the Unit 8 Main Lecture entitled "How did the World Zones Connect?" (Video link). We did a case study on interconnection by looking at coffee, tea, and chocolate. We ended content for the day by watching the Unit 9 Main Lecture video entitled "How did Change Accelerate?" (Video link).

Your projects and presentations are due in class on Monday, August 12, 2013. We will be presenting on Monday and Tuesday of that week to end our course.

We're looking at the interconnecting world, industrialization, and the modern era for our final week of class. You have already read:

1. Stokes Brown, Big History, Chapter 12:Industrialization, pages 210-229
2. Christian, Maps of Time, Chapter 13: Birthof the Modern World, pages 406-439

For HW, due Wednesday, August 7, 2013:

1. R&A Christian, Maps of Time, Chapter 14: TheGreat Acceleration of the 20th Century, pages 440-464
2. R&A Stokes Brown, Big History, Chapter 13: What Now? What Next?, pages 230-248

All four of these chapter should be printed in your packets and constitute the last of your readings.

Lastly, here are Little Big History documents:

• The assignment document, detailing steps and due dates
• The initial topic graphic organizer
• The narrowing topic graphic organizer
• Little Big History Thresholds Graphic Organizer
• Here is an anchor for the annotated bibliography.
• Here is the graphic organizer for the annotated bibliography (due Wed, July 31)
• This is a guide to different kinds of sources and how to cite them for your bibliography.
• Here is a guide to footnotes (what they are and how to use them)
• A guide to JSTOR and how to log in and search for articles
• An initial list of possible text sources you can use for the project if you're feeling stuck
• A graphic organizer to help you write your conclusion to the LBH project.
• Here is the Little Big History rubric for 2013, off of which you will be assessed.