Transcript Maps, Time, and World History – Unit 1

Maps, Time, and
World History – Unit 1
Introduction
Learning Objectives
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1. Identify the kinds of geographical and
chronological frameworks world historians use.
2. Compare these units of analysis with those
used in other fields of history
3. Analyze why many historians became
interested in studying world history in the late
20th century
4. Discuss the purpose of studying world history
In class activity
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Use your prior knowledge of the world and
draw a map of the world on a sheet of
notebook paper (include continents and
countries that you can recall). 5 minutes
In-class activity
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Take a few moments and compare your
map with a student next to you.
Given that there will be differences, what
is the reason(s) for the differences? Does
it have anything to do with your
educational backgrounds or life
experiences– or something else? Explain.
In-class activity
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Create a timeline of the 10 events that
you think are the most important in world
history. 5 minutes
In-class activity
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Compare your timeline with that of
another student.
Discuss the differences.
Given that there will be differences, what
is the reason(s) for the differences?
5 minutes
In-class activity
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Divide your timeline into three or four
major time periods and give the time
periods names that reflect the major
events. 5 minutes
In-class activity
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Compare your PERIODIZATION with other
students’. Discuss the differences and
theorize why there are differences.
5 minutes
In-class activity
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Now, look in your textbook and compare
your map, timeline, and periodization with
those in your textbook (look throughout
the book).
Discuss the similarities and differences.
How might your educational background
and life experiences be similar or different
from those of the textbook authors?
5 minutes
In-class activity
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How does cartography (map making) and
historical units of analysis (divisions that
historians create to study history) reflect
the person(s) who created them?
5 minutes
In-class activity
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Place your map, timeline, etc. in your
folder in the MAPS, TIME, AND WORLD
HISTORY section.
Homework
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Use your textbook or some other source
to find out what a Mercator Map is.
Read Reading No. 1 (The Measurement
of Time) before class on Thursday. We
will create a dialectical journal entry
during class to cover important items from
this article.